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Emigration - Crocodile in the Marsh. 19th century
Captured Crocodile on the Banks of the River Nile, Egypt. Date: circa 1909
Animal silhouettes - including a giraffe, a crocodile, a horse, a stag, a donkey, and a jockey riding a horse. circa 1820
Man and Woman of Nubia, Egypt. 1832
Monrovia - Liberia - Principal sightsMonrovia - Liberia - The principal sights: The Protestant Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Post Office, The Presidents Official Residence
A Variety of womens walking shoes 1926Ladies 1920s footwear walking shoe. Date: circa 1926
Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressing cases 1907 Advert for Mappin & Webbs dressingTwo travelling vanity cases made of crocodile and Morocco leather. Date: 1907
RELIGION / EGYPT / SOBEKThe crocodile-headed god who symbolises the might of the pharaohs : the strength and swiftness of the crocodile are appropriate to the ruler of the country
REPTILE / GECKOA cayman crocodile and other reptiles including : gangetica, GECKO, salamander and a baby crocodile hatching from an egg
A Poule de Luxe relaxing on the seashoreA well-provided-for woman relaxing by the sea with EVERYTHING she could ever want from a hairdryer to an inflatable crocodile
Statue of Amenhotep III (Neb-Maat-Ra) and Sobek c. 1390-1352Statue of Amenhotep III (Neb-Maat-Ra) and Sobek c.1390-1352 BC. Carved from Calcite (Egyptian Alabaster). Found in the Sobek temple at Dahamsha
Advert for Dickins & Jones crocodile and lizard womens shoesFashion says skin shoes for Autumn. 1927
Good Luck card in the shape of a cigarette and cigar box. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s
ReptilesA wide variety of reptiles including snakes, crocodiles, tortoises, frogs and toads. Date: 1930
Charles Waterton, crocodile wrestlingCharles Waterton (1782-1865), naturalist and traveller, seen here crocodile wrestling. 19th century
Stele. Offerings to the god Sobek (Crocodile God). EgyptEgyptian Art. Stele. Offerings to the god Sobek (Crocodile God). From the Temple of Sobek in Dahamshe. 18th Dynasty. New Kingdom. Luxor Museum. Egypt
Circa turning men into beastsCirce, a powerful magician and daughter of the Sun, turns men into beasts, as described in Homers epic poem, The Odyssey. Date: BCE
Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm and a fortune teller, WW1Cartoon, Kaiser Wilhelm goes to consult a fortune teller to find out when the war will end. Date: 1916
Ganges crocodile, Indian Gharial, Gavialis gangeticus. Critically endangered.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830
Papyrus Scroll of Girl and Crocodile21st Dynasty papyrus scroll showing a girl and a crocodile (Sobek) drinking from the Nile below a hieroglyphic inscription. Egyptian National Museum, Cairo
Advert for Mayflowa crocodile and lizard womens shoes 1923Mayflowa crocodile and lizard shoes. Available from The House of Abbott, in Regent Street, London. 1923
Sudan - A White Nile Crocodile Date: circa 1910
London Zoo - CrocodileA Crocodile at the London Zoological Gardens in Regents Park
Crocodile hunting, 1881Hunting crocodile in the pool near Kalmunai in Ceylon(Sri Lanka), 1881. The original caption wrongly decribes this creature as an alligator. Date: 1881
London Trade Card - Richard Siddall, Chemist at the Golden Head in Panton Street near the Haymarket. 18th century
Advert for Mappin & Webb vanity items 1934Mappin & Webb advertising a variety of items. 1934
Our Boys Clothing Company, trunks / suitcasesOur Boys Clothing Company trunks and suitcases. Features Folding Portmanteau (fig.7024), The Railway Portmanteau (fig.7025), Cowhide Gladstone Bag (figs)
Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Hieroglyphic symbols and cEgyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Ptolemaic Dynasty. 2nd century B.C. Dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and falcon god Haroeris. Hieroglyphic symbols and crocodile. Relief
Egyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. The god Sobek wearing shutEgyptian Art. Temple of Kom Ombo. Ptolemaic Dynasty. 2nd century B.C. Dedicated to the crocodile god Sobek and falcon god Haroeris. Relief depicting the god Sobek wearing shuty crown
Egyptian Art. Crocodiles hunt. Relief. Mastaba. NecropolisEgyptian Art. Crocodiles hunt. Relief. Mastaba. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. Necropolis of Saqqara. Egypt
Egyptian Art. The Metternich Stela. 30th Dynasty. Late EmpirEgyptian Art. The Metternich Stela. Dated between 360 and 342 BC (reign of Nectanebo II). 30th Dynasty. Late Empire. Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York. United States
Woman wearing animal clothing and accessoriesYoung woman covered in head to toe in animal clothing and accessories, walking her chimp on a lead. Date: 1927
Difficult Choice 1924A young lady faces a difficult choice at the shoe shop - which pair of Perugia shoes to go for. Perhaps the crocodile skin pair of lace-ups? Date: 1924
Elisha Kent Kane / DemarleELISHA KENT KANE American traveller at the age of 36, with an Egyptian scene below Date: 1820 - 1857
Crocodylus palnotis, MuggersWatercolour by Olivia Tonge; c. 1912 Date: circa 1912
Fossil skeleton, tooth, skull and excrement.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886
Triassic landscape with plants and amphibians.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886
Crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)
Nile monitor crocodile, Varanus niloticus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G
Belodon, Krokodil, Belodon kapfii, extinct species of crocodile-like phytosaur from the Triassic.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F
Caves in Mt St Peter, MstrichtCaves in Mt. St. Peter, Mstricht.. Caves in Mt. St. Peter, Mstricht. View of the interior gallery, and men excavating a fossil head of a crocodile-like mosasaur, Mosasaurus hoffmani
Silhouette of girl and geese, Cremona advertSilhouette of girl and geese by H.L. Oakley, advert for Cremona Dairy Cream Toffee. Oakley produced 38 groups of nursery figures which were printed in colour on the toffee tins
MANGET, Jean-Jacques (1652 - 1742). Bibliotheca Chirurgica. 1721. Cover of first edition, published in Geneva. Engraving. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona
Crocodile - Just appearing from water (Crocodylus niloticus). Katavi National Park, Tanzania, Africa
Siamese Crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis). Thailand
Advert for Mayflowa crocodile, ostrich and lizard shoes 1926Complete range of Mayflowa women reptile shoes. Available from The House of Abbott, in Regents and Oxford Street, London. 1926
Advert for Asprey clutch bags 1928A selection of 1920s clutch handbags, made of various types of leather. Date: 1928
Advert for Mayflowa town walking womens shoes 1923Mayflowa shoes. Every ladys wardrobe should contain one or more pairs of the shoes shown in our new brochure. Date: 1923