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Endpapers, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, Humpty and DumptyEndpaper design by Cecil Aldin, Cecil Aldins Happy Family, Humpty and Dumpty, Their Adventures, told by May Byron. Showing the animals from the full series, namely
Title page design by Cecil Aldin, Farm Babies, showing a white gosling and a yellow duckling. Date: 1909
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. Showing three yellow ducklings with their foster mother, an old white hen. Date: 1921
First page of a book by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. It is in Aldins own handwriting, with his home address at the top: The Kennels, Purley, near Reading. Date: 1921
Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. Showing a yellow duckling just emerged from the egg. Date: 1921
Title page design by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. Showing three yellow ducklings just emerged from the egg. Date: 1921
Duck drinking from a large cupA duck drinking from a large cup at a fancy dress ball. Date: 1914
Master Quack the duck dressed as a ballerinaMaster Quack the duck dressed as the Russian ballerina, Madame Pavlova, for the fancy dress ball. Date: 1914
Scene on a dairy farm, Netherlands. Date: early 20th century
A duck and a frog. Date: circa 1920s
Woman and boy standing by a duckpond near a thatched cottage. Date: circa 1920s
Little girl with rubber ring in the shape of a duckLittle girl standing on a beach with an inflatable rubber ring in the shape of a duck. Date: circa 1920s
Grumman JF Duck -very useful light transport capable of operating from either land or water
Mythical sukotyro and duck-billed platypus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794
Merian duck, Anas merianae A hybrid betweenMerian duck, Anas merianae. A hybrid between the Muscovy duck and the domestic mallard.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800
Western, variegated duck or Stellers eider, Polysticta stelleri.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800
American wood duck, Aix sponsa.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812
Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812
Duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London, 1799
Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821
Cossack men dancing to music from a guitar.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840
Hadrosaurs or duck-billed dinosaurs of the family Hadrosauridae.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg
Muscovy Duck, Sissinghurst, KentMuscovy Duck, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, near Biddenden, Kent, England. Date: 1950s
Duck-billed platypus and meadow jumping mouse.. Duck-billed platypus 1, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, skull 2, and meadow jumping mouse, Zapus hudonius, awake 1 and hibernating 2
WW2 birthday card, ducks in helmetsWW2 birthday card, two ducks in tin helmets with gas mask boxes. Date: circa 1942
GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠BirdsGUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos頨 1886-1945). Birds. 1921. Expressionism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Reina Sofia Art Centre National Museum
Reflections in a small lake in taiga forest at dusk. Golden-eye male duck swims on water (Bucephala clangula). Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia. Spring
Naming ceremony of Sea Scouts yacht, GibraltarPeople at the naming ceremony of the new Sea Scouts yacht, Gibraltar, 26 June 1937. It was called the Eider Duck. Date: 1937
Duck housesVarious duck houses from the Gardeners & Poultry Keepers Guide Date: 1908
Firefighting duck vehicle on manoeuvresA firefighting duck vehicle on manoeuvres in the Torpoint-Saltash area on 10 April 1946. This amphibious vehicle was loaned by the army. It could travel on land and water, and carried a crew of ten
Cedarmere - House of William Cullen BryantHome " Cedarmere" at Roslyn, Long Island (USA) - House of William Cullen Bryant. Date: circa 1878
Kersey, SuffolkWoman and ducks in the village of Kersey, Suffolk. Date: 1960s
A communication trench in bloom, WW1A communication trench within 1000 yards of the firing line, covered with flowers. Date: 1916
Pug Peter -- three ducklings fall into the seaPug Peter -- Down! Down! Down! Three ducklings fall from their balloon into the sea. Date: 1905
Pug Peter -- ducklings in a balloonPug Peter -- Up! Up! Up! Three ducklings enjoy a trip in a balloon. Date: 1905
Pug Peter -- animals playing cricket with an orangePug Peter -- There She Goes! Animals playing cricket with an orange. Date: 1905
Bath Night by Muriel Dawson -- a little child with dark curly hair sitting in a bathtub. Date: 1944
Master Quack the duckling finds a tough morselA Tough Morsel -- Master Quack the duckling struggles to eat some very hard food. Date: 1912
Master Quack the duckling thrown into the airWide Awake -- Joey the tortoise, annoyed by Master Quack the ducklings orders, rears up and throws him off his back. Date: 1912
Master Quack the duckling riding a tortoiseFast Asleep -- Master Quack the duckling stands on the back of Joey the tortoise, hoping for a ride, but is disappointed. Date: 1912
Master Quack the duckling sets offOff to see the World -- Master Quack the duckling sets off, leaving his brothers and sisters behind. Date: 1912
All the animals at the fancy dress ballAll of the animals at Humpty and Dumptys fancy dress ball -- Tabitha the cat as Red Riding Hood, Forager the dog in hunting costume, Hungry Peter the pig as the Fat Boy in Pickwick
Pug Peter -- dog and ducklings on steep slopePug Peter -- Very upsetting. A dog and three ducklings slide or fall down a steep slope. Date: 1905
The Water Crawl Widgeon by Heath RobinsonThe " Water Crawl" Widgeon - bluffing device on the Norfolk jungle. Another mind-boggling idea from the inventive mind of William Heath Robinson
A woman buying food from a street vender
Feeding a DucklingA little girl feeding a duckling. Date: early 1930s
Taiwan (Formosa) - Native Duck Keeper herding his flock. Date: 1912
Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam - Chinatown / Cholon - Roast DuckHo Chi Minh City - Vietnam - Chinatown / Cholon - selling Roast Duck. Date: circa 1910s