Catching Collection (page 4)

The Ice Hole Clam Spearer by Heath Robinson
An ingenious, though perhaps rather complicated device to catch clams through ice in the frozen north, part of a series of drawings in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News entitled

The Chipmunk Bagger by Heath Robinson
Ingenious contraption for use in the wilds of Brazil, a chipmunk bagger, part of a series by William Heath Robinson in the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News called Very Patent Aides to Sport

The Lifelyke stilted giraffe lurer by Heath Robinson
The Lifelyke stilted giraffe-lurer, part of a series called Very Patent Aides to Sport by William Heath Robinson in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

A Mako Shark Hooked
A huge Mako shark being hooked off the coast of New Zealand. Date: 1928

Pinocchio -- pursued by a sea monster
Quick, Pinocchio... but it was too late! The monster had overtaken him. Date: 1911

Nursery Rhymes -- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go. A white cat catches Uncle Rat (above), and a white goose catches the Frog (below). Date: early 20th century

Baby Scouts -- fishing
Baby Scouts -- A baby scout his pole will sometimes take, and fish for salmon on the silver lake. Date: 1900

Robinson Magician
William Ellsworth Robinson, stage name Chung Ling Soo, enjoyed a successful career as a stage magician until his catching-a-bullet-in-his-mouth trick went fatally wrong... 1861 - 1918

Woman Diver 1929
A trim lady dives from a board into the sea, catching the eyes of two male bathers who look on in admiration. Date: 1929

A Mongoose on the Arm
Peggy Hill of Camden Town, London, with her rat-catching mongoose. Date: November 1932

The Parcs at low tide - Dieppe, France - Trap for fish
The Parcs at low tide - Dieppe, France. These constructions of long supported poles and igh nets were arranged as a trap for fish

Three boys on a desert island attract a passing ship using their robes and spears as signal flags. Date: 1898

Clothing of the Men of Kamchatka - Far Eastern Russia
Clothing of the Men of the Kamchatka Peninsula - Far Eastern Russia. The plate shows winter clothing, summer clothing and ceremonial costume. Date: circa 1800

Fisherwomen - Vietnam Date: 1910s

Circular discussion concerning the catch of the day
" Did yer Father cotch ony fish?" " yes." " Was they Biggins?" " They was bigger than the Little uns." " How big was the Little uns

Aquila audax, wedge-tailed eagle
Watercolour 95 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Bold Vulture, Boo-ro-ma-rang

Chrysocolaptes lucidus xanthocephalus, greater flame-backed
Plate 37 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 6, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Dumetella carolinensis, gray catbird
Plate 66, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Tyrannus tyrannus, eastern kingbird
Plate 55, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Motacilla cinerea, grey wagtail
Plate 259, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 1 (1758)

Plate from The Gleanings of Natural History by George Edward
Plate 347, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 3 (1764). Annotated Red-breasted green creeper and spotted green creeper

Haliaeetus leucocephalus, bald eagle
Plate 1, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Bartramia longicauda, upland sandpiper
Plate 303 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

Swooping owl weathervane 2011

Basket fisher women - Thailand - A line of women and children with baskets in each hand going in a straight line from one end of a small klong to the other, catching or rather trapping the fish

LCC-LFB Brigade headquarters jumping sheet drill
Jump sheet demonstration by firefighters at Southwark HQ -- a long gone London Fire Brigade training routine. Jumping sheets were carried on front line London fire engines until late 1941 when

Catching fireflies at Mount Dokan. Print shows four men drinking alcoholic beverages in a field at night. Date 1859

Catching fireflies. Print shows three women and two children at the edge of a pond, near a small shrine, catching fireflies. Date 181-

Catching the celestial ballot. Illustration showing two Irishmen discussing a portrait of George Washington. Date 1900 February 21

Catching crickets. Print shows a woman and a child catching crickets. Date 1765

Optical illusion disc with a face catching a ball and a man with blackface taking a bow. Date 1833

Optical illusion disc with two men throwing and catching cakes and stars. Date 1833

Musical Terms Up To Date - Pianissimo - Very Soft Two feeble characters at the seaside, not quite sure what to do when their attention is caught by a pretty passing lady... Date: circa 1903

Large spider in web
A large spider sits patiently, watching as his web does all the work, reeling in his prey. 1925

Baseball in 1896
Sports, Baseball, at the New York Polo Grounds. A male athlete catching a baseball on the field of the New York Polo Grounds. Date: 1896

Young fisherman handline fishing for mackerel
A young fisherman on a fishing boat, handline fishing for mackerel. Date: circa 1970s

Young fisherman with crawfish, St Ives, Cornwall
A young fisherman on a fishing boat in St Ives harbour, Cornwall, surrounded by his catch of crawfish. Date: circa 1970s

A cockerel catches the moth, watched by his hen and chicks. Jack Sparrow misses out again. Date: 1937

Young Fiancee catches the eye of a new suitor
In the Spring an old Mans Fiancee lightly turns to thoughts of love..! An attractive young lady, the fiancee to a vastly older gentleman (decidedly unamused)

Warrington Baden-Powell catching fish in his canoe. Date: circa 1860s

Housewives Stunt School
Housewife Teresa Vincent leaps from the first floor of a building onto cardboard boxes and mattresses 20 feet below. It makes a change from washing up, she explained. Date: 1960s

Throwing Sticks for Dog
A girl stands on a rocky beach, throwing sticks into the sea for her dog to retrieve. Date: 1890

Children Study Pondlife
Children catching things in a pond during a biology lesson Date: 1950s

Eeling in Kent / 1930S
Eel spearers at work on the marshes at Reculver, Kent, England. By digging a pronged spear into the mud, skilled eel catchers catch as many as ten pounds of eels an hour. Date: 1930s

Racial / Wild Horse C1830
Comanche catching a wild horse Date: circa 1830

Double page spread in a diary for 14-19 May
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 14-19 May. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

More Work For The Navy - postcard by Lawson Wood
More Work For The Navy - A young boy climbs up on the rail of the pier and tries to catch the attention of a submarine captain with the words: " I, Jellicoe, if you re goin down ag in

Lynx caught in trap
A lynx is caught by the leg in a steel jaw trap

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