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Hens by a hen houseA sketch of hens by a hen house
Poster advertising Pontresina in SwitzerlandPoster advertising Pontresina, an alpine village in the Engadin region of Switzerland, not far from St Moritz
Victor Capoul / GillVictor Capoul (1839-1924) tenor of the Opera Comique and among the very earliest singers to be recorded
Western Front, France, 1918Telephone and pigeon men in a shell hole. Telephone lines are broken so messages have to be sent by carrier pigeons on the Western Front in France during World War I on 25th April 1918
Chanson De PrintempsLovely illustration featuring a girl in a pink dress, holding a straw hat enjoying the warbles of a bird in a tree
Birds / NightingaleJust a Song at Sunset... (Luscinia megarhyncus) Date: 1874
Girl with Nestlings 19CA little girl has found a nest of chicks in a meadow: the mother bird hovers anxiously above her
LYREBIRD(Menura superba, or Menura novae-hollandae) When it comes to showing off, the Australians do it best
Humming Birds - 4(Trochilidae) Five kinds of humming bird
Peacock Styling 1916Satire on the current peacock modes: exaggerated voluminous short skirts in bold stripes & colours with antique accessories like panniers & reticules
Young Napoleon has his fortune told by a gipsyThe young Napoleon, later Emperor of France, has his fortune told by a gipsy in Corsica
Extinct dinornis or moa, aepyornis ingensAn artists impression of how the extinct dinornis or moa (aepyornis ingens), a genus of flightless birds native to Madagascar, might have looked
Animals / Extinct / DodoDODO EXTINCT BIRD
Robin, flowers and snow scene on a Christmas cardRobin, assorted flowers and snow scene on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Various birds on a sheet of Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s
Darwins PigeonsCharles Darwin gave his personal collection on pigeons to the Museum in 1867 and 1868, as part of a bigger collection of domestic birds including ducks, chickens and even cararies
Humanised parrots on a Christmas cardHumanised parrots chattering on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Flowers and Path
Robin with goblin and pudding on a Christmas cardRobin in a tree with goblin and pudding on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Two robins with holly and mistletoe on a Christmas cardTwo robins with holly and mistletoe on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Rouen ducks, Anas platyrhynchos, cock and hen. Bred by J. K. Fowler and winner of cup at Aylesbury. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W
Facsimile of a picture of a dodo by Roelandt Savery in the Royal Gallery, Berlin. Handcoloured lithograph by CDM from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo and its Kindred
Famous cricketers (Ian Botham, Viv Richards, Gary Sobers, Geoff Boycott, WG Grace, Shane Warne, Jack Russell, Freddie Flintoff, Dickie Bird) -
Size of Argentavis magnificens compared to a human figureAn approximation of the size of Argentavis magnificens (" magnificent Argentine bird", or more literally " magnificent silver bird")
Peacock Drawing Date: 1555
Foden D-type Steam Wagon RX1719 Early BirdFoden D-type Steam Wagon reg. RX1719 Early Bird (msn 12852), built 1927, at Ferndown in dorset. (Foden Trucks was a British truck)
The Golden Man, Saka warrior of south-eastern KazakhstanSaka (Scythian) warrior of Issyk Kurgan, from a skeleton found in a burial mound in south-eastern Kazakhstan. The discovery was named The Golden Man because of the rich burial goods included with it
A pigeon fancier at the Tipton Racing Pigeon Club, in the Black Country of West Midlands, England, holds a prize bird in his hands. It is a pied chequered hen. Date: 1990
Cage of Sir Winston Churchills pet budgerigar Toby" Waiting" for its vanished occupant: The cage of Sir Winston Churchills pet budgerigar Toby which escaped from a hotel in Monte Carlo on February 14 1961
Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Sphyrapicus varius, male 1, female 2, and young 3. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report
Hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker and red-belliedHairy woodpecker, Dryobates villosus, male 1, downy woodpecker, Dryobates pubescens, male 2 and female 3, and red-bellied woodpecker, Melanerpes carolinus, male 4
The bird-charmer in the new Tuileries Gardens, 1880. Two fashionable women in the new Jardin des Tuileries near one of the famous bird charmers. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V
Bird of paradise flower, Strelitzia reginaeCrane flower or bird of paradise flower, Strelitzia reginae, Strelitzia della Regina. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali
Ancient Germanic gods: Irmensula, Crodo and PronoAncient Germanic deities: Irmensula, god of the Saxons and Westphalians depicted in medieval armour 1, Crodo or Cronus (Saturn) with spear and shield 2, and Prono or Brennus
White Dorking fowl, cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by Miss Fairhurst and first prize winner at Colchester 1873
White-crested black Polish chickens, cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by P. Unsworth and winners of numerous cups and prizes
Black East India ducks and black Cayuga ducksBlack East India ducks, Anas platyrhynchos, and black Cayuga ducks, Anas rubripes. G. S. Sainsburys black East India duck won the cup at Bristol 1872. The black Cayuga duck were sent by Mr
Malay cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Rev. A.C. Brookes pair, prizes at Crystal Palace and Birmingham 1871, Dublin 1872
Victorian scrap, black man riding an ostrich. 19th century
Spectacled owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata (Masked owl, Strix larvata). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder
Shopgirls playing the game of a little bird told meA mistress of a clothes shop and her staff playing a game of a little bird told me. The women wear bonnets, aprons, and black dresses
Red-legged seriema or crested cariama, Cariama cristata (Brazilian cariama, Palamedea cristata). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds
Cranium and sternum of the extinct RodriguesCranium 1-4 and part of sternum 5, 6 of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, in the Parisian Collection. Lithograph by Joseph Dinkel after Werner from Hugh Edwin Strickland
First published illustration of a dodo by van Neck, 1601Facsimile of plate 2 of Jacob Cornelis van Necks Voyage, 1601, showing Dutch sailors fishing on Mauritius, dodo bird (2) and extinct giant tortoise, Cylindras inepta (1)
Embroiderer working on two pieces of silk cloth, Qing Dynasty. One with a bird for a civil mandarin, one with a quadruped animal for a military mandarin
London Fancy Canary. Date: 1933
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, Where have you been? by Peggy Earnshaw. 1947
The Ampulla and Annointing Spoon - Crown Jewels. Date: 1936