Rat Collection

Louis Wain - A Christmas catastrophe : please, sir, the rat entree has escaped and eaten the turkey, cats eating and drinking Date: circa 1906

Ivor Novello star of The Rat (1925)
Ivor Novello the star of The Rat on stage and screen Date: 1926

Wind in Willows / Rat Snow
Rat & Mole in the Wild Wood: " The Rat pondered awhile, and examined the humps and slopes that surrounded them." Date: First published: 1908

Wind in Willows / Grahame
The Water Rat & Mole picnicking: " The Mole begged as a favour, to be allowed to unpack it all by himself." Date: First published: 1908

The Frog and the Rat. circa 1900

Willows / Rat & Beer
Rat & Mole: " He presently reappeared somewhat dusty, with a bottle of beer in each paw & another under each arm." Date: First published: 1908

Southern Railway Ratcatcher
Official Rat catcher for Southern Railway with Terriers and quarry. Date: 1924

Ivor Novello and Mae Marsh in The Rat (1925) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1926

A Barn Owl hunting a rat. Pen & ink illustration by Raymond Sheppard

Rat-Tat-Tat by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl opens a door. Date: 1931

Rat / Egyptian Sun God
RAT - the female principle of the sun-god Re

RATS IN THE BARN C1910
Rats in a barn nibble on some apples. Date: circa 1910

London Rat Catcher
A rat-catcher at work in the London sewers

Gunter Grass / Morgan
GUNTER GRASS German writer rides a rat

Cancer Research
Cancer research at Gratwick Laboratory, Buffalo, New York, which achieved striking results with rats in 1909. Date: 1909

Town & Country Mouse
LE RAT DE VILLE ET LE RAT DES CHAMPS (the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse) - The country mouse alarmed by the sounds of the town house

Pied Piper / Greenaway / Rat
The Pied Piper leads the rats away from the town

Ivor Novello - Welsh composer and actor
Ivor Novello (1893 1951), born David Ivor Davies - a Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century

Dame Trot and Her Cat - eight scenes Date: 1820s

Alican Land, Roland Rat
A WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image depicts Roland Rat speaking with the businessman Sam Squirrel. Date: circa 1940s

The House That Jack Built
A photograph of a toy displaying figurines from the nursery rhyme, The House That Jack Built, including a windmill, the bags of malt, a cat, the rat, the cow with a crumpled horn

British Productions films 1929 and 1930 - The Bondman, The First-Born, The Wrecker, The Burgomaster of Stilemonde, The Woman in White, The Blue Peter, Albino the Outcast, When Knights Were Bold

Ivor Novello and Isabel Jeans in film, The Return of the Rat
Ivor Novello and Isabel Jeans in Gainsborough Pictures film, The Return of the Rat, directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1929

WW2 - Home Front - Land Girl hunting rats with ferrets and the results of one day's offensive in a Hereford Barn. Date: circa 1942

Precautions taken against the plague in Japan, 1908
An example to India: exterminating the microbe-carrying rat. Remarkable precautions taken against the plague in Japan. Photographs include sorting

Merlin and peregrine falcon
Merlin, Falco columbarius 1, and peregrine falcon with duck, Falco peregrinus 2. Pigeon hawk 1, and duck hawk or great-footed hawk 2

Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius. Marsh hawk, male 1, female with prey 2. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds

Indian chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum, Crisantemo indiano, Matricale della China. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Rat catcher with a wooden leg. 17th century

Pampas fox or aguarachay, Lycalopex gymnocercus, and spiny rat or casiragua, Proechimys guairae. After Felix de Azaras Voyages dans l Amerique Meridionale

Red acouchi and crab-eating raccoon
Red acouchi or wood rat, Myoprocta acouchy, and crab-eating raccoon, crabbodago or grisson, Procyun cancrivorus. Copperplate engraving by Barlow after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel

The balloon man, caricature of the balloonist Montgolfier
The balloon man, l homme aux ballons, caricature of the balloonist Montgolfier by Jean-Baptiste Letourmy of Orleans, 18th century

Ray, shark, sturgeon, lamprey, etc
Marine creatures: hagfish, Myxine glutinosa 1, river lamprey eel, Petromyzon fluviatilis 2, torpedo ray, Raja torpedo ocellata 3, great white shark, Squalus carcharias, vulnerable 4, rat fish

Rat fish, elephantfish and American paddlefish
Rat fish, Chimaera monstrosa, elephantfish, Callorhinchus callorynchus, and American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula (vulnerable)

Water vole, Arvicola amphibius
Water vole or black water rat, Arvicola amphibius. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus (Mus decumanus). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Black rat, Rattus rattus (Mus rattus), caught in a mousetrap. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Amazon bamboo rat, Dactylomys dactylinus (Long-toed spinous rat, Echimys dactylinus). From a specimen in Berlin Museum. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Col

Long-toed spiny rat, Dactylomys dactylinus
Long-toed spinous or spiny rat, Amazon bamboo rat, Dactylomys dactylinus, (Echimys dactylinus? Geoff.) From a specimen in Berlin Museum

Figures representing Aztec kings of Mexico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843

Eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana
Eastern woodrat or Florida rat, Neotoma floridana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward, from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker

Coypu, Myocastor coypu
Coypu or river rat, Myocastor coypu (Coypou, Hydromys coupus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825

Cayenne spiny rat, Proechimys guyannensis (Red echimys or spiny rat of d Azara). Illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The

Long-nosed potoroo or kangaroo rat, Potorous tridactylus. (Tufted tailed or mountain kanguroo, Kanguroo pencillatus.) Illustration by John Lewin

Scorpion fish, rat fish, cowfish and firefish
Red scorpion fish, Scorpaena scrofa 1, rat fish, Chimaera monstrosa 2, scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis 3, and broadbarred firefish, Pterois antennata 4

Kangaroo rat beside rocks. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Emigration - Fleas and Rats. 19th century

Terrier racing in Juan les Pins
A terrier racing contest in the French Riviera resort of Juan les Pins, organised by Captain and Mrs Russell Roberts on the terrace of the Casino

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