Tail Collection (page 3)

Brown-tail moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea 1-7. Phalaena chrysorrhoea, Phalaena auriflua. Date: 1786

Gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, male, female, larva, chrysalis. Phalaena dispar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in

Cartoon, The Dispatch of Business (Disraeli and Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Dispatch of Business -- a satirical comment on the conflicting approaches of Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) and William Gladstone (Liberal) to electoral reform. Date: 1866

Man of the San people, South Africa
Man of the San people (Housouana or Bushmen), South Africa. With bow, arrows, feather and belt. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Mares tail, Hippuris vulgaris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Common chamaeleon, Lacerta chamaeleon). Outline of prehensile tail and tongue extended to catch a fly

Pitcher or ewer from Venice, Italy, with sea nymph riding a chimaera with a horses body and serpent tail. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French

Rats tail, Babiana ringens. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke after Thomas Shotter Boys from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1825

White-booted racket tail, Ocreatus underwoodii (Rough-legged racket-tailed humming-bird, Trochilus underwoodii). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Fucoideae seaweeds and algae
Fucoideae seaweeds: bullwhip kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana 1, Cutleria multifida 2, Cystoseira spinosa 3, Agarum clathrus 4, Scaberia agardhii 5, peacocks tail, Padina pavonica 6

Peacocks tail algae and hermit crabs
Peacocks tail algae, Padina pavonica 1, common hermit crab, Pagurus bernhardus 2, blue-eyed hermit crab, Paragiopagurus diogenes 3, and Pagurus alatus 4. Padine, Pagures

Female seed cone of the monkey puzzle tree
Mature female seed cone of the monkey puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana (Araucaria imbricata). Endangered. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Bulrush, creat cats tail or reed mace, Typha latifolia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany

Lizards tail, Saururus cernuus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst, London, 1816

Head and tail of the dodo by various artists
Head and tail of the dodo by Roelandt Savery, Johan Neiuhof, Jacob de Bondt, Ludwig Schmoor von Carolsfeld, G. Krause, etc. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr

Woman wearing a huge hat called the Happiness of the Century, Chapeau au Bonheur du Siecle. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from

Woman in a Voltaire bonnet on a high hairstyle with curls and tail. Bonnet a la Voltaire. Handcoloured lithograph by de Laubadere from Octave Uzannes Stylish Hairstyle or Eccentric Finery from

Matador dedicating the killed bulls tail to the president. Chromolithograph by E. Calle after an illustration by Daniel Perea from Bullfight, Corrida del Toros, Madrid, Boronat Satorre, 1894

Timber rattlesnake and water snake
Timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus 1, tail rattle 3, and water snake, Muraena pinnis adiposis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Magpie. Date: 1957

Indian Ring-Necked Parrakeet. Date: 1933

African Grey Parrot. Date: 1933

Child blowing a shell, riding on the head of a sea monster. 19th century

Black mourning boa 1910
Very much in demand the black boa, due to the recent death of King Edward VII. May 1910

Italian poster, Irradio televisions, Milan, the enchanting vision, with a mermaid under the sea. circa 1950s

Little girl doing some DIY -- If you just can t get them to get it done, then do it yourself ole dear! Date: circa 1960s

David Frances Barry photo - Son of his Star
Son of His Star seated outdoors in full traditional dess including moccasins and earrings. He wears a ceremonial Otter-fur turban and is holding a long calumet (peace pipe)

David Frances Barry photo - Chief Black Tongue
Chief Black Tongue of the Cheyenne tribe, wrapped in a blanket and holding a Head and Tail Fan traditionally used in ritual dance. Photograph by David Frances Barry. Date: 1880

Curtis British Entomology Plate 756
Hymenoptera: Ceropales variegatus = Ceropales variegata [Plant: Lagurus ovatus (Hare?s Tail Grass)] Date: 1824-39

Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden Kai (msn 5128, allied reporting name George ), on display at Willow Grove Naval Air Station circa 1957

Weir W-2, at RAF Hendon on 19 July 1951. G. & J. Weir of Cathcart in Glasgow were an established engineering company, founded in 1871, which built aircraft during the First World War

Curtiss ModeI 58A X986M (msn 1, marked as XF9C-2). The second prototype of the F9C family, built as a private venture, given the unofficial designation XF9C-2

Republic XP-91 Thunderceptor 46-0681 4 May 1949: 0680 (1st prototype) first flight. 14 October 1949: 0681 first flight. Summer 1951:engine failed on take-off summer 1951 at Edwards AFB

Kaiserliche Marine - Albatros W. 4 747
Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) - Albatros W.4 747, prototype of the W.4, which was operated by the Marine-Fliegerabteilung from September 1916

Grumman XF9F-2 Panther 122475 (Model G-79, 1st prototype), at the Naval Air Testing Centre on Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, with Grumman test pilot Corky Meyer (Corwin H)

North American P-51H-5-NA Mustang N551H (msn 126-3740, ex 44-64314) - Was N1108H before becoming N551H, given false tail number of (44-64551). Date: 1990s

Royal Aircraft Factory F. E. 2 (second aircraft)
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2, powered by an air-cooled 70hp Renault V-8 engine, (R.A.F. - Royal Aircraft Factory), (F.E. - Farman Experimental)

Dogs tail painfully run over by a car
Sorry, I have a tail - Oh Mother! What a catastrophy! 1936

Red FoX Date: 1880

White-Tailed Deer Date: 1948

Japanese woodcut-style image - nature theme
Swiss-published Japanese woodcut-style image - nature theme - Pheasant at lakeside with Mount Fuji in background. Also features obligatory cherry blossom and square-sailed ships... Date: circa 1920s

Toy horse on wheels on a cutout New Year card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Pickles. Pickles tries to catch hold of his own tail. Date: 1909

Broad-Finned, Tail-Spotted, and One-Spotted Goby
Broad-Finned Goby (Gobius biocellatus), Tail-Spotted Goby (Gobius attenuatus), and One-Spotted Goby (Gobius unipunctatus). Date: 1863

Synodontis maculipinna, catfish
Synodontis is the most widely-distributed mochokid genus. This specimen was collected from the Rufigi River near Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania and arrived at the museum in 1922

Centropus ateralbus, pied coucal
Plate 34 from Louis-Isidore Duperreys Voyage de la Coquille 1822-1825, Zoologie Atlas, (1826). From drawings made during his voyage to Chile, Peru, Polynesia, Indoneasia

Munida gregaria, lobster krill
Ff. 9 Vol 3. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Lutjanus fulvus, blacktail snapper
Ff. 213. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

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