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Acorn Collection

Background imageAcorn Collection: Common oak tree, Quercus robur

Common oak tree, Quercus robur. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageAcorn Collection: Melanerpes erythrocephalus, red-headed woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus, red-headed woodpecker
Plate 20, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background imageAcorn Collection: 19th century brass and wood tiller bar

19th century brass and wood tiller bar
MARITIME: A good quality 19th century brass and wood tiller bar with an acorn type handle which unscrews to replace the wooden handle. Measuring 35ins. long. Weighs 7.5kg

Background imageAcorn Collection: King of Acorns, German Playing Card

King of Acorns, German Playing Card. circa 1900

Background imageAcorn Collection: Cork oak, Quercus suber

Cork oak, Quercus suber. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageAcorn Collection: Oak and Myrtle (Measure for Measure)

Oak and Myrtle (Measure for Measure). Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe, London, 1845

Background imageAcorn Collection: Sessile oak, Quercus petraea

Sessile oak, Quercus petraea (Durmast oak, Quercus sessiliflora). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes

Background imageAcorn Collection: Common British oak tree, Quercus robur

Common British oak tree, Quercus robur. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Background imageAcorn Collection: Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus

Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus (Black-bearded woodpecker, Picus melanopogon). Handcoloured engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1829

Background imageAcorn Collection: Black oak, Quercus velutina

Black oak, Quercus velutina
Black oak, yellow-barked oak or quercitron, Quercus velutina (Quercus tinctoria). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Background imageAcorn Collection: White oak or valley oak, Quercus alba

White oak or valley oak, Quercus alba. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageAcorn Collection: Photograph of Acorn PH, Stifford Clays, Essex

Photograph of Acorn PH, Stifford Clays, Essex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 12954

Background imageAcorn Collection: The Acorn Harvest at Chingford, Epping Forest

The Acorn Harvest at Chingford, Epping Forest
Acorns being harvested in Epping Forest, near Chingford in 1904. The acorns were collected and sold at 6d. a bushel, and were chiefly bought for feeding to pigs. Date: 1904

Background imageAcorn Collection: Squirrel and acorns on a greetings card

Squirrel and acorns on a greetings card with verse -- Rough Winter. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageAcorn Collection: Signpost on coastal footpath near Torquay, Devon

Signpost on coastal footpath near Torquay, Devon. Date: circa 1990s

Background imageAcorn Collection: London Trade Card - Matthias Darly, Paper Hangings

London Trade Card - Matthias Darly, Paper Hangings
London Trade Card - Matthias Darly, Manufactory for Paper Hangings, painter, engraver and paper stainer, wholesale and retail, at the Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand

Background imageAcorn Collection: Gold phiale. Libation bowl. 4th-3rd century B. C. Metropolita

Gold phiale. Libation bowl. 4th-3rd century B. C. Metropolita
Greek Art. Hellenistic. Gold phiale. Libation bowl. 4th-3rd century B.C. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States

Background imageAcorn Collection: Bird in oak leaves with acorns

Bird in oak leaves with acorns
A bird in a clump of oak leaves with acorns. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageAcorn Collection: Governor and scouting leader at a rally, Mauritius

Governor and scouting leader at a rally, Mauritius
The Governor of Mauritius, Sir John Shaw Rennie (1917-2002), presenting scouting leader Guy de la Hogue with the Silver Acorn at a rally

Background imageAcorn Collection: Hand-painted trench sign

Hand-painted trench sign. COY (Company) HQ with a cockerel & diamond shape containing oak leaves and an acorn. Trench Art

Background imageAcorn Collection: British coins, two George V sixpences

British coins, two George V sixpences for 1928 and 1929. With oak leaves and acorns on the reverse. Date: late 1920s

Background imageAcorn Collection: Design for Printed Textile in beige and brown

Design for Printed Textile in beige and brown. Charcoal and pencil on tracing paper. Silver Studio. 1934

Background imageAcorn Collection: Sitta pusila, brown-headed nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis, whi

Sitta pusila, brown-headed nuthatch, Sitta carolinensis, whi
Plate 22, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background imageAcorn Collection: Quercus robur, oak tree

Quercus robur, oak tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageAcorn Collection: Lullula arborea, woodlark

Lullula arborea, woodlark
Plate 16 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageAcorn Collection: Geothlypis trichas, common yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas, common yellowthroat
Plate 24 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageAcorn Collection: Quiscalus major, boat-tailed grackle

Quiscalus major, boat-tailed grackle
Plate 187 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageAcorn Collection: Quercus sp. oak

Quercus sp. oak
Ripe acorns and oak leaves. Photographed by Pat Hart, Summer 2003

Background imageAcorn Collection: Melanerpes carolinus, red-bellied woodpecker Picoides villos

Melanerpes carolinus, red-bellied woodpecker Picoides villos
Plate 19, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Background imageAcorn Collection: Dedroica magnolia, magnolia warbler

Dedroica magnolia, magnolia warbler

Background imageAcorn Collection: Pica nuttallii Cyanocitta stelleri Aphelocoma californica Nu

Pica nuttallii Cyanocitta stelleri Aphelocoma californica Nu
Plate 362 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageAcorn Collection: Silhouette, Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow

Silhouette, Tall Oaks from Little Acorns Grow

Background imageAcorn Collection: Lambeth Bridge Columns

Lambeth Bridge Columns
The columns at each end of Lambeth Bridge, London, with their distinctive pineapple embellishments. The bridge was opened by King George V on 12 July 1932. Date: opened 12 July 1932

Background imageAcorn Collection: Blue Mosque, Istanbul and the Hippodrome

Blue Mosque, Istanbul and the Hippodrome
The Blue Mosque (The Sultan Ahmed Mosque - designed by royal architect Sedefhar Mehmet Aga, a pupil of Sinan), Istanbul (Constantinople) and the Hippodrome

Background imageAcorn Collection: The Atheist & the Acorn

The Atheist & the Acorn
The fable of the atheist and the acorn


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