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Common Curlew (Morris)COMMON CURLEW (Numenius arquata) Date: 1851
Taraxacum Officinale(var. palustre) COMMON DANDELION
A Common Pheasant alarmedA Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) flies up in alarm. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, NoonHogarth, Four Times of the Day, 2. Noon. A group of Huguenots attend the French Church in Hog Lane, London (right), opposite an eating house and a group of disreputable people (left)
Thames Sailing BargeA Thames sailing barge is a type of commercial sailing boat once common on the River Thames in London. The flat-bottomed barges with a shallow draught and leeboards
Clapham CommonA tram and a motor-bus on the south side of Clapham Common. Date: circa 1905
The common law in the similitude of a tree. Date c1878
Metropolitan Police officer on traffic dutyA Metropolitan Police officer, PC Edward Ridout of Chelsea Police Station, on traffic duty. He is standing by a zebra crossing to help a little boy across the road
Common oak tree, Quercus robur. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880
A selection of common British Moths Date: circa 1920s
Mergus merganser, goosanderPlate 331 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Plumstead Common Road, showing (on the right, with the clock tower), the newly opened " Links" (1904) branch of the Royal Arsenal Co-Operative Society, still a " Co-Op" today
London arms and sealsThe Arms and Common Seals of the Metropolitan Boroughs of London and of the City of London, with a block map showing their boundaries
Totting Bec CommonHyde Farm, on Tooting Bec Common in southwest London. Date: 1885
Ice Skating DogAn ice skating dog with a scarf for a lead, out with his young mistress at Wimbledon Common, London, England
Oxton House, Devon, seat of Rev. John Beaumont Swete. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1827
Common snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) colour variation. Illustration from Erwin Baur, Einf in die experimentelle Vererbungslehre. Date: 1919
Pneumonia strikes like a man eating shark led by its pilot fish the common cold Consult your physician. Poster encouraging citizens to consult your physician for treatment of the common cold
Trees / Common Elm C1890A common elm
Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius (Common jay, Corvus glandarius). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder
Decapoda crabs and shrimps: horrid elbow crab, Daldorfia horrida, sentinel crab, Podophthalmus vigil, Gibbs sea spider, Pisa armata, angular crab, Goneplax rhomboides, Solenolambrus tenellus
The Pond on Clapton Common, London - with a distant view of the Agapemon Church. Date: 1906
Tanners Hatch HostelTanners Hatch Youth Hostel, remotely situated, on the edge of Ranmore Common, Surrey, England. A very popular hostel, especially during the Winter months. Date: 1950s
Scenes of peasant working life, IrelandThese illustrations show women and men engaged in activities such as carding wool, spinning, sowing, threshing, minnowing and scutching
Common heath, Epacris impressaCommon heath or Pitted epacris, Epacris impressa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Miss Sara Maund from Benjamin Maund and the Rev
Chislehurst, Kent: church and common Date: 1907
Great bustard, Otis tarda (vulnerable), and common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science
Teddy Bear (with hidden objects)
Worshipping the God of Smallpox, IndiaUnder the Hindu faith, if you want protection against getting smallpox, pray to Shitala, the Goddess of Smallpox
Mr. Justice FieldWilliam Ventris Field(1813-1907), shown here in 1875 when newly appointed as one of the judges of the Court of Queens Bench
Clapham Common / SouthClapham Common, south side
Putting on Ice SkatesThree young women, sitting down to put on their ice skates at Wimbledon Common, London. One girl is accidentally showing off her bloomers!
The Bridge, Ashstead Common, SurreyThe Bridge, Ashstead Common, Ashtead, near Leatherhead, Surrey, England. Date: 1910s
Insects / FleaCommon Flea (pulex)
Pipistrellus pipistrellus, common pipistrellePlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
English Prayer BookTHE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER An Ordre for Mattyns - a page from the first book of Common Prayer in English, published under Edward VI
Hedgehog (Bewick)erinaceus europeus also known as the Urchin This is the common hedgehog, much loved though, alas, too often the victim of motorists
Hedgehog / Common 1803A common hedgehog, seen from two different angles
Wimbledon WindmillA working windmill on Wimbledon Common in south-west London
Mistletoe BotanicalCommon mistletoe (Viscum album)
Great argonaut, cuttlefish and flying squidGreat argonaut, Argonauta argo 1, cuttlefish, Sepia tuberculata 2 and European flying squid, Todarodes sagittatus 3. Polpo dell argonauta, Seppia tubercolata, Calamajo sagittato
Cyprinus carpio, or Common Carp. Date: 1879
Plants / Urtica DioicaCommon Nettle or Stinging Nettle
Barbus barbus, or Common Barbel, also known as Barbus. Date: 1865
Primula acaulis (vulgaris), common primrosePainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Primevere grandiflore
Phasianus colchicus decollatus, common (Chinese ringless) phPlate 57 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)