Breeding Collection (page 3)

Black-tailed Godwit - nervous about intruders on his breeding territory on a typical marsh near river Bolshoi Ugan (Limosa limosa)

European / Common ADDER - adults; pre-copulation breeding behaviour (Vipera berus). river Ugutka bank, a tributary of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia

Garial - breeding and release programme. Nepal

Willow Tit - adult - checks approaching invader of its breeding territory - territorial behaviour in early spring - mixed forest with dominant conifers (Poecile montanus / Parus montanu)

Forest COCKCHAFER / May beetle - rests on a birch branch during breeding mass flight in dusk (Melolontha hippocastani). Uganskii Nature reserve, Siberia, Russia; Spring (June)

Pigeon farm in California, USA

Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1752 - 1842), British agriculturist Date: 1806

Cinematography trophies on display
Various trophies on display. The notice reads: Modern Bee Breeding, but the large trophy at the centre is for Amateur Cinematography

First Marquess Grosvenor
ROBERT GROSVENOR, first marquess of WESTMINSTER wealthy landowner noted for his horse-breeding activities when earl Grosvenor Date: 1767 - 1845

Tierpark Hagenbeck - Cross-bred Lion-Tigers
Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913) founded Germanys most successful privately owned zoo, the Tierpark Hagenbeck which moved to its present location in Hamburg-Stellingen in 1907

Luther Burbank - American botanist and horticulturist
Luther Burbank (1849-1926) - American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career

Italian stud donkeys at Zambi, The Congo
Italian stud donkeys at Zambi, Bas-Congo (Lower Congo), The Congo, Central Africa. Date: circa 1900

Pigeons: Antwerp, Dragon. Illustration from John Matthews Eaton, A treatise on the art of breeding and managing, tame, domesticated and fancy pigeons. Date: 1858

Lama glama, llama
Llama. Llama Glama, July 23 1884. Hand coloured lithograph of a drawing by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins from Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall; Hoofed Quadrupeds, 1850

LS Plate 102 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
LS Plate 102 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Capra hircus, goat
Domestic Goat, Angora Breed. Plate from a collection of original watercolour drawings, c. 1781-1785, by Sarah Stone, held at the Natural History Museum

Amandava amandava, red avadavat
Watercolour by Frederick Ditmas (c. 1840)

Equus quagga, quagga
One of the last remaining quagga in captivity at London Zoo. Relative of the horse and zebra which lived in the African plains, was hunted to extinction during the end of the 19th century

Sus domesticus, pig
Plate 4 from The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands Vol. 2, 1842, by David Low (1786-1859). Entitled Berkshire Breed

Hair of the Dog
A scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a dog hair

Bos taurus, cattle
Jaw bone and teeth of the Chillingham breed of cattle. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Canis lupus familiaris, dog
Ballyregan Bob, famous racing greyhound. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Gymnogyps californianus, Californian condor
Plate 426 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

Who Said Robots? by George Studdy
A humorous illustration of Bonzo faced with robot versions of himself. The illustration mocked the craze for Bonzo merchandise that was popular at the time

George Ernest Studdy (1878 - 1948), the famous Sketch artist and creator of Bonzo, surrounded by various drawings of his creation

Man with white coypu
A man holding a large white coypu, possibly somewhere in Eastern Europe. White coypu are known to have been bred in Slovenia for their fur. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1960s

English Guernsey Cattle Society Exhibit
The English Guernsey Cattle Societys Exhibit at the London Dairy Show, 1934

Humboldt Penguins - A series of studies
Pencil studies of Humboldt Penguins by Raymond Sheppard. The Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) (also termed Peruvian Penguin, or Patranca) is a South American penguin

Dear, Dear, Dear! by G. E. Studdy
Early illustration by G. E. Studdy during World War I, showing a soldier (standing) speaking to a older lady on a London bus or tube train

Two Sisters and Dog
Two little girls pose in a back garden with their pet dog sat centre-stage on a chair. The dog is a terrier of indeterminate breeding. The girls dresses suggest the

Advertisment for Wolseley car
Advertisement for Wolseley cars, showing a group in a box at the opera, accompanied by a sketch of the car. A consummate British company, the ad states Command performance.Buy wisely, by Wolseley

German Captain Salutes
The captain of a German warship, having sunk an enemy vessel, shows his good breeding by saluting the ship and its crew whom he has sent to their graves

Selective Breeding
Winners of a contest for selective breeding, matching brains with beauty, the academic with the athletic

Leicester Improved breed of sheet
The Leicester Improved breed of sheep

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