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Castor Collection

Background imageCastor Collection: Roman art. Boy with horse (possible CastorI. Marble. Relief

Roman art. Boy with horse (possible CastorI. Marble. Relief
Roman art. Bas-relief. Boy with a horse, probably Castor taming his horse, acompanied by a dog. Found in the pantanella of Hadrians Villa at Tivoli. 125 AD. British Museum. London. England

Background imageCastor Collection: Tetratheca glandulosa

Tetratheca glandulosa, Tetrateca glandulosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Background imageCastor Collection: Wall paintings from various houses in Pompeii

Wall paintings from various houses in Pompeii
Candelabra (left) from the Casa del Panettiere or House of the Baker, VII.III.30, candelabra (right) and frieze (top) from House of Caecilius Iucundus, V.I.26

Background imageCastor Collection: Herbsts bloodleaf varieties, Iresine herbstii

Herbsts bloodleaf varieties, Iresine herbstii a) var. acuminata, b) var. aureo-reticulata. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden

Background imageCastor Collection: Wall paintings of candlesticks from the House

Wall paintings of candlesticks from the House
Trompe l oeil wall paintings of candlesticks from the House of Castor and Pollux, Pompeii, excavated 1828. Handcoloured lithograph by Berth after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of

Background imageCastor Collection: Masking the Medicine, Henry cartoon

Masking the Medicine, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Background imageCastor Collection: Hungarian public information card - grow oil seed for soap

Hungarian public information card - grow oil seed for soap
Hungarian patriotic public information postcard - There will be no shortage of soap if we produce oilseeds: rapeseed, castor oil, sunflower oil. Date: circa late 1950s

Background imageCastor Collection: Original Artwork - Get Better Quick card design

Original Artwork - Get Better Quick card design
Original Artwork - Design for a Get Better Quick card featuring a poorly teddy bear with an attentive young nurse holding a bottle of Castor Oil. A play on the word bear ! Date: circa 1937

Background imageCastor Collection: Rattlesnake, hummingbirds and fireflies

Rattlesnake, hummingbirds and fireflies
The rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes 55, Trochilinae hummingbirds 56 and man reading a book by the light of fireflies in a vial 57. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev

Background imageCastor Collection: Extinct bull aurochs, Bos primigenius

Extinct bull aurochs, Bos primigenius, with stag and deer. Rappresentazione dell Uro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Background imageCastor Collection: Men on horseback hunting boars and bulls in ancient Etruria

Men on horseback hunting boars and bulls in ancient Etruria. The Etruscans trained dogs and falcons. From a gilded silver patera or bowl. Caccia

Background imageCastor Collection: Alpine ibex, Capra ibex, and common Eurasian

Alpine ibex, Capra ibex, and common Eurasian
Alpine ibex goat, Capra ibex, and common Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Sydenham Edwards from John Mason Goods Pantologia, a New Encyclopedia, G

Background imageCastor Collection: Fruits, nuts and seeds

Fruits, nuts and seeds
Fruit, nuts and seeds including cannabis, fig, mulberry, beech, seagrape, rhubarb, buckwheat, laurel, nutmeg, mace, jabillo, castor oil, euphorbia, etc

Background imageCastor Collection: Ragwort or St. James wort and castor oil plant

Ragwort or St. James wort and castor oil plant
Ragwort or St. James wort, Jacobaea vulgaris, and castor oil plant, Ricinus communis. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal

Background imageCastor Collection: Native American man watching beavers, Castor

Native American man watching beavers, Castor
Native American hunter with rifle watching beavers, Castor canadensis, build a dam. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Background imageCastor Collection: Castor bean or castor oil plant, Ricinus communis

Castor bean or castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, Ricin. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Background imageCastor Collection: Prickly castor oil tree, Kalopanax septemlobus

Prickly castor oil tree, Kalopanax septemlobus
Prickly castor oil tree or kireha harigiri, Kalopanax septemlobus f. maximowiczii (Aralia maximowiczi). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens

Background imageCastor Collection: Castor oil plant, Ricinus communis

Castor oil plant, Ricinus communis
Palma christi or castor oil plant, Ricinus communis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a drawing by John Curtis for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine

Background imageCastor Collection: Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber

Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber
Eurasian beaver or European beaver, Castor fiber, with webbed rear paw 1, and smaller front paw 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imageCastor Collection: Castor oil or palma-christi, Ricinus communis

Castor oil or palma-christi, Ricinus communis. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageCastor Collection: Glass making at Apsley Pellatt Factory, London

Glass making at Apsley Pellatt Factory, London
The manufacture of glass at Apsley Pellatt and company, London. Pictured is the glass cutting room, the making of phials as well as glass blowing. Date: circa 1850

Background imageCastor Collection: Statue of Castor and Pollux. Pizza Campidoglio. Rome. Italy

Statue of Castor and Pollux. Pizza Campidoglio. Rome. Italy

Background imageCastor Collection: Castor and Pollux, and Hercules, Greek and Roman gods

Castor and Pollux, and Hercules, Greek and Roman gods.. Handcolored copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from Mythology in Prints

Background imageCastor Collection: Mythology. Leda. She was mother of Helen of Troy, Clytemnest

Mythology. Leda. She was mother of Helen of Troy, Clytemnest
Mythology. Leda. Daughter of the Aetolian, and wife of king Tyndareus of Sparta. She was mother of Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra and Castor and Polux. Engraving copy of a painting by F. Zmurko. Colored

Background imageCastor Collection: Pergamon Altar. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux

Pergamon Altar. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux
Pergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux

Background imageCastor Collection: Italy. Rome. Quirinal Palace

Italy. Rome. Quirinal Palace. 16th century. Official residence of the President of the Italian Republic. First, Castor and Pollux statue

Background imageCastor Collection: Temple of Castor and Pollux. Rome. Italy

Temple of Castor and Pollux. Rome. Italy
Italy. Rome. Temple of Castor and Pollux. 1st century BC. Built in honor to the Dioscuri. On the left, ruins of the Basilica Julia. Roman Forum

Background imageCastor Collection: Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1880s

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1880s
Victorian furniture, available from Oetzmann & Co, Hampstead, London. Circa 1880s

Background imageCastor Collection: Advert for Maple & Co. library table & chair 1904

Advert for Maple & Co. library table & chair 1904
Library table, finely carved with lift-up flap exposing deep well fitted pigeon-holes and ten drawers, stationery rack with fall-down flap comes with back chair in marone morocco. Date: 1904

Background imageCastor Collection: Castor & Pollux (Tooke)

Castor & Pollux (Tooke)
The twin sons of Zeus and Leda, known as the DIOSCURI, sail with Jason to steal the Golden Fleece, and end up as the Gemini of the Zodiac

Background imageCastor Collection: Zermatt, Switzerland with surrounding Alpine peaks

Zermatt, Switzerland with surrounding Alpine peaks (many named). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageCastor Collection: View of an Italian Harbour, 1649, by Jan Baptist Weenix (162

View of an Italian Harbour, 1649, by Jan Baptist Weenix (162
Jan Baptist Weenix (1621-1659). Dutch painter. View of an Italian Harbour, 1649. Detail. Centraal Museum. Utrech. Netherlands

Background imageCastor Collection: Castor

Castor. Engraving, 1841

Background imageCastor Collection: House of Castor & Pollux

House of Castor & Pollux - Pompeii. Date: 1910

Background imageCastor Collection: Advert for S. Timings & Co. patent rotary castors 1888

Advert for S. Timings & Co. patent rotary castors 1888
Patenteers and sole manufactures of the patent brass rotary castors, also cabinet, builders and general brassfounders. Date: 1888

Background imageCastor Collection: Advert for Carron Company gas oven 1889

Advert for Carron Company gas oven 1889
New Castor, gas oven, heated by luminous jets with boiler attached. Date: 1889

Background imageCastor Collection: Beaver, alpine marmot, bobak marmot and earless marmot

Beaver, alpine marmot, bobak marmot and earless marmot.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Background imageCastor Collection: Muskbeaver or muskrat, Castor zibethicus

Muskbeaver or muskrat, Castor zibethicus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)

Background imageCastor Collection: North American beaver, Castor canadensis

North American beaver, Castor canadensis, and rakali or water-rat, Hydromys chrysogaster.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals

Background imageCastor Collection: Sicily - Temple of Castor and Pollux, Girgenti

Sicily - Temple of Castor and Pollux, Girgenti
Black and white Victorian lantern slide of the Temple of Castor and Pollux ruins. A modern reconstruction from the early 19th Century and built using pieces from various other temples

Background imageCastor Collection: Travelling of the Future

Travelling of the Future: the White Moon Liner Castor and Pollux awaiting the signal to alight. Original fine pencil drawing (38cm x 28.5cm) reproduced in Flight 19 May 1921. Roderic Hill drawing

Background imageCastor Collection: Ricinus communis, castor bean plant

Ricinus communis, castor bean plant
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCastor Collection: Seed specimens

Seed specimens
A variety of seed specimens including castor bean (Ricinus communis) and date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCastor Collection: Castor fiber, Eurasian beaver

Castor fiber, Eurasian beaver
Lower molar tooth of a Eurasian beaver. Item E. 603 of the animal fossil specimens found at Piltdown, Sussex, 1912-15, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCastor Collection: Ricinus communis, castor bean

Ricinus communis, castor bean
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageCastor Collection: Ruins of Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome, Italy

Ruins of Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome, Italy. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageCastor Collection: The Twins (Castor and Pollux), the Breithorn, etc. Valais

The Twins (Castor and Pollux), the Breithorn, etc. Valais, Alps of, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Background imageCastor Collection: Opposition to castor oil & salts

Opposition to castor oil & salts!. Date c1845 July 8. Opposition to castor oil & salts!. Date c1845 July 8



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