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Giraffe Collection

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Zarafa the Giraffe / 1826

Zarafa the Giraffe / 1826
Zarafa the giraffe arrives in Paris, a gift to Charles X from the Viceroy of Egypt

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Science / Evolution

Science / Evolution
From the simple cell to the giraffe, via the mammoth and the pterodactyl

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffes in Zoo 1912

Giraffes in Zoo 1912
Two adults and a baby giraffe in captivity

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Siena, Italy - Contrada - Giraffa (Giraffe)

Siena, Italy - Contrada - Giraffa (Giraffe)
Standard bearer of the Contrada of Giraffa (Giraffe), Siena, Italy. At birth you become a member of one of the 17 Contrade (Districts) and your life revolves around your Contrada

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificient (1449-1492). Italian

Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificient (1449-1492). Italian patrician and humanist, ruler of Florence from 1469 to 1492. Lorenzo de Medici receiving gifts from his ambassadors. VASARI, Giorgio (1511-1574)

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Hunting the Giraffe by William C Harris

Hunting the Giraffe by William C Harris
Colour lithograph c. 1836 Date: circa 1836

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Oswald Mosley as a giraffe by George Whitelaw

Oswald Mosley as a giraffe by George Whitelaw
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (1896-1980), British right-wing politician, founder and leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF) caricatured as a giraffe

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffe (Bewick)

Giraffe (Bewick)
giraffa camelopardalis The Cameleopard as it is known in Bewicks day is the worlds tallest animal, standing over 5.5m tall. The okapi is a relative

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Adam & Eve Name Animals

Adam & Eve Name Animals
Adam in Eden names the creatures in creation

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffe on a Victorian scrap

Giraffe on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Kronheim / Giraffe

Kronheim / Giraffe
A giraffe uses its dextrous tongue to pick off the leaves from a very tall tree

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffe at Paris 1826

Giraffe at Paris 1826
Zarafa, a giraffe presented to Charles X of France by the Viceroy of Egypt, and housed in the jardin d acclimatation, Paris

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffe / Nat Library 1835

Giraffe / Nat Library 1835
Giraffes in North Africa

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffe, Cocher

Giraffe, Cocher

Background imageGiraffe Collection: WW2 Birthday Card, A Good Spotter

WW2 Birthday Card, A Good Spotter
A WW2 birthday greetings card, a good spotter to bring you luck! The image shows a black cat symbolic of good fortune, that has climbed up the neck of a giraffe to act as a spotter with binoculars

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Mansion Polish Advertisement Illustration

Mansion Polish Advertisement Illustration
An advertisement illustration promoting Mansion Polish, it comically shows a gathering of small rabbits on a shiny floor, with the large figure of a giraffe lurching through the open window

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Laughing Animals

Laughing Animals
An illustration portraying a gentleman smoking a cigar, walking alongside a young lady wearing a decorative patterned dress and an extravagant hat, a crowd of animals including an elephant, pelican

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Giraffe at Metro Toronto Zoo

Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Giraffe at Metro Toronto Zoo Date: circa 1970s

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Tower Babel 1563 Brueghel Pieter Elder Bruegel

Tower Babel 1563 Brueghel Pieter Elder Bruegel
tower, babel, 1563, brueghel, pieter, elder, bruegel, allegories, time, vanitas, architecture, building, crane, construction, death, allegory, giraffe, megalomania, nebuchadnezzar, ii, biblical, old

Background imageGiraffe Collection: SPANISH WAR/CAMP POSTER

SPANISH WAR/CAMP POSTER
Propaganda poster from Communist group Socorro Rojo de Espana advertising children's summer camps at the seaside Date: 1936 - 1939

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Original Artwork - Multi-scene Christmas card

Original Artwork - Multi-scene Christmas card featuring a turkey, Santa Claus, a Giraffe, Christmas carols and hanging up the holly. Date: circa 1937

Background imageGiraffe Collection: A Giraffe in a Zoo Date: circa 1920s

A Giraffe in a Zoo Date: circa 1920s

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Indian antelope or blackbuck, Antilope cervicapra

Indian antelope or blackbuck, Antilope cervicapra. The Antelope in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons

Background imageGiraffe Collection: The Waterfall of Niagara

The Waterfall of Niagara. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Thomas Kelly, London, 1829

Background imageGiraffe Collection: William Heath Robinson, Not Now but Soon

William Heath Robinson, Not Now but Soon, The Wonder Book of the Then and Now, front endpapers. circa 1923

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Male giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis

Male giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Le Vaillants camp on the banks of the Orange

Le Vaillants camp on the banks of the Orange River in the Richtersveld. A giraffe skin is undergoing taxidermy on a frame. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Head of a giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis

Head of a giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Kordofan giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum

Kordofan giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum (Camelopardalis antiquorum). Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffe and clove tree

Giraffe and clove tree
Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, with handler and clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pfitzer after an illustration by A

Background imageGiraffe Collection: African animals: zebra, giraffe, chimpanzee

African animals: zebra, giraffe, chimpanzee
African animals: zebra, Equus quagga, giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, endangered chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, and the endangered Asian jocko (orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus)

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Animal silhouettes

Animal silhouettes - including a giraffe, a crocodile, a horse, a stag, a donkey, and a jockey riding a horse. circa 1820

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffe Date: 1910

Giraffe Date: 1910

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Young giraffe and adults in Woburn Wildlife Park, Beds

Young giraffe and adults in Woburn Wildlife Park, Beds
Young giraffe and adults in Woburn Wildlife Park, Bedfordshire, England

Background imageGiraffe Collection: WW1 - Comic Postcard - The Long and the Short of it

WW1 - Comic Postcard - The Long and the Short of it
WW1 - Comic Postcard - " The Long and the Short of it". A lady and her remarkably tall fella! Date: 1916

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffe in the roadway with cars

Giraffe in the roadway with cars
Unusual Friends - giraffe in the roadway with cars. 1950s

Background imageGiraffe Collection: The Kings Cameleopard -- George IVs giraffe

The Kings Cameleopard -- George IVs giraffe
The Kings Cameleopard -- King George IVs giraffe, the first one in Britain, a gift from the Viceroy of Egypt. 1827

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Wild Sports of South Africa, William Harris

Wild Sports of South Africa, William Harris
Title page to William Harriss collection of drawings from 1839. Date: 1839

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Zebras and Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) invading

Zebras and Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) invading Katavi airport (Equus grevyi). Tanzania - Africa

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffe - feeding on plant leaves

Giraffe - feeding on plant leaves (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa). Hluhluwe Umfolozi National Park South Africa

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffe - 3 Giraffes with African Bush / Savanna

Giraffe - 3 Giraffes with African Bush / Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) in forground - at waterhole (Giraffa camelopardalis). Etosha National Park, Namibia

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe
Plate 412 (332) Girafe, Femelle. From Histoire Naturelle des Mammifcres, avec des figures originales, Vol. 4, 1819-42, by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Baron Georges L. C. Frederic D. Cuvier

Background imageGiraffe Collection: The Rowland Ward diorama

The Rowland Ward diorama
A young and adult giraffe in the Rowland Ward Diorama at the Natural History Museum, London. This display was removed in 2004

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffe - with young African Bush / Savanna Elephant

Giraffe - with young African Bush / Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) - at waterhole (Giraffa camelopardalis). Etosha National Park, Namibia

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Victorian Scraps - Page of Animals

Victorian Scraps - Page of Animals. late 19th century

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Giraffe, parrot and baby in pram

Giraffe, parrot and baby in pram
Unusual Friends - giraffe, parrot, and baby in pram. 1950s

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Mother and baby giraffe in a zoo

Mother and baby giraffe in a zoo
Unusual Friends - mother and baby giraffe in a zoo. 1950s

Background imageGiraffe Collection: Mammiferes - mammals

Mammiferes - mammals
A variety of mammals including giraffe, camel, anteaters and buffalo. Date: 1930



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