Bat Collection (page 7)

Four children gazing through shop window
Four children gazing through a toy shop window

Nursery Rhymes -- goblin and bats, bird stealing pipe
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a goblin and bats flying about the night sky by moonlight. Below -- a bird steals a plump mans pipe. Date: early 20th century

THE HUMAN BAT
The Human Bat, strikes a pose! Date: early 1930s

Heathfield Harman Stephenson, Tom Hearne, Notable Cricketers
Heathfield Harman Stephenson (on left) (1833-1896) - captained the first English team to travel to Australia in 1861/2 and umpired the first Test match ever played in England in 1880

Japan - Geisha girl holding a badminton racquet (about to hit a ball) Date: circa 1904

Departure of Genius by E Kosa - Death of Jaroslav Vrchlicky
The Departure of Genius by E Kosa - A painting mouring the passing of Jaroslav Vrchlicky (1853-1912) - one of the greatest Czech lyrical poets. Date: circa 1912

Basque Region of France - Pelota game in progress
The Basque game of Pelota played in front of a large crowd in Basque France. Pelota in Spanish, pilota in Basque and Catalan

Thessaloniki, Greece - The Garden of Progress with sea view Date: circa 1908

Boy provides straightforward answer when quizzed by Uncle
Uncle John - " Well, Bobby, how did you manage to get out so soon?" Bobby " Leg Before, Uncle." Date: circa 1890s

Lourdes, France - La Vallee d Argeles
Lourdes, France - A wide panoramic view of the dramatic Argeles Valley; photograph taken close to the Pic du Jer Mountain Date: circa 1920s

Schoolboy suggest a game of ping pong to W G Grace
" I should like to play you at ping pong" !! A young schoolboy suggests a sensible choice of sporting contest when faced with the colossus of the cricketing world, Dr W G Grace

Cabinet Photograph - Young Boy with cricket bat
A delightful Cabinet photograph showing Mr Douglas Austin - a young gentleman posing with his favourite cricket bat. Date: circa 1890s

The first BAT FK25 Basilisk, F2906

BAT FK25 Basilisk

BAT Bantam I, F1657

BAT Bantam I

Two BAT Bantam Is, including F1657

A production BAT Bantam I, F1655

BAT Bantam I, B9947, with the engine removed

The ornithopter flying fox design of Major R F Moore u
The ornithopter flying fox design of Major R.F. Moore under test. Each bat-pattern wing (7 feet span) was flapped on a test rig powered by a gas engine

Creatures: a pig (probably white) and a bat. Illustration from Christianus Benedictus Carpzov, Kattologia; das ist, Kurze Katzen-Historie. Date: 1716

Stringfellow Bat 1848 monoplane model

Pilcher Bat

Pilcher Bat in its original form without horizontal tail surfaces, 1895

Pilcher Bat in the air

Pilcher Bat with complete tail unit and much reduced dihedral, 1895

Percy Pilcher holds the Bat in the breeze

Big Bat a two-seat Bleriot monoplane
Big Bat, a two-seat Ble

Sopwith Bat Boat II The Daily Mail machine 1914
Sopwith Bat Boat II. The Daily Mail machine. 1914. Date: 1914

Sopwith Bat Boat II 1914
Sopwith Bat Boat II. 1914. Date: 1914

Sopwith Bat Boat I The Mortimer Singer machine
Sopwith Bat Boat I. The Mortimer Singer machine. January 1913. Date: 1913

Sopwith Bat Boat I powered by a 100hp Green engine flying over the Solent. The Mortimer Singer machine. 1913. Date: 1913

Sopwith Bat Boat I afloat off Brighton

The first Sopwith Bat Boat I under construction in the newly acquired disused skating rink at Kingston. 1913. Date: 1913

Bat
An illustration (Plate 1, Mammals) from the Zoology of the Beagle

Carollia perspicillata, Sebas short-tailed bat
Short-tailed fruit bat

Micronycteris brachyotis, orange-throated bat
An orange-throated bat (Micronycteris brachyotis) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Barbastella barbastellus, western barbastelle

Sturnira lilium parvidens, yellow-shouldered bat

Nyctalus noctula, common noctule
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Rhinolophus hipposideros, lesser horseshoe bat
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Microchiroptera (suborder), microbat
Photograph of the left side view of the skull of a microbat, measuring 4cm, with its relatively short snout and lower jaw

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

Pteropus poliocephalus, grey-headed flying fox
The cranial view of the skull of a grey-headed flying fox; a megabat measuring 7cm. The long snout helps it to smell out fruit. See also 40857

Diphylla ecaudata, hairy-legged vampire bat
A hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Rhynchonycteris naso, proboscis bat
A proboscis bat (Rhynchonycteris naso) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Micronycteris nicefori, large-eared bat
A large-eared bat (Micronycteris nicefori) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Drawing of the wing of a bat from Owens book On the Nature
From Richard Owens book On the Nature of Limbs (1849)

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