Argus Collection

WW1 - Aircraft Carrier - HMS Argus - Camouflaged - served in Royal Navy 1918-1944. Converted from an Ocean Liner under cnstruction at the start of WW1. Date: circa 1918

Sopwith 1 1 / 2 Strutter F2211 flown by Lt Col R Bell Davies
Sopwith 1 Strutter, F2211, flown by Lt Col R. Bell Davies, VC, DSO, during his first take-off from HMS Argus on 1 October 1918. Date: 1918

Bombardment of Kagoshima
Following the breakdown of negotiations to seek recompense for the Namamugi Incident in September 1862, and having been surprised by cannon fire from the shore

Penelope Embroidering
at work on her embroidery, which she will unstitch at night to avoid remarriage; Odysseus faithful dog Argus, at her side, awaits, as she does, his masters return

The Evolution of the British Aircraft Carrier - from cross-channel steamers to modern designs Date: 1946

SAAB S100B Argus 100006 - 006
Flygvapnet - SAAB S100B Argus 100006 / 006 (msn 340B-431 340AEW), at the SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 26 July 2000. (Flygvapnet - Swedish Air Force) Date: 2000

SAAB S100B Argus 100002 - 002
Flygvapnet - SAAB S100B Argus 100002 / 002 (msn 340-342 340AEW), at the SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 26 July 2000. (Flygvapnet - Swedish Air Force) Date: 2000

SAAB S100B Argus 100003 - 003
Flygvapnet - SAAB S100B Argus 100003 / 003 (msn 340-379 340AEW), at RAF Fairford on 25 July1998 for the Royal International Air Tattoo. (Flygvapnet - Swedish Air Force) Date: 1998

SAAB S100B Argus 100004 - 004
Flygvapnet - SAAB S100B Argus 100004 / 004 (msn 340-395 340AEW). (Flygvapnet - Swedish Air Force) Date: circa 2000

HMS Argus 149
Royal Navy - HMS Argus 149, an aircraft carrier, seen in March 1939. Argus served from 1918 to 1944. After commissioning, the ship was involved for several years in the development of the optimum

Listen For The Three Knocks Advert The Argus
Listen, for, the, Three, Knocks, advert, The, Argus, newspaper, circa, 1930, , 13974279

Saab S100B Argus 100005 - 005
Flygvapnet - Saab S100B Argus 100005 - 005 (msn 340-409, 340AEW). (Flygvapnet - Swedish Air Force) Date: circa 2000

Fairchild UC-61K Argus Mk3 G-RGUS - 44-83184 (msn 1145, Model 24R-46A) Date: circa 2005

Argus Pheasant, displaying at London Zoo by Charles Howard

British crew from HMS Pelican boarding and capturing the American brig, USS Argus, 14 August 1813, off St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Rainbow wrasse, argus wrasse, brown meagre, and shi drum
Rainbow wrasse, Coris julis 30, argus wrasse, Halichoeres argus 31, brown meagre, Sciaena umbra 32 and shi drum, Umbrina cirrosa 33

Great argus pheasant, Argusianus argus (Argus giganteus). Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig

Scotch Argus butterfly, Erebia aethiops (Papilio blandina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Jamaican laughing frog, Osteopilus ocellatus (Argus frog, Rana ocellatus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London

Great argus, Argusianus argus. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Peacock flounder, Bothus lunatus (Argus flounder, Pleuronectes argus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Eyed cowry and lynx cowry
Eyed cowry, Arestorides argus (Argus cowry, Cypraea argus), and lynx cowry, Lyncina lynx, (white-eyed cowry, Cypraea leucopis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Scotch argus, large ringlet, autumn ringlet and Arran brown
Scotch argus, Erebia aethiops, large ringlet, Erebia euryale, autumn ringlet, Erebia neoridas (ventral), and Arran brown, Erebia ligea (ventral)

Great argus, golden pheasant and helmeted guineafowl
Great argus, Argusianus argus 1, golden pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus 2, and helmeted guineafowl, Numida meleagris 3. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Varieties of blue butterflies
Adonis blue butterfly, Polyommatus bellargus, male 1, female 2, brown argus, Polyommatus argus 3, azure blue, Polyommatus argiolus, male 4, female 5, Bedford blue, Polyommatus alsus 6

Exotic moths including Eustera brachyura
Eustera brachyura silk moth 1, grapevine epimenis, Psychomorpha epimenis 2, Lithosia? ino 3, and Aletis helcita 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Carpet python, scarlet snake, and red-bellied black snake
Carpet python, Morelia spilota 1, scarlet snake, Cemophora coccinea 2, red-bellied black snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus 3, and Coluber ocellatus 4

Morane-Saulnier MS. 500 Criquet G-AZMH
Morane-Saulnier MS.500 Criquet G-AZMH (msn 637). The MS.500 was post-war production of the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, with French-built copies of the wartime Argus As 10 engine. Date: 1980s

Royal Canadian Air Force - Canadair CL-28 Argus Mk. 1 20718
Royal Canadian Air Force - Canadair CL-28 Argus Mk.1 20718 at RAF St. Mawgan. The Argus was also known by its Canadian military designation of CP-107. Date: 1961

Argusianus argus, great argus
Detail of a feather from a great argus (Argusianus argus) from the Natural History Museum at Tring

Fairchild 24W Argus CF-FXU Date: 1960s

Argus at Greenham Common
Canadair CL-28B / CP-107 Argus ?10736? from 415 Sqn Canadian Armed Forces - International Air Tattoo 1977, Greenham Common on 25 June 1977 Date: 1977

Greenmarket Square, Cape Town, South Africa. Date: 1906

Argus - Falcon class 2-4-0 of the LSWR
Argus of the London & South Western Railway (LSWR) - a Standard Gauge 2-4-0 Locomotive (works number 21 - one of 17 built at the Nine Elms Works between 1863-67)

Maitos, Dardanelles, with HMS Argus and Ark Royal
Maitos, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, with HMS Argus and Ark Royal in the bay. Date: circa 1922

Native boy reading Cape Argus newspaper, South Africa
Native boy reading the Cape Argus newspaper (weekly edition), South Africa -- What is your opinion? Date: circa 1902

Ladies hats 1919
Hats for 1919, a charming trilby style hat obtained in a variety of shades, woman on the right wearing a wide brim hat with two argus quills round the crown. Date: 1919

Illustration, Lycaenidae -- Polyommatus Euphemus, Polyommatus Cyllarus, Polyommatus Minima, Polyommatus Argiolus, Polyommatus Damon, Polyommatus Corydon, Polyommatus Bellargus, Polyommatus Icarus

Unknown or extinct species of grouper fish, Anthias argus.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Captain H L St J Fancourt and Lt-Cdr As McTurk
Captain H.L.St.J. Fancourt and Lt-Cdr A.S. McTurk on the bridge of HMS Argus (I49), September 1943

HMS Argus (I49) in habour in 1918, painted in camouflage
HMS Argus (I49) in habour in 1918, painted in dazzle camouflage, with a Renown class battlecruiser in the distance. Date: 1918

The first Canadair CL-28 Argus 20710
The first Canadair CL-28 Argus, 20710

The Perilous Situation of Major Money
Plate showing The Perilous Situation of Major Money. When he fell into the sea with his balloon on th 23 July 1785 off the coast of Yarmouth; was providentially discovered

Argusianus argus, great argus
Detail of a feather from a great argus (Argusianus argus) from the Natural History Museum at Tring

Erebia aethiops, scotch argus butterfly

Argusianus argus grayi, great argus
Plate 12 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Mercury and Argus, 1659. Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez (1599-1660). Oil on canvas, 127 x 248 cm

Various advertisements
Advertisements for the Glasgow & South Western Railway, The Argus newspaper, The Australasian journal, The Sketcher monthly publication

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