Cuckoo Collection

Theatre, A Cuckoo in the Nest 1925, Nerman
A scene from A Cuckoo in the Nest, a popular farce playing in London in 1925. Here, the impeccable husband is discovered by his wife and in-laws in a ladys bedroom (equally impeccable)

Circular countryside scene
A watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith showing a typical English rural countryside setting of a half-timbered cottage set amid fields, surrounded by fauna in the shape of a passing Cuckoo

Cuckoo Clock Maker
Two little boys help an old clockmaker, perhaps their grandfather, to make a cuckoo clock in the Black Forest, Germany

Jacobin Cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus
Number 11 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Coccyzus americanus, yellow-billed cuckoo
Plate 2 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, retouched by R. Havell & Son, London

Coccyzus erythropthalmus, black-billed cuckoo
Plate 32 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Cuckoo and Wood Wren Date: circa 1910s

Dahlia Terrace
A childrens short story illustration which shows some earwigs crawling amongst grasses and flowers, observing a sign which advertises Dahlia Terrace. Date: circa 1944

The Frost Fairies
A childrens short story illustration which shows some mythical frost fairies clinging to some thin tree branches. Date: circa 1944

King Bunker Looks Into The Nest
A childrens short story illustration which shows King Bunker finding his lost golf ball in a bird's nest. Date: circa 1944

Chippity Cuckoo
A front cover illustration to Chippity Cuckoo, by E. M. Bell. The image portrays a fairy sewing together a British WW2 Home Guard uniform onto the cuckoo. Date: circa 1944

Music cover, Cuckoo Waltz, sung by Sylvia Robin. Date: 1920

Photograph of Cuckoo Bush PH, Gotham, Nottinghamshire. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Yellow-billed cuckoo and black-billed cuckoo
Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus 1, and black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus 2, males. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin

American long-eared owl and short-eared owl
American long-eared owl, Asio otus 1, and short-eared owl with prey, Asio flammeus 2, males. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens

African cuckoo-hawk, Aviceda cuculoides
African cuckoo-hawk or cuckoo falcon, Aviceda cuculoides. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir William

Illuminated calendar for September 1846
Calendar for September with figures of Micah and St. Matthew, quote from Timothy, disciple, woman with scales, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou

Cuckoo-pint, Arum maculatum
Cuckoo-pint or wild arum, flower and fruit, Arum maculatum, Linn. Grand pied de veau non macule. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier

Cartoon, A Bit of Animated Nature, the Protectionist Cuckoo in the Hedge Sparrows Nest. A satirical depiction of Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, as the cuckoo

The Year of the Poets -- Cuckoo in sparrows nest
The Year of the Poets -- a cuckoo in a nest of hedge sparrows, to illustrate a range of poems about cuckoos and other birds. Date: 1845

Jacobin cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus (African cuckow, Cuculus afer). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leachs Zoological Miscellany

Meadow ladies smock, Cardamine pratensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Species of bumblebees
Bombus dahlbomii bumblebee 1, Acanthopus palmatus (Acanthopus splendidus) 2, Xylocopa flavorufa (Xylocopa trepida) 3, and cuckoo bee, Melecta punctata 4

African emerald cuckoo and red-billed malkoha
African emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx cupreus, and red-billed malkoha, Zanclostomus javanicus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Cuckoo flower, Cardamine pratensis. Handcoloured woodblock engravings from James Mains Popular Botany, Orr and Smith, London, 1835. James Main (1775-1846) was a Scottish gardener, botanist and writer

Ragged Robin, Lychnis flos-cuculi, and black false hellebore, Veratrum nigrum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

African emerald cuckoo and black-mandibled toucan
African emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx cupreus, and black-mandibled toucan, Ramphastos ambiguus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres

Diederik cuckoo and shining bronze-cuckoo
Diederik cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius, and shining bronze-cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris

Pied coucal and violet coucal
White-necked coucal or pied coucal, Centropus ateralbus, and violaceous coucal or violet coucal, Centropus violaceus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de

Fan-tailed cuckoo, Cacomantis flabelliformis (Fan-tailed cuckow, Cuculus flabelliformis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Shining bronze cuckoo, Chrysococcyx lucidus (Shining cuckow, Cuculus lucidus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822

Channel-billed cuckoo, Scythrops novaehollandiae (Australasian channel-bill, Psittaceous hornbill). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds

Ballan wrasse, cuckoo wrasse and Brazilian wrasse
Ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta, cuckoo wrasse, Labrus mixtus, and Brazilian wrasse, Halichoeres brasiliensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by David after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre

African cuckoo, Cuculus gularis (Lineated cuckoo, Cuculus lineatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library: Ornithology

Klss cuckoo, Chrysococcyx kls (Klass golden cuckoo, Chalcites klassii). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, male 1, female 2, young 3 being fed by a robin, Erithacus rubecula, and eggs 4, 5. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1848

Larch tree, cuckoo bee and melipona honey bee
Cuckoo bee, Melecta albifrons 1, European larch tree, Larix decidua 2, and stingless melipona honey bee, Melipona favosa 3. Melecte, Meleze, Melipone

Cuckoo wrasse, Labrus mixtus (Striped wrasse, Labrus variegatus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Pacific koel, Eudynamys orientalis (Flinders cuckow, Eudynamys flindersii). Handcoloured engraving after an illustration by H

Chinese poinciana, Delonix regia
La Poinciniene de la Chine. Chinese poinciana, Delonix regia, and Chinese cuckoo or red-billed blue magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha

Lesser coucal and Asian emerald cuckoo
Lesser coucal, Centropus bengalensis (top), and Asian emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx maculatus. (Lark-heeled cuckow, Cuculus bengalensis and spotted curcucui)

Cuckoo with spread wings on branch. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Old boys at Central London District Schools, Hanwell, Middle
A party of former inmates revisiting the Central London District Schools at Hanwell, also known as the Cuckoo Schools. Date: 1908

Illustration, The Cuckoo - mother carrying small child. late 19th century

A Calendar of Birds by Pauline Baynes
Birds of the month in the UK pictured by Pauline Baynes. 1954

CUCKOO TELL ME TRUE
Cuckoo, cuckoo, tell me true, tell me fair and fine, how long shall I unmarried pine ?

CARDAMINE PRATENSIS
LADYS SMOCK, or CUCKOO FLOWER, or MEADOW CRESS Date: early 20th century

Cuckoo Clock
Three children break off from their game of battledore and shuttlecock to admire the cuckoo clock Date: circa 1880

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