Fierce Collection (page 2)

Pub landlady stops snack, 1858
" Dip your roll in your own pot at home!" A fierce looking landlady berates a hungry customer caught in the act of helping himself to the contents of her cooking pot

Elephants charging forward through water
Elephants charge toward the viewer through a shallow pool. Illustration from Romance of Ivory story in pen & ink by Raymond Sheppard

Aden - Somaili Warriors
Aden - Somalia - Somali Soldiers

A furious charge of Irish troops at the taking of Guillemon
An illustration showing Irish troops attacking German positions at Guillemont, September 1916. The image depicts Irish soldiers engaging in fierce hand-to-hand combat at a machine-gun post which

Yuan Shi T ien-Tsun
YUAN SHI T IEN-TSUN Taoist deity, First Principle of the Universe, portrayed riding on a fierce monster

Tabby cat on a chair, looking fierce
Unusual Friends - tabby cat on a chair, looking fierce. 1950s

Whalers attacked by polar bears. 19th century

Latema Reata Hill, British East Africa, WW1
Latema Reata Hill, British East Africa, during WW1. The Battle of Latema Nek took place on 11 and 12 March 1916 and resulted in a British victory. 1916

Book of Order of cavalry, 15th century, by Ramon Llull (1235
Ramon Llull (1235-1316). Spanish writer and philosopher. Book of Order of cavalry. Manuscript, 15th century. Title cover

Reconstruction of a Phrygian building. 7th century BC
Phrygian Culture. Turkey. Reconstruction of a Phrygian building. Detail. 7th century BC. From Pazarli. Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. Ankara

Etruscan cinerary urn. 425-350 BC
Etruscan cinerary urn in shaped of house or temple. On the roof there are two panthers and in the front a winged female figure. 425-350 BC. Limestone. From Chiusi. British Museum. London. England

Caricature of Montagu Williams, actor, playwright and lawyer
Caricature of Montagu Stephen Williams (1835-1892), English actor, playwright, barrister, magistrate and teacher. A commentary on a libel case between Henry Labouchere

With Parasol on Thames
A young lady on the river Thames shields herself from the fierce English sun with her parasol. Date: 1906

Alfreds Men Fight Danes
A fierce hand-to-hand battle between Alfreds men and the Vikings Date: circa 897

Fighting in Ardennes
THE ARDENNES, on the border between France and the Netherlands, are the scene of fierce French resistance to the invading Prussians Date: September 1792

Animals / Cats / Tiger
A fierce tiger walks through grassland. (Panthera tigris) Date: 1880

A test of courage
Young boy with a lamp eyeing a fierce whit bulldog at the gate. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1911

Illustration, Peter, the fox terrier, with three big dogs
Illustration, Peter, the fox terrier, running towards three big dogs who are about to have a fight. Date: 1912

HMS Liverpool - Bristol Class Light Cruiser, England. Showing A Mystery of the Sea - A boat picked up after a fierce gale Date: 1911

The Gentle Adjutant by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon
Its the Noise that really matters. A fierce and fearsome looking commanding officer on horseback uses his considerable lung power to make his commands known. Date: 1917

Russian soldier with regimental bear mascot, WW1
Muska, a Russian regimental mascot pictured arguing volubly with his master on some important point. The caption assures the reader that, Muska is quite friendly

Suffragettes Punch Policeman. A policeman is subjected to a fierce attack by suffragettes throwing punches and gripping him with an umbrella handle

Suffragette Down with Tom Cats. Fierce looking cat proclaims, Down with the Tom cats. i.e the males! Date: circa 1908

Bear believed responsible for 1937yeti footprints on Everest
A page from the Illustrated London News in 1937, entitled The abominable snowman unmasked, reporting on confirmation that suspected yeti footprints discovered in the Himalayas were in fact those of

Struggle for the Dunes by G. Bron and G. H. Davis
The struggle for the Dunes: how the navy helped in the fighting on the Belgian coast. Left: the newly-acquired monitors, Severn, Humber and Mersey, firing on the German trenches

Patriotic British postcard with bulldog, WW1
First World War patriotic postcard, showing a fierce-looking British bulldog: Who said Germany? Date: 1914-1918

Cartoon, Italian light infantryman with Austrian eagle, WW1
French cartoon of an Italian light infantryman (Bersaglieri) during the First World War. He is holding an Austrian eagle upside down so that its imperial crown falls off

Cartoon, German officer and Turk as animals, WW1
Satirical cartoon depicting a German officer and a Turk as animals during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Assault on Antwerp
The duc d Anjou makes an unsuccessful assault on Antwerp, but fierce resistance forces his men to withdraw. Date: 16 January 1583

Thomas Lynedoch - 3
THOMAS GRAHAM, baron LYNEDOCH British military commander, with a fierce lion... Date: 1748 - 1843

Spanish Civil War - Battle of Irun - Smoke from fires
Fires burning during the Battle of Irun (Gipuzkoa Region, Basque A.C.), which raged during the Spanish Civil War between 19th August and 5th September 1936 - view from the sea. Date: 1936

Dramatic view of the Cliffs at Margate, Kent, England Date: circa 1904

Native Dancers, Mexico - wearing elaborate costumes which are a real mish-mash of Roman Catholic and traditional styles. Date: circa 1920s

Madagascar - Antsiranana
An Antemoro Warrior (or Antaimoro - an ethnic group of Madagascar living on the southeastern coast, mostly between Manakara and Farafangana) - at Diego Suarez (now Antisanana)

A recuperating wounded WW1 soldier gets his comeuppance - initial delights at the idea of a massage from nurse on the Monday turns into stark realisation tat this might not be quite so pleasurable

Anywhere to escape from the wife
Wife (to Lion Tamer who has been out late) - " You Coward!" Date: 1892

A Breton Fishwife
A very solid and formidable Breton Fishwife from Brittany, France. Date: circa 1890s

Fierce shot blasts Goalkeeper into his own goal
A fearsome shot from an opposing striker smashes into the face of a hapless Goalkeeper, carrying the ball and the keeper back over the line

Varanus salvator, water monitor
Photograph of a mounted water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

English Insects illustration by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Hydrocynus sp. tigerfish
Specimen skull of a tigerfish (Hydrocynus sp.). Tigerfish are found in warm rivers and lakes throughout Africa, they are fierce and voracious feeding on whatever is most abundant

Anarhichas lupus, Atlantic catfish
A specimen of the Atlantic catfish (Anarhichas lupus). Technically a wolffish and not a catfish this deep-sea, bottom-dwelling fish can be found in temperate

Gorilla, November 1897
The gorilla shown in an aggressive posture became a popular museum highlight. Epitomised in the 1933 film, King Kong, sensationalist reports by early explorers influenced the way these animals were

Tyrannosaurus rex with Triceratops
Model of the animatronic predator T. rex in T. rex The Killer Question exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London, 2003

Study of shark
Page 397 by Ulisse Aldrovandi from his De Piscubis et de Cetis, 1638

Sea-serpent attacking a vessel
Fig 67 from Mythical Monsters, 1886 by Charles Gould

Odontoceti (suborder), toothed whale
Sailors throwing barrels from a ship to conciliate two whales. Page 217 from Curious Creatures in Zoology (1890) by John Ashton

The celebrated picador Fernando del Toro
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The celebrated picador Fernando del Toro draws the fierce beast

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