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Girl with guitar on a heart-shaped Valentine cardGirl with guitar (or banjo) on a heart-shaped Valentine card. circa 1900s
Two clowns with an umbrella on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Moth on a handmade Christmas card, with a handwritten label and a little pink bag, perhaps containing pot pourri. Date: circa 1890s
Clown feeding a baby on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Young Trout, Salmon Parr, and SmeltYoung Trout (Salmo cambricus or Salmo trutta, also known as Young Salmon, Silver Salmon, Sea Trout, Sewen and Sewin), Salmon Parr (Salmo salar, Salmo salmulus)
Salmo trutta, or Brown Trout, also known as Grey Trout, Bull Trout, Sea Truff and Pugtrout. Date: 1879
Salmo trutta, or Salmon Trout. Date: 1879
Salmo salar, or Atlantic Salmon (male), a freshwater and marine variety. Date: 1879
Salvelinus alpinus alpinus, or Alpine Char (also known as Arctic Char), a member of the Salmonidae family. Date: 1865
Salvelinus willoughbii, or Willoughbys CharLeuciscus leuciscus, or Common Dace, a freshwater or brackish water fish of the Cyprinidae family. Described here as Graining. Date: 1865
Salmo salar, or Parr and SamletSalmo salar (Salmo salmulus) Parr and Samlet, also known as Branlin, Palmer Trout, Trotter, Hipper and Farthing Trout. Date: 1865
Pleuronectes platessa, or European Plaice, a species of flatfish. Date: 1864
Pholis gunnellus, or Rock Gunnel, also known as Butterfish, Swordick, Gunnel and Nine Eyes, an eel-like fish. Date: 1863
Scomber scombrus, or Atlantic Mackerel. Date: 1863
WW1 - HMS Birmingham sinking the German U-15 U-BoatWW1 - On 9 August 1914, HMS Birmingham spotted the German submarine U-15, whose engines had failed as she lay stopped on the surface in heavy fog, off Fair Isle
Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius, and spotted nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology
Spotted Ladys Slipper Orchid - flowering wild plants (Cypripedium guttatum ). near Ekaterinburg - Middle Ural Mountains - Russia. summer - June
Taking advantage of the situation... Street Lad - " Do you want an Errand Boy?" Shopkeeper - " No." Street Lad - " Yus you do, yours as just been runned over." !!
Swahili People of TanzaniaGroup of Swahili people - a Bantu ethnic group and culture found in East Africa. This group come from Tanzania (formerly German East Africa). Date: circa 1910s
Eumaeus atala, atala butterfly caterpillarAtala caterpillar feeding on cycad plant. These butterflies are native to south Florida, U.S.A. Photographed by Jason D. Weintraub
Plate 146 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 122 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
LS Plate 193 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Cypraea argus, hundred-eyed cowrieA pair of hundred-eyed cowries (Cypraea argus). A marine gastropod found across the Indo-Pacific. The name hundred-eyed refers to the particular type of shell pattern
Eulyes illustris, assassin bugAssassin bugs mainly inhabit tropical regions. They are blood-sucking predatory insects and are usually brightly coloured
Anastomus lamelligerus, African open-billWatercolour and pencil by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1918). This species is a member of the stork family and mainly hunts in marshes and wetlands
Women chatting in a back yard, Pontypool, South WalesA group of women, probably all wives of coal miners, chatting in the back yard of 76 Hanbury Terrace, Pontypool, South Wales. The smiling woman in the spotted skirt is the mother of W E Jones
Ornithoptera chimaera, birdwing butterflyDigital image of the upperside of a mounted specimen of a male birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera chimaera) from the family Papilionidae
Delightful, at the Gaiety Theatre, MacedoniaDelightful first produced at the Gaiety Theatre, Macedonia in 1918. The caption reads Weston Drury as Ferdie Fittitt. Sergeant Weston Drury wrote many of the productions at the Gaiety Theatre
Cadburys Happy Families - Mrs FlavourCadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Mrs Flavour the Chefs Wife. circa 1950
Studio photo of a fashionable woman in profile. 1936
WW1 - German Zeppelin picked by Searchlights over WoodfordWW1 - German Zeppelin L.15 picked out by Searchlights over Woodford, North East London on 13th October 1915. The first raid to target the capital. Date: 1915
Woman with a parasol in a garden. circa 1900
Animals at a French Zoo - Spotted Cavy - Two Cavies asleep in cape.. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo
Clown with bottle and sausages on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Bulldog and labrador in human dress on a postcard. Date: circa 1930s
Cartoon, We ve been spotted, WW1Cartoon, We ve been spotted. Two young army cadets having a secret smoke realise that they have been spotted by an officer. Date: 1917
Newspaper seller on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1910s
Cruising fashion 1935An outfit of shorts, blouses with sun back, coat and hat all in matching spotted blue and white crease resisting linen. The lifebelt is really a bag which is most capacious
Famous Diva and accompanist noticed - Oxford Circus StationA Famous highbrow Diva (and snooty accompanist) standing on Oxford Circus Underground Station, London - spotted by a couple (and their wailing infant) on the station
Caricature of Prince George, Duke of CambridgeCaricature of Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), military head of the British Army, seen here on a wooden horse with a soldier getting a picnic ready for him. 1881
Caricature of Walter Webling and Alfred WatsonCaricature of Walter Webling (seated, aka Walter Clifford Weblyn, 1846-1928), owner of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, and Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (on horseback, 1849-1922)
Caricatures of Alexander Henderson and H B FarnieCaricatures of Alexander Henderson, theatre owner and director, and Henry Brougham Farnie (1836-1889), author, librettist and adapter -- Not Exactly " Out of the Hunt"
Frog with umbrella and smoking cap on a Christmas cardFrog with blue umbrella and red smoking cap going for a constitutional (ie a walk) on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Emmott by Who / 1910Alfred Emmott M.P wears a morning coat, waistcoat, grey striped trousers with a front & back crease & turn-ups (cuffs), wing collar & a black & white spotted tie. Date: 1910
Advert / Kuppenheimer CloThe Beltsac: double-breasted jacket with belted back, long lapels & large patch pockets - a somewhat effeminate style! Worn with a straw boater, spotted tie & cane. Date: 1917
Evening Dress 1899Pink spotted gown (possibly a net over dress ornamented with sequins), corsage en ceour, cascade of lace from the bodice to the hem, trimmed with sinuous gold braid. Date: 1899
Green Spotted Cloak 1899Pale green theatre cloak with high collar edged with white accordion pleated chiffon & trimmed with black lace applied in serpentine waves to the border. Date: 1899