French artificial fishing flies. circa 1900
Catching the 5: 15 at Liverpool Street by Grace GoldenScene inside Liverpool Street Station in the City of London showing commuters and travelling swarming around the station concourse and platforms as they rush to catch trains to NE London suburbs
I kiss your little hand, madame, by J. NicolsonIllustration of a glamorous lady catching butterflies
French and English artificial fishing flies. circa 1900
Horrors, my wife! by Webster MurrayWife tracks her husband down, under the sea in a diving suit having an affair with attractive mermaid. Date: 1928
Wizard Oz / Dorothy / TotoDorothy and Toto are caught up by the tornado : she manages to save him by catching him by the ear
Learning wordsA boy catching the alphabet and words in his net 1922
Fan with FairiesA highly ornamental lace folding fan by Duvelleroy of Paris with painted scenes depicting fairies by a pond & with sticks carved in imitation of feathers
Orient ExpressCatching the Orient Express in the year 2000
Southern Railway RatcatcherOfficial Rat catcher for Southern Railway with Terriers and quarry. Date: 1924
Scottish Types - Leistering Salmon, Clan MacGregor. 19th century
Jumping Sheet Drill - London Fire Brigade Date: circa 1940s
Met Police stopwatch -- inside faceA Metropolitan Police issue stopwatch for the purpose of catching speeding motorists. This method worked on the principle of timing motorists over specific distances to estimate their speed
Modern Athenians plate 8 - EdinburghJohn Irvine (d. 1839) beautifully described as a " creeping figure, of too solid flesh, so sadly restricted in locomotion". Facing him is Captain Hugo Arnot (d)
Taking Elephants 1671The Catching of Elephants on the Island of Ceylon
Loki and SigynThe gods seek to punish Loki the trickster with the poisonous venom of Gemheil, but his loving wife Sigyn saves his life by catching the venom in a bowl
Illegal salmon fishing in Galway, Ireland
Rich Woman fishes for suitorsLeap Year - A Sure Bait A rich woman sits on the riverbank, loading up her hook with her riches ( LSD - pounds shillings and pence) - a sure bait for the mass of suitors she has already caught
Western Canada - Cowboy roping a steer. Date: 1928
Swan-Upping / RobertsonSwan-upping on the Thames (catching young swans to mark them)
Jewelers Shop RaidedTwo thieves break into a jewelers shop by making a hole in the ceiling, catching the debris in an umbrella, and using a ladder to get in and out
RWF Willie Poole - shrimpingFat man with big bum shrimping in rock pools on a beach, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England. This is RWF Willy Poole 1940-2017. Writer, countryman, humourist, master of foxhounds
Fishers of the Seine, illustration by Sepping WrightFishers of the River Seine, Paris, pen and ink illustration of men catching fish along the canalled bank of the river by H C Seppings Wright
Shark Fishing in the CaribbeanA group of men gather around the carcass of a large shark they have caught on the coast of a caribbean island. Shark fishing is still legal in much of the world, including the Caribbean, to this day
Basket Trap for SalmonA basket trap, used for catching salmon in the River Severn. Date: 1933
Eel or fish nets on a river Date: circa 1890s
WW2 - Home Front - Land Girl hunting rats with ferrets and the results of one day's offensive in a Hereford Barn. Date: circa 1942
An air-trawling device for the use of British troops in Egypt, a drive against Marshal Graziani in the Western desert. Date: 1940
Homeless people catching up on sleep in St. James's Park in London at mid-day. This was in the summer months where the homeless enjoyed the sunshine in an enclosure popularly known as the Bull
One of Canadian industries was the catching and packing of salmon. The geat flat-bottomed square-ended boat, locally know as a scow
Tuaghs (from the Gaelic, tuagh-chatha), also known as Lochaber axes, a type of poleaxe, Scottish battle axes used in medieval times, preserved at Edinburgh
Catching a crocodile on the River Nile, EgyptVintage 19th century photograph: group of men and boys catching a crocodile on the banks of the River Nile, Egypt
Catching rays at BelizeFoxy-Golf on tour catching rays at Caye Chapel on the second biggest Barrier Reef in the World. Date: 1990
The Butterfly Series - Please Come In! early 20th century
The Butterfly Series - I se Got You! early 20th century
Women entomologists catching butterflies in a garden, mid 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papillons, Hippolyte and Polydor Pauquet
HippoThanks!!! Illustrated comic postcard of a hippo catching a bun. Nister series 172/4. Artist: GH Thompson (1842-1909)
One, Two, Three, Four, Five, I Caught a Fish Alive by Agnes Richardson
Cartoon, Fisherman catching a ladys bonnet. 19th century
Shoal of mackerel 1873Fishermen bringing in their fresh catch of mackerel. Date: 1873
Catching German spy in the act 1915Catching German spy in the act. 1915
The Natural History of Cage Birds - Title Page - Their Management, habits, food, diseases, treatment, breeding and the methods of catching them by J M Bechstein M.D. Date: 1845
Cupid and spiders web on a Valentine cardCupid with net and spiders web on a Valentine card -- Caught in Loves Web. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Rat-catcher 1850sJack Black, was a rat-catcher and mole destroyer from Battersea. Date: circa 1850s
Fresh water fishing. 19th century
Quail catching in Syria 1862A tradition among Syrian peasants using branches and sheets to encircle terrified quail. 1862
Winter scene on the coast of Bergen, Norway, fishermen bringing in their catch of herring and men packing the them in barrels. Date: circa 1851
B. A. T. FK. 25 Basilisk (F2907 or F2908)B.A.T. FK.25 Basilisk (F2907 or F2908). One of the three Basilisk aircraft built by the British Aerial Transport Company (BAT) and designed by Frederick Koolhoven; the first, F2906
