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Background imageBacked Collection: Poster, French Line CGT, Plymouth to New York

Poster, French Line CGT, Plymouth to New York
Travel poster, French Line CGT, designed by Rodmell, Harry Hudson (1896?1984), Plymouth direct to New York, lithograph in colours backed onto linen. Printed by EDIA, Paris. 40ins. 25ins

Background imageBacked Collection: Poster, New York World's Fair, The World of Tomorrow

Poster, New York World's Fair, The World of Tomorrow
Travel poster, designed by Joseph Binder, New York World?s Fair, The World of tomorrow, 1939, Grinnell Litho, New York, USA

Background imageBacked Collection: Lanius collurio, red-backed shrike

Lanius collurio, red-backed shrike
Plate 15 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageBacked Collection: Poster, Cruises, White Star Line

Poster, Cruises, White Star Line
Travel poster, rare lithograph in colours backed onto linen, Arthur C. Michael Cruises, White Star Line. Printed by R. H. Perry. 25ins. 39ins. Date: 1933

Background imageBacked Collection: Poster, Air France, Paris to New York

Poster, Air France, Paris to New York
Travel poster, designed by Vincent Guerra, Air France, Paris to New York. Alepee et Cie, Paris, strong colours backed onto linen. 39ins. 24ins. Date: 1951

Background imageBacked Collection: Poster, Cunard Line, Europe America on the Aquitania

Poster, Cunard Line, Europe America on the Aquitania
Travel poster, Cunard Line on the Aquitania, Europe America, by Odin Rosenvinge, lithograph in colours backed onto linen. Printed Turner & Dunnett Ltd, London. 25ins. 40ins. Date: circa 1914

Background imageBacked Collection: Travel poster on linen, White Star Line, Europe America

Travel poster on linen, White Star Line, Europe America
TRAVEL POSTER: Rare lithograph in colours backed onto linen. Walter Thomas White Star Line Europe America. Printed by the Liverpool Printing and Stationery Company. 25ins. 39ins

Background imageBacked Collection: Two posters, Le Mans 24 hours, June and September 1968

Two posters, Le Mans 24 hours, June and September 1968
Motorsport - Le Mans 24 hour races, 15-16 June and 28-29 September 1968, two colour promotional posters, one backed onto canvas. 15 x 24 inches. Date: 1968

Background imageBacked Collection: RMS Titanic - Harland and Wolff drawing of floating crane

RMS Titanic - Harland and Wolff drawing of floating crane
RMS Titanic - extremely rare Harland and Wolff linen backed scale drawing of the 150-200 ton 1- 80 scale floating crane, designed by Bertha Krupps and fabricated by Benrather Maschinenfabrik AG

Background imageBacked Collection: Geoffroy's rousette bat, Rousettus amplexicaudatus

Geoffroy's rousette bat, Rousettus amplexicaudatus, and naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia peronii.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's Dictionary of Natural

Background imageBacked Collection: Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria

Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria, male 1, female 2. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania

Background imageBacked Collection: Violet-backed starling, Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

Violet-backed starling, Cinnyricinclus leucogaster (White-bodied grakle, Lamprotornis leucogaster). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson

Background imageBacked Collection: Lizard buzzard, Kaupifalco monogrammicus

Lizard buzzard, Kaupifalco monogrammicus. (Black-chinned gosshawk, Aster monogrammicus.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds

Background imageBacked Collection: Olive bushshrike, Chlorophoneus olivaceus

Olive bushshrike, Chlorophoneus olivaceus (Large grey-headed bush shirke, Malaconutus olivaceus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson

Background imageBacked Collection: Parrot shrimp, Spirontocaris spinus

Parrot shrimp, Spirontocaris spinus (Spine backed shrimp; Cancer spinus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Background imageBacked Collection: Exotic and extinct parrots

Exotic and extinct parrots
Extinct Cuban red macaw, Ara tricolor 1, blue backed parrot, Tanygnathus sumatranus, male 2, female 3, crimson rosella, Platycercus elegans 4, and Eastern rosella, Platycercus eximius 5

Background imageBacked Collection: MADRAS SORCERY

MADRAS SORCERY
Madras, India : to encourage a goddess to reveal where treasure is hidden, a lady kidnaps a child and buries it alive, backed by her family and the local magician Date: 1925

Background imageBacked Collection: Railroad Crossing Date: 1950

Railroad Crossing Date: 1950

Background imageBacked Collection: MEXICANS, MOUNTAIN LION

MEXICANS, MOUNTAIN LION
Three Mexicans encounter a mountain lion, and hope that their gun, backed by two daggers, will save them from its claws and jaw. Date: 1880

Background imageBacked Collection: Costume La Mode 1846

Costume La Mode 1846
Pink dress: four scallop edged flounces, tight fitting sleeves with volans & worn with a net pelerine. Hair: covers the ears. Green dress: worn with a shawl & bonnet. Date: 1846

Background imageBacked Collection: Northern red-backed vole - feeds on Siberian stone

Northern red-backed vole - feeds on Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica Mayr) seeds - a cone on the left (Clethrionomys rutilus Pallas)

Background imageBacked Collection: Officers sword, 51st Foot

Officers sword, 51st Foot, 1809 (c); blade is curved, flat backed, unfullered with a spear point, and is double edged for the last 10 in; steel stirrup guard; steel hilt mounts

Background imageBacked Collection: Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis

Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis vosmaeri, Testudo Indica Vosmaer.. Recently extinct species of tortoise. Last recorded in 1800 in Mauritius

Background imageBacked Collection: The Rendezvous Restaurant, Dean Street, London

The Rendezvous Restaurant, Dean Street, London
The interior of the Rendezvous Restaurant, 44 & 45 Dean Street, London

Background imageBacked Collection: King Constantine of Greece as a leopard ridden by Venizelos

King Constantine of Greece as a leopard ridden by Venizelos
Venizelos, Greek statesman who supported Allies while king Constantine backed Germany pictured riding on a leopard representing the prevaricating King Constantine ( Tino )

Background imageBacked Collection: Village Weaver Spotted-backed Weaver Black-headed Weaver

Village Weaver Spotted-backed Weaver Black-headed Weaver adult male seats on a branch between an old woven nest and new nest being built by another male made of green grass colony on a tree in

Background imageBacked Collection: Drawing room by John Hill

Drawing room by John Hill, in pink and green, with a patterned rug. Date: 1933

Background imageBacked Collection: Microchirus variegatus, or Thickback Sole

Microchirus variegatus, or Thickback Sole, also known as Bastard Sole and Red-Backed Sole. Date: 1864

Background imageBacked Collection: Black-backed or Oriental dwarf kingfisher, Ceyx erithaca

Black-backed or Oriental dwarf kingfisher, Ceyx erithaca.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London, 1797

Background imageBacked Collection: Red-winged parrot, Aprosmictus erythropterus

Red-winged parrot, Aprosmictus erythropterus.. Handcolored steel engraving by Joseph Kidd from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Browns Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, Edinburgh, 1833

Background imageBacked Collection: Blue backed parrot, Tanygnathus sumatranus

Blue backed parrot, Tanygnathus sumatranus.. Handcolored steel engraving by Joseph Kidd from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Browns Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, Edinburgh, 1833

Background imageBacked Collection: Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani, and Amazonian

Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani, and Amazonian white-tailed trogon, Trogon viridis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science

Background imageBacked Collection: White-backed mousebird, Colius colius

White-backed mousebird, Colius colius, and pine grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

Background imageBacked Collection: Cape fox, cama fox or silver-backed fox, Vulpes chama

Cape fox, cama fox or silver-backed fox, Vulpes chama.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Background imageBacked Collection: Black-backed jackal, Canis mesomelas

Black-backed jackal, Canis mesomelas.. Handcolored engraving on steel by William Lizars from a drawing by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Background imageBacked Collection: White-backed Vultures - in tree

White-backed Vultures - in tree (Gyps africanus). Africa

Background imageBacked Collection: Northern Red-backed Vole - emerges from a hide in wood-store

Northern Red-backed Vole - emerges from a hide in wood-store (Myodes rutilus Pallas). Wildlife reserve Denezhkin Kamen - North Ural Mountains - Russia

Background imageBacked Collection: Northern red-backed VOLE, two young brothers feed

Northern red-backed VOLE, two young brothers feed on taiga-forest floor near river Negustyah (Clethrionomys rutilus Pallas)

Background imageBacked Collection: Northern red-backed vole - on taiga-forest floor

Northern red-backed vole - on taiga-forest floor near river Negustyah (Clethrionomys rutilus Pallas). a tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia

Background imageBacked Collection: Northern Red-backed Vole - in search of food

Northern Red-backed Vole - in search of food. (Clethrionomys rutilus). Taiga Forest, Hadita near Salehard, North Russia

Background imageBacked Collection: Suffragette Womens Rights Cross Husband

Suffragette Womens Rights Cross Husband. Husband, backed into a corner, says, I ll be cross Arabella, I ll be cross!! Tho you have your womens rights I m the Boss

Background imageBacked Collection: Football Terms Illustrated - Two good full backs

Football Terms Illustrated - Two good full backs! A contented broad rural countryfolk couple take a constitutional stroll through the village. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageBacked Collection: An old sport by Phil May - Elderly Huntsman

An old sport by Phil May - Elderly Huntsman
A profile portrait by Phil May entitled An Old Sport. He appears to be polishing his monacle. Date: 1894

Background imageBacked Collection: Pteronotus davyi fulvus, Davys naked-backed bat

Pteronotus davyi fulvus, Davys naked-backed bat
A Davys naked-backed bat (Pteronotus davyi fulvus) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Background imageBacked Collection: Chrysocolaptes lucidus, greater flame-backed woodpecker

Chrysocolaptes lucidus, greater flame-backed woodpecker
Plate 19, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Background imageBacked Collection: Larus fuscus, lesser black-backed gull

Larus fuscus, lesser black-backed gull
Plate 56 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageBacked Collection: Dendrocopos leucotos, white-backed woodpecker

Dendrocopos leucotos, white-backed woodpecker

Background imageBacked Collection: Amblyomma sp. hard backed tick

Amblyomma sp. hard backed tick
Scanning electron microscope view of a hard backed tick from the family Ixodidae. Coloured artificially on computer



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