Ear Collection (page 6)

Artibeus watsoni, Thomas fruit-eating bat
Thomas fruit-eating bat (Artibeus watsoni) photographed in Belize by Frank Greenaway

Jasper a Hungarian viszla, photographed by Harry Taylor

Asio flammeus galapagoensis, short-eared owl
Plate, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from Charles Robert Darwins Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle, Part 3 Birds, (1838-41)

Astrapia nigra, arfak astrapia
Hand coloured lithograph by Richard Bowdler Sharpe from John Goulds The Birds of New Guinea (1875-88)

Elephas maximus, Asian elephant & Loxodonta africana, Africa
Asian elephant above noted as E. Indicus, African elephant below noted as E. Africanus. Plate 39, engraving from Edinburgh Journal Natural History Vol. 1, 1835-39

Lophophorus impejanus, Himalayan monal
Plate 53 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Arborophila torqueola, common hill partridge
A watercolour by Lady Mary Bentinck (c. 1833)

Phodilus badius, Oriental bay owl
Plate 14 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 1, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Fratercula cirrhata, tufted puffin
Plate 249 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Aquila chrysaetos, golden eagle
Plate 37 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Otus asio, eastern screech owl
Plate 7, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Paradisaea rubra, red bird-of-paradise
Plate 6 from Francois Le Vaillants Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rocliers, Vol.1, (1806)

Saffy a Belgian shepherd, photographed by Harry Taylor

Allactaga euphratica, Euphrates jerboa
Afghan jerboa. Annotated watercolour drawing by Oliva Fanny Tonge (1858-1949), from one of 16 sketchbooks presented to the Natural History Museum in 1952

Bubo virginianus, great-horned owl
Plate 61 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

Tragopan temminckii, Temmincks tragopan
Plate 46 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Treatment of ear myiasis in an infected sheep in Sarbogard, Hungary. Photographed by Martin Hall

Batrachostomos auritas, large frogmouth
Plate from John Goulds Icones Avium, or figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of Birds from various parts of the globe, Vol.2 (1837-1838)

Phasianus colchicus formosanus, common (Formosan) pheasant
Plate 56 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Tibouchina clavata, bears ear
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Melastoma quadrangularis

Aegolius funereus, Tengmalms owl
Plate 380 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Asio otus, long-eared owl
Plate 383 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Athene cunicularia, A. noctua, Glaucidium gnoma, Asio flamme
Plate 432 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Fratercula corniculata, horned puffin
Plate 293 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Podiceps grisegena, red-necked grebe
Plate 298 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Phasianus colchicus, common pheasant
Watercolour by Frederick William Frohawk (1930). From Birds The Art of Ornithology by Jonathan Elphick, 2004

Bubo bubo, northern eagle-owl
Watercolour and pencil by Edward Julius Detmold (c. 1930)

Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, spectacled cormorant
Watercolour of by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1905)

Palaung women - Kalaw

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Ridiculous Scottish Comic Postcard
A quite utterly ridiculous Scottish Comic Postcard, where a couple are hoodwinked into believing that the actions of a (not very) nearby donkey are actually the amorous advances of their partner

Royal Wedding 1947 - bridal gifts
Superb jewels presented to Princess Elizabeth on the occasion of her marriage ot Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947

Syracuse, Italy - Ear of Dionysius
Syracuse, Italy (Siracusa) - This card shows an artificial cave, 65 m long and 23 m high, which was given the name of The Ear of Dionysius by Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, when in 1586

Lennox Browne
LENNOX BROWNE Medical, specialising in diseases of the throat, senior surgeon at the Throat & Ear Hospital, London. Date: 1841 - ?

Tower of London Tourists
A woman cocks her ear to listen to a Beefeater giving directions to her and her family during a visit to the Tower of London, England. Date: 1950s

Ear Anatomy 18th Century
ANATOMY OF THE EAR Date: Circa 1760

Police Shooting Range
Wearing protective ear pads to silence the blast of gunshots in the police underground range in North London, Inspector Robert Gould gives instruction. Date: 1960s

Primula Auricula (Bears Ear Primrose) Celtic King
Primula Auricula (Bears Ear Primrose), Celtic King variety, a flowering plant of the Primulaceae family. The Latin name primula refers to flowers that are among the first to open in spring

Primula Auricula (Bears Ear Primrose) with bee guard
Primula Auricula (Bears Ear Primrose), Alexandra variety, a flowering plant of the Primulaceae family with yellow flowers. It grows on rocks in mountain ranges of Central Europe

Primula Auricula (Bears Ear Primrose), a flowering plant of the Primulaceae family with yellow flowers. It grows on rocks in mountain ranges of Central Europe

A pair of long-eared owls, one large, one small, inside a shallow alcove in Paradise Park, a wildlife sanctuary in Hayle, Cornwall. The long-eared owl is medium-sized

Ear Picker - India
A wonderful postcard depicting an Indian ear picker and client in Bombay (Mumbai)

Distributor of free water - Constantinople
A distributor of free water - Constantinople, Turkey - he is listening out for the call of the thirsty man

Factory control board
Technicians, wearing ear pieces, keep close watch on a factory control board, ensuring systems run correctly, power supply levels remain constant and automated processes operate correctly

A technician adjusts delicate pipework
A technician, wearing a white laboratory coat and acoustic earmuffs, adjusts a section of thin copper pipework. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

What to Wear for Winter Sports
An ideal outfit for skiing in 1935 from Army and Navy Stores consisting of black and white check plus fours in proofed serge

A secret is shared
A woman whispers something into the ear of a humbly dressed servant who carries a bible. The painting is entitled Peine Perdue, meaning a waste of time

Universal Exhibition, Paris
Members of the public testing out telephones and phonographs at the L Exposition Universelle in Paris

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