Bib Collection

Hirundo rustica, barn swallow
Plate 89 from Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library. Original Drawings. Birds

Carduelis psaltria, Icterus galbula, I. Bullockii, Seiurus n
Plate 433 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

Sturnella magna, eastern meadowlark
Plate 136 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

Riparia riparia, Hirundo rustica, Delichon urbica
Plate 36 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)

Motacilla alba, white wagtail
Plate 2 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Carduelis flammea cabaret, lesser redpoll
Plate 52 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Phoenicurus phoenicurus, P. ochruros, Luscinia megarhynchos
Plate 4 from Archibald Thorburns first edition of British Birds, Vol.1 (1915)

Austalian estrildid finches
An illustration by M. W. Woodcock of some Australian estrildids, published in Derek Goodwins Estrildid Finches of the World (1982). Page 96, Plate 2

Passer domesticus, house sparrow
Plate 32 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Vermivora bachmanii, Bachmans warbler
Plate 185 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

Miss Gammon the Grocer's Daughter

The shelter on the Longchamps Race Course, 1868. Woman in tunic over a white crinoline, and woman in pink crinoline dress with train. The Hippodrome de Longchamp racetrack opened in 1857

Women inside the Boulogne Panorama, Paris, 1824
Women viewing the large cityscape inside the Boulogne Panorama, Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, 1824. Women in bonnets with feathers, dresses with apron, one with parasol

Young girl of the Canton of Basel, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a silk tricolor cap, fichu, laced bodice, embroidered bib, apron, and petticoats

Milkmaid of Oberhasli, Switzerland, 19th century
Married milkmaid of Oberhasli, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a velvet toque under a braid of hair, a check bib, chemise, apron and petticoats

Young girl of the Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a small toque and her long hair is plaited with ribbons

Young girl of the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland
Young single girl of the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a hat with ribbons, plaited hair tied with long ribbons, laced bodice, chemise, embroidered bib

Young girl of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with regular loops of ribbon, her apron bib is decorated with floral laces, and her apron is striped

Young girl of the Canton of Unterwalden, Switzerland
Young girl of the Canton of Unterwalden (now Obwalden and Nidwalden), Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a hat adorned with flowers and ribbons, a cap with ribbons

Young woman of Guggisberg, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. Her hair braids are tied over her toquet, and her initials are embroidered on her breast either side of a small bib corset

Pouting, Trisopterus luscus (Bib, Gadus luscus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Victorian scrap, Barber shaving a soldier. 19th century

1960s swimwear
Model on the left wears a matelot blue stretch Enkalon, hip-pocketed and stitched in white with cutaway sides. On the right a bold black and white Helanca bib-top

Prenk Bib-Doda, appointed foreign minister of Albania by Prince William of Wied in May 1914. He is pictured with some of the Mirditi people, from the Mirdita district of northern Albania

Tragopan satyra, satyr tragopan
Plate 49 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Suffragette Votes for Women Inkwell
A Royal Doulton inkwell in the form of a bald, chubby-faced baby wearing a dress with wide pleated sleeves. Made in stoneware in Doulton browns and greens, with a decorative border round the base

Mens celluloid detachable bibs and cuffs, and soap. circa 1900

Kitten with telephone directory
Unusual Friends - kitten with telephone directory. 1950s

Christmas card shaped like a babys bib. Date: circa 1890s

Pig enjoying a hearty meal on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Misfitz - Piggy. early 20th century

Mice Making the Pudding
Mice Making the Christmas Pudding. circa 1920s

Jean Duchesne
JEAN DUCHESNE French archivist, conservateur a la Bibliotheque Royale (now the Bib. Nationale) Date: 1779 - 1855

Casual Wear 1940s
Bib and brace shorts (dungarees) or dress; shapeless, woollen coat with patch pockets; halter-neck summer frock or two-piece summer suit. Date: 1940s

Utility bib and braces, 1943 - WWII fashion
A pair of bib and braces (dungarees) for women in navy drill, part of a range of Utility clothing available from Peter Robinsons of Oxford Street, procured for three coupons

Trisopterus luscus, or Bib, also known as Whiting Pout, Blens and Blinds, belonging to the Cod family. Date: 1864

Boy giving drink to a baby in a high chair
A little boy giving a drink to a baby in a high chair. Date: circa 1960s

Boy feeding baby in a high chair
A little boy feeding a reluctant baby in a high chair. Date: circa 1960s

MANRIQUE, Jorge (1440-1479). Spanish poet. Sculpture. SPAIN. Paredes de Nava

Ironing Collars
Photograph demonstrating the technique for ironing bib and collars in 1911. Date: 1911

Bombycilla garrulus, Bohemian waxwing
Plate 34 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)

Passer montanus, tree sparrow, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Eurasian b
Plate 40 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)

Coccothraustes coccothraustes, hawfinch
Plate 40 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Harpactes diardi, Diards trogon
Plate 36, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or family of Trogons, (1838)

Phoenicurus phoenicurus, common redstart
Plate 51 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Emberiza rustica, rustic bunting
Plate 24 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Glareola pratincola, collared pratincole
Plate 46 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

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