Bite Collection

Pergamon Altar. Hecate fighting against the giant Klytios ne
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC. Marble and limestone. Gigantomachy. South frieze. The three-faceted goddess Hecate fighting with a torch

The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c. 1550, by Pieter Bruegh
Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c.1525-1569). Flemish painter. The Strife of Lent with Shrovetide, c.1550. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Advertisement for Silvikrin hair products -- male and female models posing. 1959

Fire ant
Watercolour 405 by the Port Jackson Painter, entitled Mong, from the Watling Collection

Police dog in action at a training station. The dog leaps to bite the leg of a man entering the first floor window of a house Date: 20th century

Mabel Lucie Attwell - Just One Bite - Hovis Bread

A Hughlett clam-shell hoist with a 12 ton bite in a ship's hold Conneaut Ohio USA early 1900s

D. & W. Gibbs Advertisement Photograph
A comical photograph used for the advertisement of D. & W. Gibbs Ltd, portraying two young men wrestling, one pulling up the nostrils of the other. Since I first learned to bite! Date: circa 1939

Comedic Illustration
A comedic naval illustration showing two men wearing sea faring attire, one of them is spitting out a fish, with a bite taken out of it, captioned, he did not like it. Date: circa 1922

Death of Cleopatra (69-30 BC). Engraving. Colored
Cleopatra VII Philopator (69-30 BC). Queen of Egypt. The death of Cleopatra. Engraving in The Artistic Illustration, 1888. Colored

Comic postcard, Chair, drink, smoke and dog Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man enjoying a picnic on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Fishing at the seaside - Five hours and not a bite Date: 20th century

Man chasing his hat down a muddy street in a high wind. Woman with her bonnet flying, maids stealing food off a platter on a mans head, roadsweepers, etc

Poster, A Country Girl
Poster for a theatre production, A Country Girl

The Earth Manikin - Scene from The Earth Manikin. Three daughters of the king tempted by forbidden apples take a bite and disappear into another world. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: 1909

PICKING FRUIT / APPLES
A girl with blonde hair takes a bite of an apple. Date: 1940s

A lion attacking a rhino
A male lion leaps on the back of a rhinoceros and tries to bite into its neck

Man with a turkey on a comic Christmas and New Year card
Man having his nose bitten by a turkey on a comic Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Sandwich board man with dogs on a Victorian scrap
Sandwich board man attacked by two dogs on a Victorian scrap. He is advertising J Thridgould & Co, Sidney Street (off Commercial Road), cheapest house in London for scraps

Nursery Rhymes -- Old Woman and Her Pig
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations, The Old Woman and Her Pig. She tries to persuade the pig to go over the stile, but the pig refuses, so she asks the dog to bite the pig to make it go over

Down by the Sea - Catch of the Season - Crab biting a toe
Down by the Sea - The Catch of the Season - A pesky Crab bites the toe of a late Victorian / early Edwardian lady having a paddle through the rockpools

Crab bites a young boys toe
A rather Brattish looking young child getting his seaside comeuppance, as a crab takes a fancy to his big toe! Date: 1903

Adam and Eve - Garden of Eden - The First Love. Eve takes of bite out of the forbidden fruit, whilst her temptor (the serpent) also tucks in to a shiny fruit. Date: circa 1910s

Badger (Bewick)
Ursus meles Few creatures defend themselves better, or bite with greater keenness...it is notwithstanding very harmless and inoffensive

A man and his camel in Egypt
An Egyptian man has his ear bitten by his camel -- possibly a sign of affection? Date: early 20th century

Tabby kitten with electric cable
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten with standard lamp electric cable -- don t try this at home. 1950s

Larola skin care protection
A woman in beach attire holding a bottle of Larola lotion. The lotion is beneficial to the skin, cooling and refreshing, and provides relief to irritation caused by bites and stings of insects. 1930

Duckling with Donald Duck toy
Unusual Friends - duckling with a plastic Donald Duck toy appearing to bite its bottom! 1950s

WW1 - The advantages of using a mosquito net
Always sleep under your mosquito net - WW1 postcard on a medical theme - the advantages of a French soldier using a Mosquito net inner tent - no longer inflicted with debilitating midge/gnat/mosquito

Greetings card in the shape of a boat, depicting three men fishing -- Waiting for a bite. Date: circa 1890s

Paterna ceramic style. Blue plate. Dog attacking a bull. 15th century. Episcopal Museum.Vic. Catalonia

Wild boar hunting. Fresco dated between 14th and 13th century BC. Second palace of Tiryns National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Al Fresco Lunch
Two little Hungarian boys enjoy a bite to eat on a window ledge next to a large geranium. Date: 1930s

Street Arabs / Give Bite
Street Arabs - Give us a Bite Date: 1896

The first bite
Young Dutch couple on the end of a jetty feel a tug at the end of their fishing line. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1915

Advertisement for Lucerna Swiss double milk chocolate - delights the whole world. Date: early 20th century

Boy bitten by dog, c. 1800 Date: C.1800

Little dog destroying a doll on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, a dog who attacked goats
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, an Irish wolfhound called Biddy who attacked goats, seen here in action. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot fights a bigger dog
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Spot has a fight with a bigger dog. " Pinned him by the foreleg." Date: 1895

Rags attacks Forager outside Tabithas window sill
Rags, feeling irritable, attacks Forager outside Tabithas window sill. Date: 1914

Will It Bite? by Muriel Dawson -- a little girls puppy looks dubiously at a snail. Date: 1941

Battling Bonzo wins in the first round by George Studdy
Battling Bonzo wins in the first round. He tackles a black dog bigger than himself, and takes the credit when the enemy accidentally falls down a manhole

POLICEMENs PICNIC
Two laughing policemen, captured on camera enjoying a picnic, or perhaps just a flask of tea and a bite to eat, next to a tent! Date: early 1930s

Carousel Horses Kissing
Kissing (or fighting) wooden carousel horses from Portlands Merry-Go-Round. Date: early 1930s

Giving a Bite (1834). Mulready, William 1786 - 1863. Date: 1934

Advertisement for Cadburys chocolate -- male model (Jack Todd) posing in an antique shop. 1959

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