Ears Collection

Japan - Geisha - See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evil
Japan - Three Geisha girls - miming the phrase See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evil. Date: circa 1904

Horse Portrait
A highly detailed portrait painting of a horse by Malcolm Greensmith

Alsatian dog - portrait painting
A portrait painting by Malcolm Greenwmith of an Alsatian Dog, also known as a German Shepherd

Portrait of a Red Setter
A very fine detailed portrait of a Red Setter dog. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Plants / Triticum Vulgare
EARS OF WHEAT

Circus Acrobats / Garnier
A female acrobat balances on her hands and brings her ankles level with her ears

Drawing the cork, illustration by William Heath Robinson
How to draw the cork when you can t find the corkscrew, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

WW2 poster, Beware of Spies
WW2 poster, Warning! Beware of Spies! Don t Talk. The Enemy Has Ears Everywhere. Published in September 1939, on the outbreak of the Second World War. Date: 1939

Portrait painting of a spaniel
A detailed portrait painting by Malcolm Greensmith of a Spaniel

Art Nouveau Headdress / 1
An Art Nouveau headdress of ornamental fillet with elongated sections, incorporating a cameo, hanging over the ears. Also matching ornamental shoulder straps

Harvest Mice 1869
Two harvest mice among the ears of corn and poppies

Canadian gunners, Battle of Vimy Ridge, France, WW1
Canadian gunners firing a 6 inch Howitzer during the Battle of Vimy Ridge, northern France, during the First World War. Date: April 1917

Silhouette, As Mad As A Hatter (or March Hare)
As Mad As A Hatter (or March Hare) -- silhouette based on illustrations to Alice in Wonderland, showing the Mad Hatter and March Hare sitting at the tea table

Close-up portrait of a pig
Close-up portrait of a contented-looking pig. Date: circa 1960s

Cartoon, They have ears! WW1
Cartoon, They have ears! Three fashionable French women are afraid that two Dachshunds might be German spies. Date: 1916

Shorteared Bat (Bewick)
SHORT-EARED BAT vespertilio murinus can be distinguished from the long-eared bat by the fact that its ears are shorter. Also its twice the size

FENNEC
Canis zerda. Fox-like creature from Africa, notable for its very long ears. All the better to hear you with

Hoffmann / Shooting Man
THE STORY OF THE MAN THAT WENT OUT SHOOTING " At last he stumbled at the well, head over ears, & in he fell. The hare stopp d short, took aim, & hark!"

Africa - Herd of Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi). Date: circa 1970s

Africa - Masai Woman. Date: circa 1970s

Ceres, Roman goddess of grain and agriculture. Seated on a chair holding ears of wheat. Zerene or the Macedonian goddess Zeirene Eleusia to the Etruscans. From an engraved jasper gem. Ceres Incis

Chinese Tiger of War or Infantry soldier. 18th century
Chinese Tiger of War or Infantry soldier, 18th century. In striped uniform with ears on hood, scimitar, wicker-work shield. In the background a military post with Imperial yellow flag

John Fawcett, in costume as the jester Touchstone in Shakespeare
Mr John Fawcett (1768-1837). in costume as the jester Touchstone in William Shakespeare's As You Like It

Figures of noses, chins, mouths, lips and ears from paintings by old masters in an 18th century art tutorial book

Bust of Trajan, Roman Emperor
Bust of Trajan or Caesar Nerva Traianus, 53 - 117, Roman emperor from 98 to 117. With balance, bushel of grain, ears of wheat or annona. In nicolo. Traiano. In nicholo

Allegorical figure of the genius of Alexandria in Egypt. A woman seated by a river, her right arm on the head of the Nile and her left on a basket with three ears of wheat

Venus and Cupids with darts, wheat and grapes
Naked goddess Venus with winged Cupids holding darts, wheat and bunches of grapes. Venere con li Amori in cameo

Ram of the Roman god Mercury with ears of wheat. In carnelian. Ariete di Mercurio. In corniola

Spes, Roman goddess of Hope, holding ears of wheat
Figure of Spes, Roman goddess of Hope, holding ears of wheat, Spes frugum or corn of hope, in her right hand. In onyx. Sperenza. In onice

Life-sized head of a silenus (old satyr) with pointed ears
Life-sized head of a silenus (or old satyr) with pointed ears. Roman Imperial period

A roast pig on a spit, West Country. Date: circa 1960s

Birthday postcard, Little boy getting washed Date: 20th century

c. 1890 China - Chinese street vendor - barber
c.1890 China - Chinese types and trades - street vendor - barber

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - There is still a lot to do
The war is over. The message on the back by Churchill exhorts There is still a lot to do

Illustration, Wendy sewing on Peter Pans shadow. Date: 1950s

Comic postcard, Two boys discuss having to wash behind the ears Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Courting couple on sofa - Wonders of Nature Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Three little boys, one of them rather wimpish Date: 20th century

Children in fancy dress pulling a Christmas cracker Date: 1940s

Doctor syringing a patient's ear Date: 1888

Hercules and Omphale by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Flemish painter. Hercules and Omphale. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Left to right: seated male figure and seated female figure
From left to right: seated male figure and seated female figure. Painted ceramics. Nayarit style. Protoclassic Period (100 BC-250 AD). Western Mexico. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018

Cartoon style rabbit - 1950s printer's block Date: 1950s

Poster, The Spy, Spanish Civil War, design by Ramon Puyol Roman. 1936

Funerary mask in gold foil embossed. IV Grave Circle A in the Royal Tombs of Mycenae. Dated in the 16th century B.C. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

Indigenous people of Brazil and Paraguay, South America
Indigenous men and women of Brazil and Paraguay, South America, wearing lip and ear plugs (pelele)

Ears of corn make a simple surround. Date: circa 1870

When a donkey brays, humans clap their hands to their ears and even dogs look up in surprise Date: 1863

Original Artwork - A little gnome blowing his nose
Original Artwork - A little fairy, gnome or sprite blowing his nose as he sits on a toadstool, with the sun rising behind him. Date: circa 1937

Cute dog being carried in a handbag, London, 1931

Travellers riding elephants in India, c. 1900
Vintage 19th century photograph - tourists, travellers riding elephants in India, c.1900

Comic postcard, Man eating slice of melon Date: 20th century

Forestry logging in Burma - elephant pulling a log c.1930

Chinese infantryman or Tiger of War. Chinese
Chinese infantry soldier or tiger of war in striped uniform with ears on his cap, holding scimitar and wicker shield. Illustration by William Alexander

Lilac bonnet and violet chanterelle
Lilac bonnet, Mycena pura, and pigs ears or violet chanterelle, Gomphus clavatus, (Craterellus clavatus). Chromolithograph by Lassus after an illustration by A

Natives of the island of Palau (Pelew)

Close-up portrait of a smiling pig. Date: circa 1960s

Dinah Sheridan, 16-year-old film actor, with Fennex fox
Dinah Sheridan, 16-year-old film actor, with a Fennex fox, November 1936. 1936

Advert, Hogarths Malt Ketchup, October 1888. 1888

Fancy dress - child in pixie costume
A little girl dressed in a pixie costume. The head dress has particularly large ears! Date: c.1930

Sir Edward George Clarke and Joseph Chamberlain
A Queer C. Sir Edward George Clarke (1841-1931), British Statesman and Lawyer and (in background, shooting) Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914). Date: 1900

Quaremeprenant : (Lent faster), with enlarged ears, holding a thorny branch. Date: First published: 1532-64

Crouching LynX Date: 1880

Grey Wild Cat Date: 1880

Woman with snoring husband
A woman sits up in bed with cotton wool in her ears, kept awake by her snoring husband. Date: 1960s

Young woman of le Havre in a bonnet that rises to a point, decorated with lace only to the ears

HEAD OF A WHIPPET
A profile photograph of an elegant whippet with its ears pricked up. Date: 1930s

BULL TERRIER PUPPY
This adorable bull terrier puppy sits staring into the distance. Date: 1929

Costume La Mode 1846
Pink dress: four scallop edged flounces, tight fitting sleeves with volans & worn with a net pelerine. Hair: covers the ears. Green dress: worn with a shawl & bonnet. Date: 1846

FALL / DOBERMANN / 1940
Unnamed dobermann with cropped ears owned by Wechsel. The dog is sitting carrying a briefcase by its handle in its mouth. Date: 1940

FALL / GREAT DANE / 1931
CAROL OF OUBOROUGH Owned by Rank. Note the cropped ears. Date: 1931

FALL / GREAT DANE / 1897
CHAMPION HANNIBAL With cropped ears. Colour: brindle. Date: 1897

Boxer - 3 Heads - 1937
The heads of three boxers belonging to Mrs Sprigge. The one of the left with the cropped ears has been imported, the other two were bred in Britain. Date: 1937

SPARING PERFUME 1935
Perfume should be used sparingly and sprayed on the shoulders and behind the ears to be most fragrant. This should be done before putting on a dress to avoid staining! Date: 12 September 1935

EAR-CORRECTION BONNET
Bonnet Plaque Oreilles intended to prevent the childs ears from being detached (decollement doreilles) or possibly to cure sticking out ears? Date: 1950s

Camel with flowed bridle, Jordan
Close-up profile of camel with flowered bridle, Petra, Jordan Date: circa 1995

Sheep in Staffordshire
A flock of Suffolk sheep and lambs stare at the camera on a cold winter day. The image has been blurred with a time exposure to exaggerate the movement and mist in the farmers field Date: 1990

Doney ears, Ireland
A donkeys ears poke over a corrugated iron fence outside a cottage in Country Clare, Ireland. Date: 1990

Sandy Bay, St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean

Racial / E Africa / Kenya
A Masai woman of Kenya (then the British East African Protectorate) - weighed down with massive ornaments on her neck, arms, ears and head Date: 1908

Old Type Pug
Standing Pug. A very old type example with cropped ears and a long snout. The tail, although less exaggerated than in later periods, is curled over the back

Comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card, with a pun on Ear / Year. Date: circa 1890s

Greeting on a New Year card (possibly with a pun on Ear / Year). Date: circa 1890s

Ear with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

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