Exotic Collection (page 3)

King swallowtail and Jamaican kite butterfly (endangered)
King swallowtail butterfly, Papilio thoas 1, 2, and Jamaican kite swallowtail, Protographium marcellinus (endangered) 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Box label, Lings Turkish Delight

Josephine Baker with her pet cheetah
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) - American-born French entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent - taking her pet cheetah for a walk. Date: 1931

Josephine Baker with her pet cheetah at Deauville, France
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) - American-born French entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent - with her pet cheetah at Deauville, France. Date: 1930

Algerian Dancer - Exotic moorish girl with Tambourine Date: circa 1910s

The Blue Lagoon - Jean Lasalle
Fantasy card - painting by Jean Lasalle - The Blue Lagoon Series (1/4) Date: circa 1910s

Olga Brandon, a Reminiscence of Hypatia Date: 1890s

The Peruvian dancer Helba Huara, on tour with A Night in Spain, 1928 - she had a unique style using ethnic dances (Peruvian and Spanish) and was exotic looking wearingnumerous original costumes Date

White Dorking fowl, cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by Miss Fairhurst and first prize winner at Colchester 1873

White-crested black Polish chickens, cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by P. Unsworth and winners of numerous cups and prizes

Black East India ducks and black Cayuga ducks
Black East India ducks, Anas platyrhynchos, and black Cayuga ducks, Anas rubripes. G. S. Sainsburys black East India duck won the cup at Bristol 1872. The black Cayuga duck were sent by Mr

Henny or hennie game birds, Gallus gallus domesticus. Cock and hen. Chromolithograph by Vincent Brooks Day & Son after an illustration by J.W

Malay cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus, Rev. A.C. Brookes pair, prizes at Crystal Palace and Birmingham 1871, Dublin 1872

Mrs Arthur Cadogan with her pet boa-constrictor
The Latest Cult - strange pets. Mrs. Arthur Cadogan looking very relaxed and elegant, wearing her pet boa-constrictor as a fashion accessory it seems. Date: 1905

Homalomena lindenii (Alocasia lindeni). Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1885

Ladys purse varieties, Calceolaria arachnoidea (Calceolaria arachnoideo-crenatiflora). Drawn and chromolithographed by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1888

Brazilian giant-rhubarb, Gunnera manicata. Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Leea amabilis foliage plant (Leea amabilis var. splendens). Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Flamingo flower, Anthurium splendidum. Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1884

Golden arum or calla lily, Zantedeschia elliottiana (Calla elliottiana). Chromolithograph by Pieter de Pannemaeker after an illustration in The Garden from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole

Alocasia longiloba foliage plant (Alocasia putzeysii). Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaeker from Jean Lindens l Illustration Horticole, Brussels, 1882

Fluminense swallowtail, Anteros acheus and Parides agavus
Fluminense swallowtail, Parides ascanius, vulnerable 1, Anteros acheus, upper side 2, under side 3, and Parides agavus swallowtail butterfly 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Northern cassowary by JG Keulemans
Hand-coloured lithograph of cassowary head by JG Keulemans (c. 1898), based on the live animals at Walter Rothschilds Museum at Tring

Maud Allan, The Vision of Salome, Palace Theatre, London
Maud Allan in The Vision of Salome, Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. 1908

Burma Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition, Wembley. Date: 1924

Rare south west Indian Stag Beetle - Odontolabis delesserti (male). Date: circa 1920s

Exotic dancer from the Gaite-Rochechouart Nightclub - Paris
Exotic dancer (Valder) from le Theatre de la Gaite Rochechouart - the 15 Boulevard Rochechouart, Paris, France. Date: circa 1910s

Olga Valery - French actress - Roses
Olga Timchenko (aka Olga Valery) (1903-2002) - French actress of Ukrainian origin - performing at the Casino de Paris. The (remarkable) comment on the postcard reverse reads as follows

Tunisia - Tunis - Street Snake Charmer with a pair of cobras - note the French colonial men and women watching on (from a safe distance). Date: circa 1907

Human models pretending to be a marble statue
A pair of nude (mostly) human models pretending to be a marble statues, complete with rocky plinth! Date: circa 1910s

The Strand Palace Hotel, The Strand, London - Winter Garden
The Strand Palace Hotel, The Strand, London - The Winter Garden. Date: circa 1910s

The Exotic Dancer
I sat breathless watching this strange exotic creature before me'. Artist: NC Wyeth Date: 1923

Arabian musician playing the Rababa Date: 1898

Madeira Walk, Exmouth, Devon - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Poster, Ellerman's City & Hall Lines, Suez Canal scene
Poster, Ellerman's City & Hall Lines to and from Egypt, India, Ceylon - showing the City of Benares on the Suez Canal with the Ferdinand de Lesseps statue in the right background Date: circa 1936

Poster, Morocco - Hope and Joy of the Crowds Date: 1950

Poster, Morocco, Berber Kasbahs Date: 1950

Persians (Iranians) Date: 1791

Mameluke Galop, Victorian sheet music - Arab warrior on horseback Date: circa 1850

Poster, P & O Cruises, 1930 Date: 1930

The Inca and His Queen Date: 1823

The Bayaderes, or Dancing Girls of India Date: 1838

Chang Woo Gow (Chang Yu Sing), Chinese giant
Chang Woo Gow (Chang Yu Sing, 1841-1893), celebrated Chinese Giant who toured Britain. He was 7 feet and 8.75 inches (235.5 cm) tall. Date: late 19th century

A Bosnian Cafe
A painting which shows a scene of a man riding a horse outside a cafe in a countryside town in Bosnia and Herzegovina, exotic trees stand to each side of the building. Date: circa 1923

Portrait Of Miss B
A portrait painting of a fine lady, holding a a flower, sitting upright with a proud stance, wearing a white fur trimmed golden cloak, a pink dress and an exotic hat. Date: circa 1908

Heal and Son Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Heal & Son curtain fabrics, showing a woman wearing a patterned costume, holding up a curtain roll which has a repetitive design of exotic birds. Date: circa 1915

RMS Titanic - passenger's album of scraps
RMS Titanic - album of scraps, which were the property of Richard May, a Titanic passenger who travelled only as far as Queenstown, Ireland

Cover design, Other Worlds, pulp science fiction magazine, January 1953 Date: 1953

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