Creature Collection (page 13)

Pre-historic creatures by Benjamin Hawkins

Tabula
Illustration from Handlung 1 Tabula, by Kirschner, 1786

Monochus aquaticus, nematode
A magnified image of the nematode worm (Monochus aquaticus)

Sylligheri hirsuta
Tiny creature that lives in deep sea mud

Gephyrocri nus grimaldii
Tiny creature that lives in deep sea mud

Tobrilos allophysis
A tiny worm-like creature that lives in deep sea mud

Fish on display at the Natural History Museum
A general view of the Natural History Museums Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles Gallery (number 12)

Marine Invertebrates
A general view of the Natural History Museums Marine Invertebrates Gallery (number 13)

Hydra
Illustration of the Hydra, a Greek mythical beast that had seven serpent heads. Plate 82 from Thesaurus, Vol 3, by Albertus Seba, 1758

Sea-serpent attacking a vessel
Fig 67 from Mythical Monsters, 1886 by Charles Gould

Odontoceti (suborder), toothed whale
Sailors throwing barrels from a ship to conciliate two whales. Page 217 from Curious Creatures in Zoology (1890) by John Ashton

Sea monster
Page 695 from De Piscubis et de Cetis, 1638 by Ulyssis Aldrovandi

No creature in this world so ignorantly nurtured as the average baby Advice at your health bureau. Poster promoting proper health care for children, showing a girl with a fawn

Drawing of a Sphinx, from a statue in the British Museum. By Ellen Philadelphia Smyth (1828-1881), an aunt of Robert Baden Powell. circa 1850s

Front cover of The City Curious by Jean de Bosschere
Front cover of The City Curious, a book for children by Jean de Bosschere featuring a particularly curious creature on the cover and two small figures in silhouette. 1920

Rouen Cathedral, France - Misericord in the Choir stalls. A stange female creature with the wings and tail of a Chimera and a crows feet, holding up a heart in her right hand. Date: circa 1910s

Decomposing whale carcass
The decomposing body of a Sei whale, washed ashore on the beach at Suez on 3 January 1950 following a storm, surrounded by intrigiued onlookers

Jesters (Smith)
In the background is a FOOL, a kind of domestic idiot : the JESTER is a more sophisticated creature, expected to be witty rather than the butt of coarse amusement. Date: 1272

Scots Lake Monster
The reverends Twopeny and Macrae, and their two daughters, saw this creature in Loch Hourn, Scotland, for two days in succession Date: 20-21 August 1872

British Ballad, Robin Goodfellow
ROBIN GOODFELLOW (The Mad Merry Pranks of) British ballad. More commonly known as Puck, the work of this mischievous creature is done by moonlight, and his mocking, laugh is Ho ho ho!

A strange and mysterious creature -- answers on a postcard, please!

Fairy and phoenix by Hilda Miller
A winged fairy in a green dress and hat, walks alongside a stunning firebird or phoenix

A monkey in costume
A woman holds a mirror to a monkeys face, clearly pleased with how the make-over has gone. The creature, wearing a tricorne hat and military jacket, seems slightly less impressed by it all

Tom Titt / James Louis Garvin
James Louis Garvin. Influential British journalist, editor, and author. Here characterised as a werewolf type creature

Footprints of a mysterious creature in the Himalayan mountai
A track made by a langur bounding along and placing all four feet together, or by a bear? The footprints of the abominable snowman in the Himalayan snow

Russian Hunter
This Russian hunter has just used his staff to clobber a small animal, probably a mink or some such creature

Countryman and the Snake
THE COUNTRYMAN AND THE SNAKE A charitable man finds a frozen serpent and warms it in front of the fire, but the snake bites him: a wretched creature cannot be raised up

Pet Gazelle - 2
A girl apprehensively feeds her pet gazelle, which is already growing into quite a large creature, with horns that could do serious damage

Dog Meets Hedgehog
A dog apprehensively raises his forepaw with the intention of finding out what this prickly creature is

A working fairy dressed in a green smock looks like he has just thought of a very good idea

Fishmongers Shop / C19Th
A wealthy gent selects a portion of fish from a fantastically well-stocked Fishmongers shop. Every type of potentially-edible marine creature appear to be for sale

Fisherman and Afrite
A poor fisherman unwittingly releases an Afrite, or evil genie, from a brass bottle that he drew up from the lake

Folklore / Bigorne
The bigorne is a sexist creature which eats men who do as their wives tell them; though no longer politically correct, it may not be extinct

Sea serpent in the bay of Rio de Janeiro
In the bay of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fishermen report a creature 20 metres long, with a giraffes neck and a serpents head. Others dismiss it as a hallucination

Encounter with a sea lion near San Francisco, USA
Bathers near San Francisco, California, USA, are alarmed when they encounter a sea lion

Five types of sea creature: Harbour Seal, Fur Seal, Sea Lion, Walrus, and Sea Cow

Gladstone Vs Land League
THE IRISH DEVIL-FISH " The Creature is formidable but there is a way of resisting it..(it) is vulnerable through the head"

Riding a Chinese Beast
The Chinese deity Han Tchong- li rides a sea creature across the waves

Alexander & Monsters 3
Creatures encountered by Alexander the Great, king of Macedon, during his invasion of Asia 3 of 7 Date: circa 330 BC

Bigorne / Eats Husband
The bigorne is a sexist creature which eats men who do as their wives tell them; though no longer politically correct, it may not be extinct

Birds Operate
Birds perform a medical operation on an unidentifiable creature

Huge Hippo and People
An extraordinary depiction of a hippopotamus savaging hunters in an exotic landscape - it is the size of an elephant, and seems more a creature of land than water

Noah Builds the Ark
Having received a flood warning from God, Noah sets about the construction of an Ark in which he, and two of every living creature, can survive

Bird and Predator
Nature red in tooth and claw - a stoat-like creature has got its teeth into a guinea fowl or some such bird : predator and prey fall together from a tree

Exorcist Expels Demon
An exorcist (Jesus) successfully drives a demon from the body of its victim - you can see the nasty creature taking flight as it emerges from its involuntary host

Greyhound & Hare
Unlike its descendants who are compelled to pursue an electric hare, this elegant creature has chased and caught a living prey

Marmot (Bewick) - 3
mus lemmus - the LAPLAND MARMOT is better known as the LEMMING, a creature given to mass migrations of which Bewick gives a graphic account

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