Castor Collection

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

Tetratheca glandulosa, Tetrateca glandulosa

Castor, one of the Dioscuri in classical mythology
Castor, one of twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri. Brother to Pollux or Polydeuces, son of Zeus or Tyndareus and Leda. Castor

Castor and Pollux, twin half-brothers in Roman mythology, Polydeukes in Greek myth, known together as the Dioscuri

Species of beaver, rat, mouse, hamster, etc
Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber 1, muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus 2, brown rat, Rattus norvegicus 3, eastern house mouse, Mus musculus 4, European hamster, Cricetus cricetus 5, plains pocket gopher

Imaginary coat of arms of the Dioscuri twins Castor and Pollux
Imaginary coat of arms of the Dioscuri twins Castor with star on silver field and Pollux with star on red field

Heads of Castor and Pollux
Heads of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux. Twin half brothers borne of Leda, Castor the son of King Tyndareus, Pollux the son of Zeus

Statue of Castor, one of the Dioscuri, with horse. Originally at Thermae Constantinianae or the Baths of Constantine, now in the Piazza del Quirinale, Rome. Castoris statua vetus marmorea

Fashionable women in cloche hats and fur coats, 1926
Fashionable women in cloche hats and luxurious fur coats. Kashalaine coat wtih tiger trim 79, velvet coat with nutria or coypu trim 80, frieze coat with marten fur trim 81

Fashionable women in cloche hats and fur jackets, 1926
Fashionable women in cloche hats, short bob haircuts and fur jackets, 1926

Le Tapis Vert (La Alfombra Verde) by Hubert Robert
Hubert Robert (1733-1808). French painter. Le Tapis Vert, circa 1775-1777. Oil on canvas. Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal

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

Herbsts bloodleaf varieties, Iresine herbstii a) var. acuminata, b) var. aureo-reticulata

Wall paintings of candlesticks from the House
Trompe l oeil wall paintings of candlesticks from the House of Castor and Pollux, Pompeii, excavated 1828

Prickly castor oil tree, Kalopanax septemlobus
Prickly castor oil tree or kireha harigiri, Kalopanax septemlobus f. maximowiczii (Aralia maximowiczi)

Comic postcard, Woman talks about her husband Date: 20th century

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

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

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

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

Extinct bull aurochs, Bos primigenius, with stag and deer. Rappresentazione dell Uro

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

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

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

Ragwort or St. James wort and castor oil plant
Ragwort or St. James wort, Jacobaea vulgaris, and castor oil plant, Ricinus communis

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

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

Castor oil plant, Ricinus communis
Palma christi or castor oil plant, Ricinus communis

Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber
Eurasian beaver or European beaver, Castor fiber, with webbed rear paw 1, and smaller front paw 2

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

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

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

Castor and Pollux, and Hercules, Greek and Roman gods

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Castor. Engraving, 1841

House of Castor & Pollux - Pompeii. Date: 1910

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

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

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

Muskbeaver or muskrat, Castor zibethicus

North American beaver, Castor canadensis, and rakali or water-rat, Hydromys chrysogaster

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flat Tyre / W H Robinson
When a flat occurs, simply lower the fifth wheel - merely a solid tyred castor at the end of a hinged lever

Plants / Ricinus Communis
Castor Oil Plant Also Known as Palma Christi

Beaver (Bewick)
Castor fiber : Bewick depicts the Musquash, Musk Beaver or Little Beaver

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