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Duck Collection

Background imageDuck Collection: Chesapeake Retriever, Curly Coated Retriever and Irish Water

Chesapeake Retriever, Curly Coated Retriever and Irish Water Spaniel. The Chesapeake retrieves ducks in marsh land for a hunter

Background imageDuck Collection: A Selection of Game

A Selection of Game
Various game birds: wood pigeon, wild duck, woodcock, black plover, snipe, pheasants, hare, teal

Background imageDuck Collection: Calypte anna, Annas hummingbird

Calypte anna, Annas hummingbird

Background imageDuck Collection: England / Finchingfield

England / Finchingfield
Finchingfield, Essex, a textbook English village, with its village green, ancient church, stream, duck pond, manor house and almshouses and pretty colour-washed cottages

Background imageDuck Collection: Mergus merganser, goosander

Mergus merganser, goosander
Plate 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

Background imageDuck Collection: Bray near Maidenhead, Berkshire

Bray near Maidenhead, Berkshire
The village of Bray near Maidenhead, Berkshire. The Hinds Head pub (at rear) is now owned and run by Heston Blumenthal and The Ringers (on right) is now his celebrated restaurant The Fat Duck

Background imageDuck Collection: Winter Circle by Vernon Ward

Winter Circle by Vernon Ward
Swans and ducks swim together in a pond, watched by gulls who stand in the snow

Background imageDuck Collection: Carroll / Alice & the Dodo

Carroll / Alice & the Dodo
ALICE AND THE DODO

Background imageDuck Collection: Corythosaurus

Corythosaurus
The Corythosaurus, meaning Corinthian helmet lizard, was a bipedal herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 76 to 74 million years ago

Background imageDuck Collection: Aix galericulata, mandarin duck

Aix galericulata, mandarin duck
Plate 69 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageDuck Collection: Winter Plumage by Vernon Ward

Winter Plumage by Vernon Ward
A group of waterfowl on a lake in a London park including a tufted duck, Mallard, Pintail and Sheldrake

Background imageDuck Collection: Family Tree by Vernon Ward

Family Tree by Vernon Ward
A group of tufted ducks huddle together on the lake in St. Jamess Park in London during the winter

Background imageDuck Collection: Springer Spaniel Card

Springer Spaniel Card
This Springer has had a piece of luck - he went out hunting and scored a duck !

Background imageDuck Collection: Holger Drachmann, Villa Pax, Skagen, Denmark

Holger Drachmann, Villa Pax, Skagen, Denmark
Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846-1908), Danish poet and dramatist, seen here at his home, Villa Pax, Vesterby, Skagen, Denmark, with his third wife Soffi. Date: circa 1907

Background imageDuck Collection: Wood engraving of Roelandt Saverys painting of the dodo

Wood engraving of Roelandt Saverys painting of the dodo
Painting of the dodo and other ducks, macaws and rail drawn from life by Dutch artist Roelandt Savery. Presented to the British Museum by George Edwards, 1759

Background imageDuck Collection: Italiy. Venice. Saint Marks Basilica. Noahs Ark. Mosaic. 1

Italiy. Venice. Saint Marks Basilica. Noahs Ark. Mosaic. 1
Noah free the animals of the ark, Mosaic from the Pala d Oro or Golden Altar 12th-14th centuries. Saint Marks Basilica. Venice. Italy

Background imageDuck Collection: Musk duck, Biziura lobata

Musk duck, Biziura lobata.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Background imageDuck Collection: Mergellus albellus, smew

Mergellus albellus, smew
Plate 37 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageDuck Collection: The happy Family by Adrian Ross and Cecil Aldin

The happy Family by Adrian Ross and Cecil Aldin
Promotional flyer for The Happy Family by Adrian Ross and Cecil Aldin; music Cuthbert Clarke. First produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre, 18th December 1916

Background imageDuck Collection: Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the pack of cards

Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the pack of cards, as the courtroom scene disintegrates at the end of the story. Date: early 20th century

Background imageDuck Collection: Hungry Peter the pigs dinner party

Hungry Peter the pigs dinner party, with Tabitha the cat, Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits, two ducks (the Quacks), and two dogs (Rags and Forager) gathered round a long table. Date: 1914

Background imageDuck Collection: Anas platyrhynchos, mallard

Anas platyrhynchos, mallard
Plate 221 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageDuck Collection: Oxyura jamaicensis, ruddy duck

Oxyura jamaicensis, ruddy duck
Plate 343 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

Background imageDuck Collection: Mallard ducks and ducklings

Mallard ducks and ducklings
A family of mallard ducks and ducklings enjoying an outing to the river. Date: circa early 20th century

Background imageDuck Collection: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, adult with rabbit prey. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of

Background imageDuck Collection: Various birds on a sheet of Victorian scraps

Various birds on a sheet of Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDuck Collection: Bucephala clangula, common goldeneye

Bucephala clangula, common goldeneye
Plate 31 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageDuck Collection: Anas undulata, yellow-billed duck

Anas undulata, yellow-billed duck
Ff. 72. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas xanthorynchus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageDuck Collection: Anas erythrorhyncha, red-billed duck

Anas erythrorhyncha, red-billed duck
Ff. 73. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas pyrrhoryncha and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageDuck Collection: White bulldog puppy with poultry

White bulldog puppy with poultry
A white bulldog puppy meets some poultry during a visit to the country, and stands with his front paws in a dish of food. Date: 1905

Background imageDuck Collection: England / Malvern

England / Malvern
A view of the Swan Pool at the spa town of Malvern, Worcestershire. Malvern Chase, a medieval administrative entity, was granted to the Earl of Gloucester by Edward I

Background imageDuck Collection: Rouen ducks

Rouen ducks, Anas platyrhynchos, cock and hen. Bred by J. K. Fowler and winner of cup at Aylesbury. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W

Background imageDuck Collection: New River Head

New River Head
In 1609 a scheme to bring much needed water into London from wells in Hertfordshire was designed by a Mr Hugh Myddleton. His plan was to end his New River just below the summit of Islington Hill

Background imageDuck Collection: Henny or hennie game birds

Henny or hennie game birds, Gallus gallus domesticus. Cock and hen. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W

Background imageDuck Collection: Advert, Haywards Military Pickle

Advert, Haywards Military Pickle, the great digestive. 1937

Background imageDuck Collection: View of part of Duke Street, West Smithfield, 1807

View of part of Duke Street, West Smithfield, 1807
View of part of Duke Street, formerly Duck Lane, West Smithfield, 1807. Tudor timber houses of oak, chestnut and plaster. Man on a ladder lighting a gas lantern

Background imageDuck Collection: Duke of Moscow Coat of Arms, Alexander Duck of Moscow

Duke of Moscow Coat of Arms, Alexander Duck of Moscow

Background imageDuck Collection: Feeding the ducks, Victorian period

Feeding the ducks, Victorian period

Background imageDuck Collection: WW2 Birthday Card Ive Written Em Down?

WW2 Birthday Card Ive Written Em Down?
A WW2 birthday greetings card which shows a little duck wearing a soldier's tin hat, beside a dog who is writing down an Official list of messages of good fortune and warm greetings

Background imageDuck Collection: A Stroll beside the Large Pond of El Retiro, 1780

A Stroll beside the Large Pond of El Retiro, 1780
Jose del Castillo (1737-1793). Spanish painter. A Stroll beside the Large Pond of El Retiro, 1780. History Museum. Madrid. Spain. (On loan, Prado Museum, Madrid)

Background imageDuck Collection: The Duck Pond

The Duck Pond
A landscape painting of a woodland pathway, with a trail of white ducks marching into the pond on the left. Date: circa 1919

Background imageDuck Collection: China Ducks

China Ducks
A still life painting of some colourful flowers neatly arranged in a large, yellow vase, to each side of which, stands some China mallard duck figurines. Date: circa 1916

Background imageDuck Collection: Wildfowling in a Pneumatic Boat

Wildfowling in a Pneumatic Boat
Wildfowlers on Lake Keuka at Hammondsport, New York State, using a recent innovation in water-craft construction - the inflatable pneumatic boat. Date: circa 1924

Background imageDuck Collection: Cute baby sucking its thumb, with toy duck

Cute baby sucking its thumb, with toy duck Date: 1930s

Background imageDuck Collection: Dead Duck in Reeds

Dead Duck in Reeds
Slide showing a photograph of a dead duck on the ground amongst some reeds. Part of Box 366. Date: circa 1900

Background imageDuck Collection: There was a little man

There was a little man
Black and white. Young boy with gun and dead duck standing on steps in front of young girl. Part of Box 102, Nursery Rhymes. Part of Boswell collection, slide number 118 and 2 Date: late 19th century

Background imageDuck Collection: Duck Seller Trade Street Trades Birds Circa 1830

Duck Seller Trade Street Trades Birds Circa 1830
duck, seller, trade, street, trades, birds, circa, 1830, selling, ducks, dead, one, alive, complaining, history, historical, 10190088

Background imageDuck Collection: Dame, what makes your ducks to die

Dame, what makes your ducks to die, ducks to die, ducks to die; Dame, what makes your ducks to die, on Christmas-day in the morning



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