Falco Collection

Falconry equipment
Plate from Hermann Schlegel and A.H. Verster de Wulverhursts Traite de Fauconnerie (1844-1853)

Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon
Plate 13 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Peregrine Falcon
A Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched on a branch. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

A Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched on a fence post, above some barbed wire. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon
A peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in flight. The peregrine falcon can be seen in most parts of the UK except around london and the home counties. They breed in rocky cliffs and uplands

Falco sparverius, American kestrel
Plate 142 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon
Plate from Hermann Schlegel and A.H. Verster de Wulverhursts Traite de Fauconnerie (1844-1853)

Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, adult with rabbit prey. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of

Peregrine Falcon (Morris
PEREGRINE FALCON (Falco peregrinus)

Peregrine Falcon (Anon)
PEREGRINE FALCON (Falco peregrinus)

WW2 - British Fighter Takes Down Italian Fiat
A WW2 children's short story illustration showing a British WW2 fighter plane taking down an Italian Fiat Falco biplane, sending it out of control. Date: circa 1940s

Aeromere F. 8L Falco G-APXD
Aeromere F.8L Falco III G-APXD (msn 216), at Oxford-Kidlington airport. on 8 May 1960, for a Shackleton Aviation sales weekend. Date: 1960

Aeromere F. 8L Super Falco G-AZAY
Aeromere F.8L Super Falco G-AZAY (msn 230), at Doncaster in July 1972. (The F.8 Falco family was one of Stelio Frati's superb designs for light aircraft, designed from the late 1940s)

Galileo Avionica Falco 004 (msn 004), a modern UAV, now known as the Selex ES Falco, at the SBAC Farnborough Air-show, held from 18 to 23 July 2006. Date: 2006

Aviamilano F. 8L Falco I-PUCK
Aviamilano F.8L Falco I-PUCK (msn 116, 2nd series) Date: circa 1965

Titlepage with vignette of Guinea turaco and violet turaco
Titlepage with vignette of Guinea turaco, Tauraco persa buffoni, and violet turaco, Musophaga violacea. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart

Sooty falcon, Falco concolor. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Northern black-flycatcher, Melaenornis edolioides. (Walking drongo shrike, Melasoma edolioides.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his

Red-necked falcon, Falco chicquera ruficollis. (Rufous-necked falcon, Falco ruficollis.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds

Head of the violet turaco, Musophaga violacea
Head of the violet turaco, Violet plantain eater, Musophaga violacea. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in

American kestrel, Falco sparverius, with nest and egg. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentrys Nests and Eggs of the Birds of the United States, J.A

Eastern wood pewee, Contopus virens. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentrys Nests and Eggs of the Birds of the United States, J.A

Ash-coloured harrier, Circus cineraceus. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842

Red-footed falcon, Falco vespertinus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Ornate hawk eagle and African harrier-hawk
Ornate hawk eagle, Spizaetus ornatus, and African harrier-hawk or gymnogene, Polyboroides typus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres

American harpy eagle, Harpia harpyja. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus, with hood. Faucon a poitrine blanche, Falco nisus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jakob-Andreas Eisemann after an illustration from nature by Barbara

Red legged falcon, Erythropus vespertinus (orange legged hobby, Falco rufipes). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Cyrtoidea or radiolaria protozoa skeletons: Artostrobiidae species 1, Clathrocanium reginae 2, Pterocorythidae species 3, Lipmanella bombus 4, Theoperidae species 5, Thyrsocyrtis species 6

Merlin, Falco columbarius, and Moltonis warbler, Sylvia subalpine. Handcoloured steel engraving engraved and drawn by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque d

Brown hawk-owl on a mango tree
Brown hawk-owl, Ninox scutulata (Falco badius), on a mango tree, Mangifera indica, in Sri Lanka. From a watercolour by Pieter de Bevere supplied by Governor Joan Gideon Loten

Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, and fire
Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, and African fire finch, Lagonosticta species. (Black-backed eagle, Falco niger, eating a fire bird)

Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus. (Tawny vulture, Falco ambustus.) From a specimen held by the Royal Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from New Illustrations of Zoology, B

Aviamilano F. 8L Falco II I-RALA
Aviamilano F.8L Falco II I-RALA (msn 110), at Shoreham airport in May 1958. The Falco was one of a string of high performance light aircraft from the drawing board of Stelio Frati

Aeromere F. 8L Falco III G-AROT
Aeromere F.8L Falco III G-AROT (msn 224), at the Biggin Hill International Air Fair on 5 May 1963. The Falco was one of a string of high performance light aircraft from the drawing board of Stelio

Hobby, Falco subbuteo, with one foot on a dead bird.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own Natural History of British Birds, London, 1794-1819

KESTREL (MORRIS)
(Falco tinnunculus) A fine tails end view. Date: 1851

GYRFALCON (sometimes Gerfalcon) (Falco gyrfalco) Date: 1851

New Zealand Falcon Karearea (adult & young)
New Zealand Falcon Karearea, Falco novaeseelandiae (adult an young). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.2 Plate 23 Date: 1888

Peregrine Falcon - adult warms a chick after feeding him in the nest (a single chick because of the bad year due to the lack of lemmings as food, a natural fluctuation), (Falco peregrinus)

Falco vespertinus, red-footed falcon
Plate 20 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Falco subbuteo, Eurasian hobby
Plate 18 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Peregrine Falcon
PEREGRINE FALCON (Falco peregrinus) Date: circa 1650

Male Kestrel Watercolour Plate 1. Aug 1848
Original watercolour drawings and illustrated MS relating to Indian Birds, forming one of a set of volumes from which the illustrated MS work by Tickell on Mammals, &c

First page of notes relating to Kestrel
Original watercolour drawings and illustrated MS relating to Indian Birds, forming one of a set of volumes from which the illustrated MS work by Tickell on Mammals, &c

Owls and Sparrow hawk
Alexander Wilson, American Ornithology, 1824. Hand-coloured engraving. Date: 1824

Falco longipennis, Australian hobby
Watercolour 105 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Lunated Falcon, Goo-roo-wang

Reggiane Re2000 Falco Srs 3 -This Italian fighter was also expoted to Hungary and Sweden In Italian service it proved underpowered and tricky to handle in the air

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