Tail Collection (#16)

Flying out another girl for the Harem
Hand-drawn anti-Turkish French propaganda card depicting a semi-naked woman being sent as a volunteer to the Sultans Harem via a Turkish kite! circa 1910s

Horse / Grand National 19C
Grand National, a Clydesdale stallion. Date: 1899

Fall / Water Dog / 1956
CHIBANTA OF TALLWOOD, standing, with, lying GUILHERME OF TALLWOOD. Both dogs have classic clips from last rib to tail pompom. Owner: Wood Date: 1956

General view of the Niarbyl, Isle of Man
General view of the Niarbyl (meaning tail ), between Port Erin and Peel on the south west coast of the Isle of Man. Date: circa 1950

Evening dress 1918
Off the shoulder evening dress, with wrap around tassel on the waist and long tail. Date: 1918

Louis II Duc De Bourbon
LOUIS II, duc de BOURBON Chamberlain of France, riding with the Sieur de Beaujeu as his Esquire, carrying his helmet adorned with a peacocks tail. Date: 1337 - 1410

Monkeys & Gorilla
Three species of primate: proboscis monkey; coaita monkey; gorilla

Tail of wrecked R101 airship at Beauvais
The shape of the tail fins and rudder of the R101 airship can be clearly seen amid the wreckage after it crashed on 5th October 1930 near Beauvais, France, on its maiden voyage

Origin Species, CH Bennett, man of finance - shark
Alls fish that comes. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of man of finance from a shark. Shark fins have developed into a swallow-tail coat, his own tail into a pair of legs

Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, A Lion
A Lion. (Claude Mayne Tawney Esq.) Seated and casting the perfect shadow of lion, complete with tail. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Sly man - Fox
Beware of the fox. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a sly looking man from a fox. The back of his chair becoming a furry tail, the seat and legs a goose

Stable boy with prizewinning horse
A stable boy posing with a prizewinning horse

South Devon Foxhounds follow a trail down a woodland path

Municipal bench, Nantlle Valley, North Wales
Close-up view of a municipal bench with a decorative iron dragon support, in the Nantlle Valley, North Wales. A pile of slate waste indicates that the bench is not far from a closed-down slate quarry

Two girls riding their hobby horses
Two girls (non-identical twins) riding their hobby horses

Italy - Verona - Casa di Romeo
Romeos House, Verona, Italy

Met Police officer, Victorian period
A Metropolitan Police officer, PC Vincent, in the mid-Victorian period, posing for his photograph in a studio. He is wearing the original Peelers swallowtail jacket

Studies of mice
Studies of Mice by Raymond Sheppard

A Tiger rolls on its back
Tiger rolling onto its back on a dusty riverbank. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Fantasy Card - Women riding a Goldfish - entitled Pearl - tracing her hand across the horizon and the late evening light

Rabbit Alert by Aldin
An alert-looking rabbit, perhaps sensing that someone is on its tail!

A tabby cat stalking a mouse
A tabby cat on the prowl stalks a brown rat. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

An Osprey launches of a perch
An Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) launching into flight with a caught fish secured in its talons. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Weasel in a fir tree
A weasel on the branch of fir tree

Spotted Tail, the Head Chief of the Sioux, c. 1876
Spotted Tail, Head Chief of the Sioux, pictured during the Sioux Wars

Shakespere cot
Advertisement for the Shakespere cot, a light, portable childs bed. Ad shows baby in a cot pulling a cats tail

The Two Rats, Fox & Egg
THE TWO RATS, THE FOX AND THE EGG: To save the egg they ve found from a fox, one rat ingeniously grips the egg, the other drags him to safety by his tail

Howard Florey Working
HOWARD WALTER FLOREY Australian-born pathologist, Nobel Prize 1945 : shown injecting penicillin into the tail of a mouse

Men
The latest fashions for men by Edward Minister and Son, featured in the Gazette of Fashion. The two men wear tail coats, silk top hats, double breasted waistcoats and carry walking canes

Squirrel New Year Card
A squirrel wishes you the compliments of the season

Great Dane 1803
Three versions of the Danish Dog, ie Great Dane

Man and Monkey

Elegantly Harnessed
Henri II, king of France, on his elegantly harnessed horse, with plume of feathers on its head and tassels on its neatly tied tail

MANX CAT
A first prize-winning Manx cat, a breed noted for its lack of a tail, owned by P. Williams Esq

BURNS / TAM O SHANTER / C18
TAM O SHANTER The devil clings to his horses tail

Alice / Mouses Tale
The Mouses tail - tale

White Fox Fur Stole
A girl in clothing typical of the Great War period wears a white fox fur stole, complete with head, tail & feet, around her shoulders. Date: circa 1917

Evening Dress 1839
Man: black pantaloons, cut- away tail coat, top hat & green waistcoat. Woman: dress with lace bertha & basques, over-skirt caught up at the front with large bows

Englishman of 1790
Though he still wears a wig, a tail-coat has replaced the skirted coat, the waistcoat is shorter, black knee-breeches and stockings are now general

Reptiles / Crocodile
Narrow-headed Crocodile

Meteor seen above fields from Fulham Road, London
A meteor seen above the fields from the Fulham Road, West London

Caricature of Paul Verlaine, French poet
Paul Verlaine, French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. Seen here in a caricature, with the word Anarchy written across his forehead, playing a lyre, with an arrow stuck through a heart

Mr Popple on the Chase
Having fallen off his horse, Mr Popple grabs it by the tail to stop it running away

Ichthyosaurus
An ichthyosaurus, whose name derives from the Greek words for fish and lizard

Mother, Child, Parrot
Mother and child with a tame parrot on a perch

Tom the Pipers Son grabs pig by tail
Tom the Pipers Son grabs a surprised pig by the tail

Gwydir Castle, Peacock & Gardener
Gwydir Castle - a peacock has a peck at a tray of seeds while the oblivious gardener (possibly having forty winks!) has a seat in the sun a little furher along the gravel path

Fashionable Ball, France
A private dance in the Chausee d Antin, Paris : four dancers perform the Queue du chat (Cats tail)

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