Claws Collection (page 3)

Milton / Comus 1634
And they, so perfect is their misery, Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, But boast themselves more comely than before. Date: First published : 1634

Pigeon hygiene -- the only parts requiring human intervention are the claws, which are washed in Quassia chips to kill insects. circa 1940s

Five studies of a cockerel

Myht / Aesops Fables
THE LION IN LOVE " He must agree to let his teeth to be plucked out and his claws cut off." Date: 1912

Kitten emerging from a leather boot
A black and white kitten emerging from a leather boot

Studies of barn owls, and the head of another bird of prey

Furniture by Holland and Sons
Table with inlaid top, decorated with twining snakes, eagle and griffin claws and lily pads. This table featured in the 1851 Great Exhibition

A pair of long-eared owls, one large, one small, inside a shallow alcove in Paradise Park, a wildlife sanctuary in Hayle, Cornwall. The long-eared owl is medium-sized

A pair of young Little Owls. This small owl was introduced to the UK in the 19th century. It can be seen in the daylight, usually perching on a tree branch, telegraph pole or rock

Lions drinking from a still pool
Stylised drawing by Raymond Sheppard of two African lions drinking by a still pool

Snowy Owl hunting a Hare
A Snowy Owl swoops to catch an Arctic Hare in its talons. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

An Osprey launches of a perch
An Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) launching into flight with a caught fish secured in its talons. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

The Eagle in Love
Commemorating Napoleon IIIs wedding to Eugenie -- she is clipping his sharp claws

Bulldog Cannon
The " Bulldog Cannon", found by the British Army in the Fort of Kurnaul, India, in 1838, but originally forged centuries earlier in China. The mouth is the guns muzzle

Coral and a Crab
A piece of coral and a crab with red claws

Megatherium Giant Sloth
The skeleton of a megatherium. Their huge claws meant that they couldn t put their feet flat on the ground and so, like anteaters, had to walk on the sides of their feet

Bear Baiting C 14
To make things fairer on the dogs - besides, they are valuable - the bear is muzzled so that he cannot bite them. Still, he can use his claws if not his jaws

CRAB 1849
Lupa pelagica

Ornamental Shrimp
ORNAMENTAL SHRIMP (Palemon ornatum)

Ground Squirrel
Franklins Ground Squirrel (Spermophile Franklinii)

Tiger Bares Teeth
Tiger : So you fancy the waitress, do you ? Then look out for my claws !

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