Common Collection (#35)

Children Listen to Radio
Three children at the Babies Hotel, Clapham Common, London, listen intently to the radio at home, whilst Teddy seems distracted

Sri Lankan Boy Scouts
A party of boy scouts from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), rehearsing at Clapham, London, on their way to the World Jamboree in Hungary

Wimbledon Common 1907
Wimbledon Common, with sheep and a distant windmill

Kitty Discards Crinoline
Forced to her senses Kitty abandons extremes of fashion to preserve her love with the long-suffering Adolphus, who with Fido the dog trample the collapsed hoops in triumph

Various Egyptian Costume
Various Egyptian costume: Left to right - Women & men of the common people, ladies of rank, men of rank and a royal fan-bearer

Bible Accessible
Miles Coverdale translates the Bible into english, so for the first time it is accessible to the common woman and man

Sabines Snipe (Morris)
SABINEs SNIPE (Gallinago gallinago) This is not a separate species, just a darker form of the Common Snipe

Common Gulls on Beach
COMMON GULLS on a beach (Larus canus)

Three Types of Herring
Three types of herring: 1. common herring 2. silver-striped herring 3. African herring

Malaca Porcupine
Though less picturesque than the common variety, this rodent quadruped of the hystericidae family knows how to defend itself from its predators

Sparassis Crispa
SPARASSIS CRISPA Common name: Cauliflower Mushroom

Craterellus Cornucopiode
CRATERELLUS CORNUCOPIODES Common name: Black Chanterelle

Funghi / Common Boletus
Common Boletus (edible)

Smith O brien Fights
SIEGE OF WIDOW MCCORMACKs CABBAGE PATCH A group of Irish rebels under Smith O Brien skirmish with police at Widow McCormacks house, Boulagh Common

Otter & Fish C1840
A Common Otter with a fish in its mouth

Plants / Arum Maculatum
Cuckoo Pint, or Wake Robin, or Lords and Ladies, or Common Arum

Plants / Syringa Vulgaris
COMMON LILAC

Lonicera Periclymenum
WOODBINE, or COMMON HONEYSUCKLE Date: circa 1820

Veronica Officinalis
Fluellen, Common or Heath Speedwell

Valeriana Officinalis
Common Valerian, or Garden Heliotrope

Plants / Ilex Aquifolium
COMMON HOLLY

Linum Usitatissimum
COMMON FLAX

Agrimonia Eupatoria
COMMON AGRIMONY

Crataegus Monogyna
COMMON WHITE-THORN

Melilotus Officinalis
COMMON MELILOT

Solidago Virga-Aurea
(var. genuina) COMMON GOLDEN-ROD

Plants / Calluna Vulgaris
COMMON LING

Verbena Officinalis
Common Vervain or Verbena

Borago Officinalis
COMMON BORAGE

Melissa Officinalis
COMMON BALM

Plants / Origanum Vulgare
(var. genuinum) COMMON MARJORAM

Primula Officinali-Vulga
COMMON OXLIP

Polygonum Aviculare
COMMON KNOT-GRASS

Eerie Woodland
An eerie, misty wood with ferns, near Esher Common, Surrey, England

Types of Accident
Three kinds of flying accident 1 - fall of aviator without plane. 2 - fall of plane without aviator (rare). 3 - fall of plane and aviator together (most common)

School Prize 1864
A small prizewinners certificate or bookplate awarded to Charles Cooper for his improvement in Common Things 3rd class in hope that it will spur him on

John Hann in his Cell
JOHN HANNA: Sailor, thief & all round bad lad, in revenge swore falsely that his master had murdered the crew of a fishing smack. He was hanged at Kennington Common aged 20

Liebig Zebu
(bos taurus) Zebus are the common cattle of much of Asia, and used for transportation of many kinds, as here in India

Common Raccoon
(procyon lotor) Common raccoon

Bewick - Sea-Bear
(phoca ursinus) Also known as the sea-bear, this is much bigger than the common seal and is found in extreme northern and southern latitudes

Bewick / Seal
(phoca vitulina) This is the COMMON SEAL, found in almost every quarter of the globe

Bewick / Barb. Squirrel
(sciurus getulus) An attractive rodent, about the same size as the common grey squirrel

Bewick / Grey Squirrel
(sciurus carolinensis) This is the common grey squirrel, familiar to all. They came to Europe from America, where they were a menace to farmers

Radiated Mole (Bewick)
sorex cristatus This is the RADIATED MOLE, smaller than the Common Mole, who lives in, or rather under, North America. Unfortunately its fur is used to make hats

Goat (Bewick)
capra hircus COMMON GOAT A lively, playful, and capricious creature (did Bewick intend the pun ?) and a very useful one

Hartbeest (Bewick)
Bewick says this is the most common of all the larger Gazelles, known in any part of Africa. This one comes from the region of the Cape

Common Antelope (Bewick)
COMMON ANTELOPE capra cervicapra

Early Indian King
In the early years of the Common Era, Brahma is the prevailing focus of worship. This artifact depicts a king of the period, riding an elephant with his retinue

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