Crows Collection

Ballad / Twa Corbies
THE TWA CORBIES Two crows plan to dine on the body of a new-slain knight, then o er his white banes, when they are bare, the wind sall blaw for evermair. Date: traditional

Four members of the Corvidae family -- a raven (corvus corax) and three crows (corvus corone, corvus cornix and corvus frugilegus)

Farm Boy & Plough Horse
A farm boy leads two plough horses across a field

Hiker & Camper Mag / 1. 32
Front cover of a magazine devoted to hikers, ramblers and campers featuring a couple out walking through the countryside on a snowy winters day

Two Ravens on a snowy perch
A Raven preens his wing feathers on a snowy branch. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Lear / Nonsense / Dundee
There was an Old Man of Dundee, who frequented the top of a tree; When disturbed by the crows, he abruptly arose, and exclaimed, I ll return to Dundee

WW2 Royal Navy Petty Officer And Lookout
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a look-out watching all directions from his crow's nest

Crow Nest, Lightcliffe, residence of Sir Titus Salt
Crow Nest, Lightcliffe, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, residence of Sir Titus Salt, businessman Date: 1877

Flemish Carrack Date: circa 1450

TREASURE ISLAND/ISRAEL
The death of Israel Hands: "the coxswain loosed his grasp upon the shrouds, & plunged head first into the water." Date: First published: 1883

Douglas EA-3A 135418, at the Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola. One of five conversions of early model A-3s for ELINT and ECM missions with four Crows in the bomb-bay compartment operating

Design with six black crows Date: circa 1930s

Alberta, Canada - Crows Nest Pass The Cave etc. - circa 1910s. Date: circa 1910s

British Columbia and Alberta, Canada - Summit Hotel, built in two provinces - Crows Nest Pass - burnt down circa 1921-1922. Card dates from the 1910s. Date: 1910s

The coronation of King Henry IV of England with a huge crown, 1399. The king in sunglasses and cracows is crowned by bishops in Westminster Abbey, while pages hold his coat of arms, helm and sword

Thomas Hornors hut above the dome of St
Thomas Hornors hut on scaffolding above the dome of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, where he painted his giant panorama of London, 1821

Foxs adventures with verses inside a Christmas card
Foxs adventures with a crow, geese and a rabbit inside a Christmas card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Rooster Crowing

BOY SCARING CROWS
A country boy and his dog scare away crows with a rattle Date: 1888

Crows on boats, Sri Lanka
Black crows on beached boats, Sri Lanka Date: 1994

Crows Juhu beach, India
Crows perch on a mobile advertising board on Juhu Beach, near Mumbai Date: 1992

Stanley Mill, Gloucstershire
Stanley Mill, Stonehouse, Ryeford, Stroud Valley, Gloucstershire. The chimney smokes. In the foreground is a rookery Date: 1989

St Edmunds, Oakham, Leics
A cold, misty winter morning St Edmunds Church, Egleton, Oakham, Leicestershire. A flock of sheep in the field beside the church. The photograph is lit from behind

Sea Front, Cromer - Houses, Church tower, behind beach wall, fishing boat in f/g. Part of Box 145 Boswell Collection - East Coast. Cromer is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086

Poster advertising India, the Land of Sunshine and Colour
Poster by K I Nixon advertising India, The Land of Sunshine and Colour, showing crows in a Gulmohar (Gul Mohr, Delonix Regia) tree. Printed by Bolton Fine Art, Bombay. Date: circa 1930

Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut, WW1
Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut -- a new take on a fable of Aesop during the First World War, where the fox will never be able to get the crow to open his mouth and drop the nice piece of cheese

Queen Mary ocean liner: Steering-wheels; crows nest
The first example of complete steering-gear duplication; and the first crows nest provided with warmth (besides improved shelter) for the look-out men. Date: 1936

Mahdist War - Sudan Campaign - Trinkitat - Signalling - Signaller with flags, seaman with telescope, crows nest on ship. Part of Box 244 Boswell Collection - Sudan War. Date: 1881 - 1889

Wheat Field with Crows
GOGH, Vincent van (1853-1890). Wheat Field with Crows. Post-Impressionism. Oil on canvas

Girl, crows and armour

Gardener

Scaffolding on Westminster Abbey
Scaffolding crows nest on Westminster Abbey Date: 1848

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

British Ballad, The Twa Corbies
THE TWA CORBIES (Two Ravens or Two Crows) being a derivative of The Three Ravens with a cynical twist. A brave knight lies dead while the two scavengers (ravens)

I believe it is peace for our time
Extract from the Illustrated London News, October 8th 1938, celebrating Chamberlains triumphant return to England following the Munich Agreement

Fox Tries to Escape
The fox knows the hounds are getting closer and skulks alongside a hedge

American Indians. The Indian trouble. Chief of the Crows
Indian Chief on horseback, wearing flattened feather head dress

Mother Skinflint / Thrift
MOTHER SKINFLINT, THE THRIFTY HOUSEWIFE You re a genius for saving! Yes, everyone knows. You would skin a flint and starve the crows!

Cutty Sark at Sea 1924
A view looking back toward the stern end of the Cutty Sark - the world famous tea clipper The ship was badly damaged by fire whilst under restoration in Greenwich on 21st May 2007

Chickens Come Clock, words and music
Chickens come clock, come clock, come clock... The kites are away and the crows are asleep, And its time for my chickens to get something to eat

Boy Scaring Crows
A boy perches on a fence, sounding his rattle to frighten away the crows

Racial / King of Crows
King of the Crows: Chief of the Crow tribe

Treasure of Callow Pit
Two men retrieve legendary treasure from Callow Pit, Norfolk. One crows that even Old Nick can t take it from them now, at which a black hand snatches it

Boy Scaring Crows 1888
A country boy and his dog scare away crows with a rattle

Fish Peddler Attacked
At Toul, France, a fish peddler carrying a basket of herrings is ambushed by a swarm of crows who rob him of his stock while he beats them off with his stick

Eggs of Crows Etc
Eggs of raven crows, rooks and jackdaws

Sheep & Lambs C1880S
Sheep, lambs, and a couple of crows

Peter Denies Jesus
While Jesus is being tried, Peter denies knowing him - not once, but thrice : the cock (right of picture) crows reproachfully

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