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Poster, French Line CGT, Plymouth to New YorkTravel 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
Lanius collurio, red-backed shrikePlate 15 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Poster, New York World's Fair, The World of TomorrowTravel poster, designed by Joseph Binder, New York World?s Fair, The World of tomorrow, 1939, Grinnell Litho, New York, USA
Poster, Cruises, White Star LineTravel poster, rare lithograph in colours backed onto linen, Arthur C. Michael Cruises, White Star Line. Printed by R. H. Perry. 25ins. 39ins. Date: 1933
Poster, Air France, Paris to New YorkTravel poster, designed by Vincent Guerra, Air France, Paris to New York. Alepee et Cie, Paris, strong colours backed onto linen. 39ins. 24ins. Date: 1951
Poster, Cunard Line, Europe America on the AquitaniaTravel 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
Travel poster on linen, White Star Line, Europe AmericaTRAVEL 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
Two posters, Le Mans 24 hours, June and September 1968Motorsport - 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
RMS Titanic - Harland and Wolff drawing of floating craneRMS 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
Geoffroy's rousette bat, Rousettus amplexicaudatus, and naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia peronii
Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria, male 1, female 2
Violet-backed starling, Cinnyricinclus leucogaster (White-bodied grakle, Lamprotornis leucogaster)
Lizard buzzard, Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Olive bushshrike, Chlorophoneus olivaceus (Large grey-headed bush shirke, Malaconutus olivaceus)
Parrot shrimp, Spirontocaris spinus (Spine backed shrimp; Cancer spinus)
Exotic and extinct parrotsExtinct 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
MADRAS SORCERYMadras, 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
Railroad Crossing Date: 1950
MEXICANS, MOUNTAIN LIONThree Mexicans encounter a mountain lion, and hope that their gun, backed by two daggers, will save them from its claws and jaw. Date: 1880
Costume La Mode 1846Pink 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
Northern red-backed vole - feeds on Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica Mayr) seeds - a cone on the left (Clethrionomys rutilus Pallas)
Officers sword, 51st Foot, 1809 (c); blade is curved, flat backed, unfullered with a spear point
Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis vosmaeri, Testudo Indica Vosmaer.. Recently extinct species of tortoise. Last recorded in 1800 in Mauritius
The Rendezvous Restaurant, Dean Street, LondonThe interior of the Rendezvous Restaurant, 44 & 45 Dean Street, London
King Constantine of Greece as a leopard ridden by VenizelosVenizelos, Greek statesman who supported Allies while king Constantine backed Germany pictured riding on a leopard representing the prevaricating King Constantine ( Tino )
Village Weaver Spotted-backed Weaver Black-headed Weaver adult male seats on a branch between an old woven nest
Drawing room by John Hill, in pink and green, with a patterned rug. Date: 1933
Microchirus variegatus, or Thickback Sole, also known as Bastard Sole and Red-Backed Sole. Date: 1864
Black-backed or Oriental dwarf kingfisher, Ceyx erithaca.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London, 1797
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
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
Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani, and Amazonian white-tailed trogon, Trogon viridis
White-backed mousebird, Colius colius, and pine grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator
Cape fox, cama fox or silver-backed fox, Vulpes chama
Black-backed jackal, Canis mesomelas
White-backed Vultures - in tree (Gyps africanus). Africa
Northern Red-backed Vole - emerges from a hide in wood-store (Myodes rutilus Pallas). Wildlife reserve Denezhkin Kamen - North Ural Mountains - Russia
Northern red-backed VOLE, two young brothers feed on taiga-forest floor near river Negustyah (Clethrionomys rutilus Pallas)
Northern red-backed vole - on taiga-forest floor near river Negustyah (Clethrionomys rutilus Pallas)
Northern Red-backed Vole - in search of food. (Clethrionomys rutilus). Taiga Forest, Hadita near Salehard, North Russia
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
Football Terms Illustrated - Two good full backs! A contented broad rural countryfolk couple take a constitutional stroll through the village. Date: circa 1920s
An old sport by Phil May - Elderly HuntsmanA profile portrait by Phil May entitled An Old Sport. He appears to be polishing his monacle. Date: 1894
Pteronotus davyi fulvus, Davys naked-backed batA Davys naked-backed bat (Pteronotus davyi fulvus) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway
Chrysocolaptes lucidus, greater flame-backed woodpeckerPlate 19, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Larus fuscus, lesser black-backed gullPlate 56 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Dendrocopos leucotos, white-backed woodpecker
Amblyomma sp. hard backed tickScanning electron microscope view of a hard backed tick from the family Ixodidae. Coloured artificially on computer
Chrysocolaptes lucidus xanthocephalus, greater flame-backedPlate 37 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 6, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph
Picoides arcticus, black-backed woodpeckerPlate 132 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
Larus marinus, great black-backed gullPlate 241 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Sephanoides sephanoides, green-backed firecrownPlate 265, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould
Nectarinia minima, crimson-backed sunbirdPlate 37, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Todiramphus sanctus, Malurus melanocephalaDrawing No. 43, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Parus atricapillus, Parus rufescens, Psaltriparus minimusPlate 353 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
town view - MoulmeinTown view - Moulmein - Town strung along river, backed by hills. No big ships can come up the shallow Salween River with its rip tides. Hard to see how the people support themselves. Date: 1951
Elizabeth / Q Mother 60SELIZABETH as QUEEN MOTHER Widow of George VI in an open- backed car - a crowd waves as she speeds past Date: 1900 - 2002
Backed to win
David Wright woman in bare-backed evening dressElegant woman in a bare-backed evening dress, with long black gloves, looking back over her bare shoulder. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
African Black-backed JackalStudies of an African Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas). Pen & ink with watercolour wash studies by Raymond Sheppard
Young Boy a holding racing carA study of a young boy, seated in a high-backed wooden chair, clutching his favourite model racing car. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard
Clown learning to ride bare-back horses, c. 1888Engraving showing a clown being taught either to ride horses bare-backed or to fly at a circus, c.1888
Three Women Chat 1910Three young women sit on a round backed bench and chat, maybe gossip, who knows?
Two fashionable coats, 1899Illustration of a three quarter length coat of black cloth lined with white satin (on left)
Overtaking with SafetyIt is dangerous to overtake on bends, at crossroads, when approaching pedestrian crossings, in narrow streets and on hump-backed bridges
Terreur BlancheWith the Restauration comes the Terreur Blanche - the White Terror - whereby the reinstalled Bourbons take revenge on those who backed Napoleon
On the Beach 1899A lady in a blue gingham dress sits in a high-backed wicker beach chair while her companion in red striped gown carries a shrimping net
Kornilovs SoldiersA group of Kornilovs soldiers who backed him in his abortive attempt to overthrow Kerenskys provisional government
WW1 / 1915 / GERMAN HEROThe German hero wears golden armour, a sign that the army in the field is backed by ample financial reserves
Queen Caroline PopularThe immense popular support for Queen Caroline is vividly demonstrated when the Thames watermen gather to address her at Brandebnurgh House, backed by boat-loads of well-wishers
German Steam WarshipEin Segelschiff - with sails backed by steam engines
Red-Backed ShrikeRED-BACKED SHRIKE (Lanius collurio)
