Animals Collection (page 16)

Turkey with holly and mistletoe on a New Year card
A magnificent turkey hanging with holly and mistletoe on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Two geese with holly and mistletoe on a Christmas card
Two dead geese hanging with holly and mistletoe on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cecil Aldin with his Basset hounds
Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), British artist and illustrator, seen here (centre) with his Basset hounds in Berkshire, which he used for hunting the hare at a rather slow and sedate pace. Date: circa 1920s

Cecil Aldin's all-children's pony event, Le Touquet, France
Cecil Aldin's all-children's pony event held in Le Touquet, France, showing him riding a white horse and taking part in the Drag Hunt along with the children. Date: 1929

Cecil Aldin's all-children's pony show, Dunster Castle
An all-children's pony show organised by Cecil Aldin at Dunster Castle, Dunster, Somerset. Date: circa late 1920s

Cecil Aldin riding in his last point-to-point
Cecil Aldin (1870-1935), British artist and illustrator, seen here (left) with others on horseback, riding in his last point-to-point. Date: circa 1920s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Time I Was Dead
Illustration by Cecil Aldin in his autobiography, Time I Was Dead, The South Berks, a black and white reproduction of Aldin's landscape picture of the hunt in progress

Illustration of a Sealyham terrier by Cecil Aldin
Illustration of a Sealyham terrier called Bunch, by Cecil Aldin. Seen here defying death by dawdling across a one-way street in front of the traffic. Date: 1932

Illustration of Greyfriars Bobby by Cecil Aldin -- the faithful terrier who visited the Edinburgh grave of his master, a farmer named John Gray, for nine years until he died in 1872. Date: 1932

Illustration, Peter looks up at White-Ear's skin
Illustration, Peter looks up at White-Ear's flayed skin, on display in the kennels, and has philosophical thoughts about life and death. Date: 1912

Cecil Aldin Book Books Illustration Fox Foxes
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Illustration, White-Ear discovers a dead fox in the coach house. Date: 1912

Senufo mask (Burkina Fasso). It combines features of animals and humans. Senufo masks have the power to help communication between the living and their dead ancestors. African art. Decorative Arts

Prospector in Death Valley, California, USA
Prospector at work in Death Valley, California, USA. Date: circa 1930

Dead cattle, Mission Street, San Francisco, California, USA
Dead cattle amidst the rubble on Mission Street, San Francisco, California, USA, after the earthquake and fire, 18 April 1906. 1906

Ermines table turning
A group of lady ermines (which, to be honest, look more like ferrets) partake in some table turning during a sceance. One of a number of taxidermy tableaux featured in an article in The Girl's

Shepherds at North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, with horses and carts, two live sheep, and what appears to be a pile of four dead sheep

Goat expresses opinion on Margaret Thatcher
A white goat expresses its opinion on Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Its cardboard handwritten notice reads: Stop acting the goat

Jumbo's joy in the hot weather: Elephants shooting the chute at the Franco-British Exhibition held at White City, London 1908 Date: 1908

Richard Leakey, politician and conservationist
Richard Leakey (Richard Erskine Frere Leakey, b 1944), Kenyan politician, palaeoanthropologist and conservationist. Seen here with an elephant. Date: circa 1980s

Morocco - Chemist with his stall
A Native traditional practitioner of ritual medicine with a variety of dead animals, used to cure all manner of ills and ailments Date: circa 1930s

American Indians. Half -breed Indian hunter
Portrait of a native American hunter in the Rocky Mountains, holding a long barrel rifle and carrying an assortment of dead animals, rabbit and game birds. Date: 1874

Brentford public fountain for people and animals at Kew Bridge. Erected at the request of Mrs. Wheeler on memorial to her late husband, Samuel Wheeler at a cost of £1600. Date: 1877

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough 1895
Carriages stopping on their journey so that the horses can get a drink on a hot summers day. Date: 1895

Russian Bear - Climbing his Pole
Russian bear climbing to the very top of the pole at Zoological Society's Gardens (London Zoo). Date: 1896

Indian Elephant been rubbed down with a birch broom and water, to prevent skin from cracking. Date: 1896

Head Keeper with Snake at London Zoo 1896
Mr. Tyrrell the Head Keeper of the Reptile House at London Zoo, holding a 9 feet long boa constrictor, that is coiling round his neck. Date: 1896

Shadow Show - Silhouette Cut-Outs 1881
A fold-out page from The Boy's Own Paper for a shadow show stand with various silhouettes surrounding, to be cut-out, to entertain children for Christmas. Date: 1881

Decorative cast iron electric lamp pillar with drinking fountain for horses and driver, dog trough optional. Date: 1906

Cast iron circular horse trough with drinking fountain. Date: 1906

Case iron circular horse trough with drinking fountain. Date: 1906

Public cast iron water trough for horses, dogs and driver. Date: 1906

Cattle Trough
A large drinking fountain in metropolitan district, erected by the Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association in 1868, providing water to horses, oxen, sheep, dogs and humans. Date: 1868

POLICE OFFICER AND DOG
A Metropolitan Police officer dog handler and his Weimaraner dog discover the dead body of a missing person Date: June 1974

HORSE WAITING TO DIE
A curious dog sniffs at an old horse as it breathes its last. Date: early 19th century

Cow Suckling Lambs Animals Mixed 1930s Coming
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CAMEL (BEWICK)
Camelus bactrianus : you can drink its milk, ride it, use it to transport your merchan- -dise - and when it dies you can eat it and weave its hair into clothing or furnishings. Date: 1790

HARE STRUNG UP
A dead hare, strung up by its hind legs. Date: 1930s

PETS CEMETERY
Some of the gravestones in a corner of the famous Pets Cemetery, Kensington Gardens, London, where over 300 dogs and cats etc are buried. Date: 1950s

Fable English Fox Myth Fables La Fontaine Circa
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Pig in Pen
Pigs poking their snouts through their pen. Date: 1930s

The cat came through the flap Date: 1970s
The cat came through the flap... Date: 1970s

CHIMPS TEA PARTY - 1
Regent's Park zoo, London Polite behaviour at the chimpanzees afternoon tea party, always a popular occasion with visitors. Date: early 20th century

Fur Animals
Selection page of animals. 1913

LADY GALLOPER
A lady hunter gallops, side- saddle, eager to be in at the death of the fox. Behind her is a horse that has jettisoned its rider, and two gentleman riders

A smart horsewoman poses by her horse. Date: 1928

WILLIAM III'S FATAL FALL
William III, king of England, falls off a horse while riding at Hampton Court, and dies of his injuries. Date: 20 February 1702

A farm cat gets ready to pounce on his prey. Date: circa 1887

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