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Eastern Collection (page 14)

Background imageEastern Collection: Railway construction, extension to Broad Street, London 1871

Railway construction, extension to Broad Street, London 1871
Railway construction, showing demolition of the Worship Street Gas Works to make way for Great Eastern Railway extension to Broad Street, London. 1871

Background imageEastern Collection: Soya beans - a hint for hungry Europe 1921

Soya beans - a hint for hungry Europe 1921
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on the possibilities of the soya bean as the solution to the cost of living in Europe

Background imageEastern Collection: Their eyes met - Nanki Poo and Yum-Yum

Their eyes met - Nanki Poo and Yum-Yum
Their eyes met, Nanki Poo and Yum-Yum - The Story of the Mikado by Ws Gilbert. 1921

Background imageEastern Collection: Pish Tush, run him off

Pish Tush, run him off - The Story of the Mikado by Ws Gilbert. 1921

Background imageEastern Collection: I claim my perjured lover, Nanki Poo

I claim my perjured lover, Nanki Poo - The Story of the Mikado by Ws Gilbert. 1921

Background imageEastern Collection: He saw Yum-Yum enter the garden

He saw Yum-Yum enter the garden - The Story of the Mikado by Ws Gilbert. 1921

Background imageEastern Collection: Cartoon, Mr Rutland Barrington, The Mikado

Cartoon, Mr Rutland Barrington, The Mikado
Cartoon, Mr Rutland Barrington, A Savoyard - The Mikado, Gilbert and Sullivan. 1885

Background imageEastern Collection: Cartoon, A Japanese Village at the Savoy

Cartoon, A Japanese Village at the Savoy, a reference to the popular Gilbert and Sullivan operetta at the Savoy Theatre, London. 1885

Background imageEastern Collection: Chinese women in traditional dress

Chinese women in traditional dress. 1906

Background imageEastern Collection: Victorian scrap, Bedouin Arab

Victorian scrap, Bedouin Arab. circa 1890

Background imageEastern Collection: Alas, my poor little bride that was to be

Alas, my poor little bride that was to be - The Story of the Mikado by Ws Gilbert. 1921

Background imageEastern Collection: Japanese warriors in red and black armour

Japanese warriors in red and black armour
A troupe of Japanese warriors in red and black armour - The Story of the Mikado by Ws Gilbert. 1921

Background imageEastern Collection: Fenchurch Street Railway Station - London

Fenchurch Street Railway Station - London
Fenchurch Street, Great Eastern Railway Station facing East, London Date: circa 1910s

Background imageEastern Collection: Broad Street Station 1871

Broad Street Station 1871
Adjacent to Liverpool Street Station, on the north side of Liverpool Street opposite the junction with Old Broad Street. Date: 1871

Background imageEastern Collection: London Bridge, terminus 1843

London Bridge, terminus 1843
London Bridge Terminus of the South-Eastern, Greenwich, Brighton, and Croydon Railways, Date: 1843

Background imageEastern Collection: London Bridge, Great Cab Strike 1853

London Bridge, Great Cab Strike 1853
The Great Cab Strike: The rush for omnibuses, at the South-Eastern Railway Terminus, London Bridge. Date: 1853

Background imageEastern Collection: Phoenicians trading with Early Britons

Phoenicians trading with Early Britons, exchanging richly coloured cloths for animal skins and furs. Date: BCE

Background imageEastern Collection: Ruins of Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia

Ruins of Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Ruins of the Bayon Temple, Angkor Thom, Cambodia, showing the four-faced towers, thought to represent the four faces of Brahma. Date: circa early 1930s

Background imageEastern Collection: Gateway to Hall of the Classics, Beijing, China

Gateway to Hall of the Classics, Beijing, China
Gateway (part of a triple archway of sculpted marble) leading to the Hall of the Classics (Guozijian), at the Old University, Peking (Beijing), China. Date: circa early 1930s

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern Railway Station, Salonika, Greece

Eastern Railway Station, Salonika, Greece, with a military postmark on the back during the First World War. Date: 1917

Background imageEastern Collection: Ancient Egyptian Jewellery - Lotus Pendant, Hawk

Ancient Egyptian Jewellery - Lotus Pendant, Hawk
Enamelled Ancient Egyptian Jewellery - Lotus Pendant, Hawk. BCE

Background imageEastern Collection: View of Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

View of Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, at the time a British colony. Date: 1842

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern Atlantic arrow crab, Stenorhynchus lanceolatus

Eastern Atlantic arrow crab, Stenorhynchus lanceolatus (Boscs pactolus, Pactolus boscii). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn

Background imageEastern Collection: Narina, a young Gonaqua woman in the Kok s

Narina, a young Gonaqua woman in the Kok s
Narina, a young Gonaqua woman in the Koks Kraal area of the Eastern Cape. French explorer Francois Le Vailllant became infatuated with her

Background imageEastern Collection: Great Wall of China near Kou-pee-keow, pass

Great Wall of China near Kou-pee-keow, pass
View of the Great Wall of China near Kou-pee-keow, at the pass between China and Eastern Tartary. From Samuel Holmes Journal of a Voyage to China and Tartary, 1798

Background imageEastern Collection: Long-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea

Long-tailed paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea
Long-tailed paradise whydah or eastern paradise whydah, Vidua paradisaea (Vidua paradisea). Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History

Background imageEastern Collection: Shell of the Eastern mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum

Shell of the Eastern mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum (Pensylvanian tortoise var. Testudo pensylvanica) from the Leverian Museum

Background imageEastern Collection: Common snake-necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis

Common snake-necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis
Eastern long-necked turtle or common snake-necked turtle, Chelodina longicollis (Long-necked tortoise, Testudo longicollis)

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern dobsonfly, Corydalus cornutus

Eastern dobsonfly, Corydalus cornutus. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Blanchard from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern Hercules and jewel scarab beetle

Eastern Hercules and jewel scarab beetle
Eastern Hercules beetle, Dynastes tityus (Scarabaeus hyllus), and jewel scarab, Chrysina macropus (Chrysophora macropa). Handcolored engraving by Sebin after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca. Vulnerable

Eastern imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca. Vulnerable. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Background imageEastern Collection: Carolina parakeet (extinct) and eastern rosella

Carolina parakeet (extinct) and eastern rosella
Carolina parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis (extinct) and eastern rosella, Platycercus eximius. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern black-eared wheatear, Oenanthe melanoleuca

Eastern black-eared wheatear, Oenanthe melanoleuca (Georgian flycatcher, Muscicapa melanoleuca). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern pellitory-of-the-wall, Parietaria officinalis

Eastern pellitory-of-the-wall, Parietaria officinalis. Handcoloured woodblock print by Wolfgang Meyerpick after an illustration by Giorgio Liberale from Pietro Andrea Mattiolis Discorsi di P.A

Background imageEastern Collection: Great banded grayling, hermit and eastern

Great banded grayling, hermit and eastern
Great banded grayling, Brintesia circe, hermit, Chazara briseis, and eastern rock grayling, Hipparchia syriaca butterfly. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by

Background imageEastern Collection: Southern festoon, Spanish festoon, false apollo

Southern festoon, Spanish festoon, false apollo
Southern festoon, Zerynthia polyxena, Spanish festoon, Zerynthia rumina, false apollo, Archon apollinus, and eastern festoon, Allancastria cerisyi

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern ring-tailed possum, Pseudocheirus peregrinus

Eastern ring-tailed possum, Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Phalangista cookii). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern quoll and Maluku kangaroo

Eastern quoll and Maluku kangaroo
Eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus, and pelandoc or Maluku kangaroo, Dorcopsis species. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus

Eastern quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris

Eastern spinebill, Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris (Slender-billed honey-eater, Certhia tenuirostris). Australia. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern fence lizard, European green lizard and skink

Eastern fence lizard, European green lizard and skink
Eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus 1, European green lizard, Lacerta viridis 2, and sandfish or skink, Scincus scincus 3

Background imageEastern Collection: American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens

American wintergreen, Gaultheria procumbens. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageEastern Collection: American nighthawk, eastern whip-poor-will

American nighthawk, eastern whip-poor-will
American nighthawk, Chordeiles minor (top), eastern whip-poor-will, Antrostomus vociferus (middle), and Chuck-will s-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis (bottom)

Background imageEastern Collection: Earthworm blind snake, slow worm, Cape legless

Earthworm blind snake, slow worm, Cape legless
Earthworm blind snake, Typhlops lumbricalis 1, slow worm, Anguis fragilis 2, Cape legless skink, Ancontias meleagris 3 and eastern glass lizard, Ophisaurus ventralis 4

Background imageEastern Collection: Northern white-cedar or eastern arborvitae

Northern white-cedar or eastern arborvitae, Thuja occidentalis. Handcoloured lithograph by Charlotte Caroline Sowerby from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Background imageEastern Collection: Eastern rosella and yellow-crowned amazon

Eastern rosella and yellow-crowned amazon
Eastern rosella, Platycercus exams, and yellow-crowned amazon, Amazona ochrocephala. Perruche omnicolore et Perroquet tete jaune

Background imageEastern Collection: Red kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo and dusky wallaby

Red kangaroo, eastern grey kangaroo and dusky wallaby
Red kangaroo, Macropus rufus 1, eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus 2, and dusky wallaby, Thylogale brunii 3. Kanguroo laineux, geant, d Aroe

Background imageEastern Collection: Asian battle axe, dagger, cresse and powder flask

Asian battle axe, dagger, cresse and powder flask
Asiatic arms: battle axe 1, dagger 2, Rohilla battle axe 3, Indian cresse or kris 3, and eastern powder flask 5, 6. Copperplate engraving by Record from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting



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