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Little Turtle / MiamiChief of the Miami tribe who led a number of raids on settlers in the Northwest Territory. He was forced to sign the Treaty of Greenville in 1795
Bubo coromandus, dusky eagle owlA watercolour of the dusky eagle owl (Bubo coromandus) by an unknown artist, (c. 1840), part of the Lord Ashton Collection held in the Natural History Museum, London
Spheniscus magellanicus, Magellanic penguinFf. 83. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Christmas card in the shape of a lobster. Date: circa 1890s
Pygoscelis antarcticus, chinstrap penguinFf. 82. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Aptenodytes antartica and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Guinness AdvertisementA humorous advertisement illustration which shows a man frantically running to save his bottle of Guinness which is sat between the imminent grasp of a large heavy machinery claw. Date: circa 1939
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Pero Y Espana? (But What About Spain?). Republican postcard by Josep Renau with text by Juan Negrin. Edited in Barcelona by the Propaganda Undersecretary (1938). SPAIN
Devils claw, Proboscidea fragrans (Fragrant martynia, Martynia fragrans). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley
Side, front and back of the leg of a dodo in the British Museum. Illustration drawn and lithographed by Joseph Dinkel from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo
Kaka beak, Clianthus puniceusKaka beak, crimson clianthus or glory pea, Clianthus puniceus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Miss Jane Taylor from Benjamin Maund and the Rev
X-Ray - Claw Foot. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900
Bagh-nakhBagh Nakh, Tigers Claw. Two brass rings (for the fingers) attached to a brass plate with four steel claws. For the left hand. Obtained from a dacoit in Belgaum District, india, 1945
Chelodina longicollis, eastern long-necked turtleLithograph by Edward Lear of drawing by James de Carle Sowerby. Plate from Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles, drawn from life (1872)
Callinectes sapidus, blue crab
Macrocheira kaempferi, giant Japanese giant spider crabSpecimen of the giant Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi). This bottom-feeding, deep-sea crustacean is the largest crab in the world reaching a leg span of almost 4m
Advert for James Aitchison brooches 1883James Aitchison, manufacturer of National Scottish Jewellery. From birds shot in the Highlands of Scotland, mounted as brooches in gold and silver, and set with Scotch Cairngorms stones. 1883
Byzantine Art. Relief depicting a lion on the facade of the Church of St. Nicholas, built in the 13th century and remodeled in 18th and 19th centuries. Mesopotam. Albania
Art Nouveau design, Ex Ungue LeonemArt Nouveau design with the Latin proverb: Ex Ungue Leonem (We know the lion by his claw). Date: circa 1920s
Collared Lemmings large winter claw of a forepaw - adapted for digging snow (Dicrostonyx torquatus). Taimyr peninsula, Kara sea shore, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic
Down by the Sea - Catch of the Season - Crab biting a toeDown by the Sea - The Catch of the Season - A pesky Crab bites the toe of a late Victorian / early Edwardian lady having a paddle through the rockpools
Anthracoceros albirostris convexus, Oriental pied hornbillPlate 39, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Plate 90 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Portunus pelagicus, blue swimming crabPlate 50 from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. Ventral view of the large swimming crab native to Indo-Pacific waters
Martes flavigula, yellow-throated martenPlate from the collection of drawings of mammals and birds from Nepal, 1818-1858, by Bryan Houghton Hodgson (1800-1894)
Platycercus exmius, eastern rosellaPlate 18 from Ferdinand Lucas Bauers zoological watercolours and drawings observed during Captain Matthew Flinders circumnavigational survey of Australia (Investigator 1801-1803)
Man holding two large lobsters. Date: circa 1970s
Greetings card in the shape of a lobster with a bowl of boiled eggs and salad. Date: circa 1890s
X-Ray - Claw foot. Part of Box 165 Boswell Collection - X-Rays. Date: circa 1900
Sphinxs paw from Memphis. 2000-1000 BC. EgyptPaw of a large sphinx with lions claws. Quartzite. Middle or New Kingdom. C. 2000-1000 BC. From Memphis, Egypt. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark
Greek Art. Archaic Age. 6th century BCE. Bronze tripod foot with six reliefs depicting: 1-Woman holding a horse by the reins, 2 - Lion and Scorpion
Bronze vase as lions foot. 7th-6th Century B. C. Archaic AgeBronze vase as lions foot. 7th-6th Century B.C. Archaic Age. Olympia Archaeological Museum. Ilia Province. Peloponnese region. Greece
Circular BookcaseA handsome 7 tier circular moveable bookcase with lions head handles and claw feet. The whole magnificent structure surmounted by an antique style lamp Date: 1810
Advertisement, Procter & Company, direct importers of Enamel, Gem, Gold & Silver, & Tiger Claws, The Indian Art Gallery, Oxford Street, London. 1883
Fisherman with lobsters and cat, St Ives, CornwallFisherman with his catch of lobsters, and a cat on his shoulders, St Ives, Cornwall. circa 1970s
Bag with punning verse on a Christmas cardBag with crab and punning verse on a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
Lobster and seaweedA lobster surrounded by seaweed. Date: circa 1920s
Crab and seaweedA crab surrounded by seaweed. Date: circa 1920s
France - Arcachon - Oyster GathererA wonderful postcard photograph of a woman Oyster Gatherer (Parqueuse) from Arcachon in the Gironde department in southwestern France
Tenontosaurus attacked by DeinonychusDetail of Deinonychus claw from a full scale animated model of a Tenontosaurus being attacked by five Deinonychus, made by Kokoro Co. Japan for The Natural History Museum
Eocarcinus, the oldest crab fossil ever foundThree centimetres long and only a little longer than a finger nail. Discovered in Gloucestershire in the nineteenth century. This crab lived 180 million years ago
Fregilupus varius specimen collected in Reunion
Colourful illustration of a mermaid and a lobsterPlate 57 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour
Archilochus colubris, ruby-throated hummingbirdDrawing 58 (Ewan 20) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Plate 94 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Hyas araneus, great spider crabPlate 112 from a collection of watercolour sketches by William W. Ellis (?-1785) made on Captain James Cooks third voyage to explore the south (1776-1780)
LS Plate 90 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Cetiosauriscus stewartiA fossil front left foot belonging to the Cetiosauriscus, a Sauropod dinosaur, discovered in Peterborough, England. It dates back 158 million years