Crocodile Collection

The Elephants Child
THE ELEPHANTs CHILD Kiplings tale of how the elephant got his trunk. A crocodile tugs at the elephants nose, and thus he develops a trunk!

Various Reptiles / 1913
An amazing illustration covering the whole range of reptilian species from snakes to newts

Tunisia - Arab Bazaar
Tunisia - an Arab dealer sitting in his shop, surrounded by his wares (pretty much everything you can imagine) including drapes, rugs, pots, a stuffed baby crocodile, swords, guns

Asprey Christmas presents, 1926
Colour advertisement for Asprey of Bond Street displaying a wide variety of Christmas present ideas, including an attache case, a shagreen cigarette box, leather handbag, crocodile handbag pochette

Reptile / Cayman Crocodile
A cayman crocodile and other reptiles including : gangetica, gecko, salamander and a baby crocodile hatching from an egg

Unicorn & Reptiles
A unicorn, with assorted reptiles, and a Latin motto: " Not with might, but with virtue"

Pan / Woodward / Hook& Croc
Captain Hook falls into the jaws of the crocodile

Egypt - River Nile - Capturing a crocodile. As with picture 10270850, there is a certain degree of scepticism in this captioners mind as to the validity of the beast which is being grabbed...!

Africa Big Game hunter pre-1900

Queensland, Australia - Surfers Paradise Hotel (Tropical Gradens & Zoo) - Proprietor Jim Cavill. Buit in 1925 - name changed in 1933 to Surfers Paradise - destroyed by fire on Monday 6th July, 1936

Crocodile Hunt on the River Nile, Sudan Date: 1906

WW2 - Stranded In The Sudd, Crocodile
An illustration from a wartime short story, Stranded In The Sudd, written by Major J. T. Gorman. The image shows a fight between a crocodile and Karif. An airman watches on from behind

Crocodile Rock - Millport, Scotland
Crocodile Rock - Millport, Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde, North Ayrshire, Scotland. A feature since at least 1913 when Robert Brown was acknowledged by the council for the work. Date: circa 1910s

History of Africa. Native Bondei people of Bonde
History of Africa. 19th century. Native Bondei people of Bonde. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Peru - Ucayali River - European Hunters and Crocodile
Arequipa region, Peru - Ucayali River - European Hunters, indigenous villagers and (rather clearly deceased) Crocodile. Part of the reverse comment on this postcard reads

Egyptian art. Fragment of a papyrus with hieroglyphic writing. Egyptian Museum of Turin. Italy

Large crocodile, Indochina (Vietnam)
Group of people surrounding a large crocodile (probably dead), in Indochina (Vietnam). Date: circa 1890

Three travelling vanity cases made of crocodile and Morocco leather. Date: 1907

Book Dead 27 Religion Egypt Serpent Se Ta Crocodile
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Comic postcard, Drunken man with crocodile Date: 20th century

Crocodile on a sandbank, Egypt, by Francis Frith 1857
19th century vintage photograph: Crocodile on a sandbank, Egypt, by Francis Frith 1857. There has been speculation as to whether the crocodile is alive; if it is

Catching a crocodile on the River Nile, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: group of men and boys catching a crocodile on the banks of the River Nile, Egypt

Historical views of the Eastern Islands (Indonesia). Natives of the Ladrones Islands (Marianas) sailing in a proa sailboat 34, Abba Thule

English gentleman consulting a somniloquist, 18th century
English gentleman consulting a somniloquist in his chambers, 18th century. The sleeping fortune teller lies in a bed in a room decorated with crocodile skin, Egyptian figures and incense burners

Customs inspectors opening luggage at the border, 18th century. Searched by the Douaniers at the French frontiers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson

Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas. Endangered. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Spectacled caiman and hatching egg of the American crocodile
Spectacled caiman, Caiman crocodilus 1 and hatching egg of the American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus 2. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

View of a crocodile swamp, south Germany, Triassic period. Crocodile-like Belodon and a large predatory dinosaur of the time

Extinct Mosasaur, Pterosaur and sea turtle
An extinct seasnake-like Mosasaur in the Niobrara sea, North America, late Cretaceous. A pterosaur, Pteranodon, at left, and sea turtle at right

Extinct sea crocodile, Teleosaurus genus, Jurassic period. Illustration by Hugo Wolff-Maage from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932

Winged dragon, mythological creature. Illustration from Wilhelm Bolsches Das Leben der Urwelt, Prehistoric Life, Georg Dollheimer, Leipzig, 1932

Scottish traveller John o Arnha encounters a witch
Scottish traveller John o Arnha with cudgel encounters a witch flying on a broomstick. Sae fently did she wing her flight, In a twinklin she was out o sight

Hudibras, mock-heroic poem by Samuel Butler -- Hudibras and the astrologer Sidrophel. Date: 1845

Gharial or gavial, Gavialis gangeticus. Critically
Gharial or gavial, Gavialis gangeticus (Gangetic crocodile, Lacerta gangetica). Critically endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his

Ceylon crocodile var. from Seba. (Mugger crocodile, Crocodylus palustris or saltwater crocodile, Crocodylus porosus.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw

Young crocodile hatching from the egg, Crocodylus niloticus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London, 1801

Skeleton of a crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus. Copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London, 1801

Roman bireme with crocodile on the stern
Bireme with crocodile and heads carved on the stern, from a basrelief in the Temple of Fortuna Preneste. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own

Crocodile and pygmies from the House of the Pygmies, Pompeii
Crocodile and pygmies from the House of the Pygmies (Casa dei Pygmeii) 9, Regio IX, Insula V. Chromolithograph by J.G. Bach after an illustration by Miss Amy Butts from Emile Presuhns Les Plus Belles

Gharial, crocodile and extinct dinosaurs
Critically endangered gharial, Gavialis gangeticus, and Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus. Fossil skeletons of an ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus

Egyptian bas relief in terracotta from the Basilica of Saint Sabina, Rome. Copperplate engraving from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum), Rome, 1820

Statue of a crocodile. Copperplate engraving from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino (The Capitoline Museum), Rome, 1820

Nile crocodile, gharial and dragon lizard
Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus 1, gharial, Gavialis gangeticus 2 (critically endangered), and caiman or dragon lizard, Caiman yacare 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Al

Sword hilt and gilt hunting pipes, Germany, 16th century
Sword hilt in iron decorated with silver A, and gilt hunting pipes decorated with sapphires B and a crocodile C. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Gharial or gavial, Gavialis gangeticus (Rhamphostoma schlegelii). Critically endangered. Handcoloured lithograph from Leopold Josef Fitzingers Picturebook of Natural History

African animals including hippopotamus, chameleon, crocodile, snake, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Classical allegorical statue of the River Nile, with old man and cornucopia, above images of crocodiles, hippopotami, etc

Comic postcard, Golf in other lands, Egypt. Date: circa 1910

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