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Le Mans PosterA poster for the 1924 24-hour maotor race at Le Mans, France, billed as the Gran Prix D Endurance. Held on the 14 and 15th June
CorythosaurusThe Corythosaurus, meaning Corinthian helmet lizard, was a bipedal herbivorous dinosaur that lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 76 to 74 million years ago
Ramphastos vitillenus, channel-billed toucan
Novelty Camel Early C18A bactrian or two-humped camel not a dromedary as billed on this flyer. This camel was displayed with her young betwixt the Queens Head & Crooked Billet, Fleet bridge
Anas undulata, yellow-billed duckFf. 72. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas xanthorynchus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Anas erythrorhyncha, red-billed duckFf. 73. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Anas pyrrhoryncha and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Coccyzus americanus, yellow-billed cuckooPlate 2 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, retouched by R. Havell & Son, London
Coccyzus erythropthalmus, black-billed cuckooPlate 32 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Campephilus principalis, ivory-billed woodpeckerPlate 16, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby. Size: 380 x 255 mm
Louie Tracy music hall male impersonatorLouie Tracy male impersonator dressed as a man about town with top hat and cane. ?Faultlessly attired, by everyone admired?. Billed as the ?Dapper, Dandy Boy?. Signed card. Date: circa 1910
Pauline Travis music hall male impersonatorPauline Travis male impersonator billed as ?the new male impersonator? in 1915. Dressed as a man about town wearing evening suit, white waistcoat, top hat and monocle. Signed card. Date: circa 1915
Dorothy Ward music hall and musical comedy star 1890-1987Dorothy Ward billed on the music halls as the ?Queen of Musical Comedy?. Pantomime principal boy. Holding out the skirt of an elaborately fringed dress. Hat with long tassel and feathers
Gertie Rex music hall male impersonatorGertie Rex male impersonator billed as Scotland?s greatest comedienne. In character as a Scottish soldier with kilt and sporran. Signed card. Date: circa 1916
Yellow-billed cuckoo and black-billed cuckooYellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus 1, and black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus 2, males. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin
American long-eared owl and short-eared owlAmerican long-eared owl, Asio otus 1, and short-eared owl with prey, Asio flammeus 2, males. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens
Golden-crowned kinglet, Regulus satrapa. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentrys Nests and Eggs of the Birds of the United States, J.A
Ivory-billed woodpecker, Campephilus principalis (White billed woodpecker Picus principalis). Critically endangered. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder
Tooth-billed pigeon, Bruces green pigeonTooth billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris 1, 2 (critically endangered), Bruces green pigeon, Treron waalia (Treron abyssinica 3, 5) and Levaillants dove, Verrulia carunculata (extinct) 4
Maud Atlas music hall strongwomanMaud Atlas daughter of Atlas and Vulcana and one of the Atlas troupe. She and her sister Gwen are billed as strong-girls and assisted their parents in feats of strength. Date: circa1910
Mamie Holland music hall male impersonator 1896-1963Mamie Holland (Emily Alexander) male impersonator in music hall and musical comedy. Wearing three-piece checked suit with Homburg (?), spats and a cane
Black-Billed Cuckoo, by John James AudubonBlack-Billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus Erythropthalmus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838
Ptilinopus insolitus, knob-billed fruit dovePlate 52, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China. The plant is Bombax ceiba
Entertainment of two boxing Boys - Ezbekieh Gardens, CairoEntertainment of two boxing Boys (Owen and Dade) at the Ezbekieh (Esbekieh, Ezbekiya, Azbakeya or Azbakia) Gardens, Cairo, Egypt. The MC is Sergeant Chase and the photographer was K. Bolam
Pelargopsis capensis, stork-billed kingfisherPlate 31, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Ensifera ensifera, sword-billed hummingbirdPlate 233, hand coloured lithograph from A Monograph of the Trochilid, or Family of Hummingbirds, (1861) by John Gould
Maiasaura with nest of eggs and hatchlingsAn animated model of the dinosaur Miasaura, created by Kokoro Ltd. for the Natural History Museum, London. This dinosaur whose name meand good mother lizard lived during the Upper Cretaceous 60-85 mya
The Last Aztecs - Maximo and BartoloTwo sideshow exhibits, Maximo and Bartola, both sufferes of microcephaly, who were billed by freakshow promoters as The Last Aztecs
Three ToucansThree Rhamphastidae : 1 - Toco (Rhamphastus toco) 2 - Tocard 3 - Blue-billed Date: circa 1880
Broad-billed parrotPlate 7 from Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World, Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild (1907). Date: 1907
Long-billed black cockatooPlate 6 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph. Date: 1832
Mythical sukotyro and duck-billed platypus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794
Red-billed blue magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792
Golden-tailed sapphire, Chrysuronia oenone, and red-billed azurecrown, Amazilia cyanocephala.. Chromolithograph by unknown artist/engraver from Mary
Great-billed parrot, Tanygnathus megalorynchos.. Handcolored steel engraving by Joseph Kidd from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Browns Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, Edinburgh
Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus, and oriental or Indian Darter, Anhinga melanogaster.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science
Channel-billed cuckoo and chestnut-breasted malkohaCrested honey-buzzard, Pernis ptilorhynchus, and white-tailed hawk, Buteo albicaudatus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science
Green-billed or red-breasted toucan, Ramphastos dicolorus, and toco toucan, Ramphastos toco.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science
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
Grey heron, Ardea cinerea, and boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochlearius.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris
Roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, and yellow-billedGreat tinamou, Tinamus major (near threatened), and western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science
Crimson topaz hummingbird, Topaza pella, and long-billed starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science
European roller, Coracias garrulus, and broad-billed roller, Eurystomus glaucurus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology
Subalpine warbler, Sylvia cantillans (male), and thick-billed grasswren, Amytornis textilis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science
Yellow-billed oxpecker, Buphagus africanus, and orange-wattled kokako, Callaeas cinerea (extinct).. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural
Hadrosaurs or duck-billed dinosaurs of the family Hadrosauridae.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg
Red-billed Oxpecker - on the back of a Zebra (Buphagus erythrorhynchus). Hluhluwe National Park - South Africa
Maiasaura hatchlingAn animated model of the dinosaur Miasaura, created by Kokoro Ltd. for the Natural History Museum, London. This dinosaur whose name meand good mother lizard lived during the Upper Cretaceous 60-85 mya
Pyrrhoxcorax pyrrhocorax, red-billed choughPlate 29 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
