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Phasianus colchicus decollatus, common (Chinese ringless) phPlate 57 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Modern Athenians plate 8 - EdinburghJohn Irvine (d. 1839) beautifully described as a " creeping figure, of too solid flesh, so sadly restricted in locomotion". Facing him is Captain Hugo Arnot (d)
Gracula religiosa indica, lesser hill mynaPlate 73, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Purple Mangosteen - SingaporeThe fruits of the purple mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana) - a tropical evergreen tree believed to have originated in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas of Indonesia
Camels and Iron HorseNORTH AFRICA : flesh-and-blood camels are alarmed by the iron horse
(Goat) Meat Stall - New Market, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal state, India. The two gentleman on the right are clearly Muslim and therefore practising Halal Butchery. Date: circa 1910s
American Samoa - Pago Pago - production of copraPago Pago, Capital of American Samoa - the cultivation of Coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) for the production of copra, the dried flesh of the coconut
Cartoon, Louis Engel and Alexander HendersonCartoon, Mr Louis Engel (musician and music critic) and Mr Alexander Henderson (theatre owner and director) - I ll have my bond! (A reference to Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.) 1885
Dum-dum bullets used during WW1Dum-dum bullets used during the First World War. As Dr Haydn Brown explains, the bullet breaks up or mushrooms on entering the human target, and causes maximum damage as a result. Date: October 1914
Whaling ship, stripping the flesh
Scenes from Mozambique, 1820sVasco da Gama meeting Muslim natives in Mozambique 64, Francisco Barreto tricked over sliver mines by natives at Chicoa, Mozambique 65, and Portuguese cheating natives with trinkets for gold dust 65
Peach fruit, Prunus persica, section through white flesh and red flesh varieties. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A
Anna Neagle, English actress. Date: 1934
40S AUSSIE BEACH BABEA skirtless bathing costume composed of a transparent blue lace or net lined with a flesh-coloured jersey. Lightweight, its guaranteed not to hamper the swimmer. Date: 1940
MANDAN HANGING CUSTOMNATIVE AMERICANS The cutting of young warriors of the Mandan people, hanging from strips of flesh which slowly and painfully tear... Date: 1830s
Phasianus colchicus sahwii, common (Yarkand) pheasantPlate 53 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Christmas card with nativity scene: Gloria in Excelsis Deo. And the Word was made flesh, Alleluia. Showing the baby Jesus in the stable, surrounded by angels. Date: circa 1900s
Scarlet flesh rock melon, Cucumis melo cantalupensis.. Handcolored stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own Pomona Britannica, London, Longman, Hurst, etc. 1817
Thaipusam, Hindu Festival - Singapore - Vel KavadiThaipusam, Hindu Festival, marked by Piercings and Painful Rituals in Singapore. The festival is mainly observed in countries where there is a significant presence of Tamil community such as India
Gracula religiosa, hill mynaPlate 71, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Dermestes maculatus, flesh-eating beetleThe flesh-eating beetle, also known as the hide or leather beetle. This species has been introduced to the Natural History Museum in order to strip the flesh from carcases to reveal the skeleton
Dermatobia hominis, botflyThe larvae of the flesh eating botfly found on a cow, near Pelotas, Brazil. Photographed by Martin Hall
Salmacis & HermaphroditeShe loves Hermaphroditus so much, she wants them to become one flesh - which they do, one person with the sexual characteristics of two
Advert / Yorkshire RelishYorkshire Relish - the cheapest and the best sauce in the world, for flesh, fish and fowl - beware of substitutions!
Theseus Slays MinotaurThe Minotaur, the monster kept by King Minos in his labyrinth on Crete and fed each year on the flesh of seven youths and seven maidens from Athens, is slain by Theseus
Caricature of Squire Bancroft and Edgar BruceCaricature of Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926) and Edgar Bruce (1845?-1901), both actor-managers. Bancroft is portrayed as Shylock wanting his pound of flesh
Caricature of Sir Henry Irving as ShylockCaricature of the English actor and actor-manager Sir Henry Irving as Shylock in Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice. circa 1879
Transubstantiation C1840Mary, in Heaven, feeds Jesus into a mincer, so that pieces of his flesh come out as wafers for use in the Mass Date: circa 1840
John Bull - Zeppelins 1914Forewarned. Zeppelin (as The Fat Boy ): " I wants to make your flesh creep!" John Bull: " Right O!" Date: 1914
Wall fountain and bowl.. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste Porcelain of Sevres, Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891
Flesh-coloured skull-cap, Scutellaria incarnata.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss Botanical Magazine, London
Flesh-coloured phlox, Phlox carnea.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London
Kultur in the Flesh by A ParysJunkers and Gentlemen, or Kultur in the Flesh. A meeting of the Prussian War Party as depicted by the French artist, A Parys. A not entirely flattering portrait of the German war cabinet. Date: 1915
Cartoon, Russias Thorn in the Flesh, showing a scene in a typical Warsaw cafe on receipt of war news. Date: August 1914
Lophura ignita macartneyi, Tragopan melanocephalusPlate 70, lithograph by K.I. Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der V� -Gattungen, (1831-1833)
Lophura nycthemera, silver pheasantLarge Series plate 51, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
The StrawberryRepresents five varieties of the Strawberry. Upper is the Golden-Drop, on the right is the Hautboy, the middle is the Chili Strawberry, and the lower is the Scarlet-Flesh Pine
Tragopan temminckii, Temmincks tragopanLarge Series plate 56, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China. The plant is Gentiana sp
Gallus gallus, red junglefowlLarge Series plate 39, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Vanellus indicus, red-wattled lapwingPlate 94, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Diatryma steini skullSpecimen of a Diatryma steini skull found in South Elk Creek, Bighorn basin, Wyoming, USA. Lower Eocene, 55-50 million years old
Boulengerula taitanus, taita caecilian toothTooth of the young specialized for peeling mothers skin
Loxodonta africana, African elephant carcassAfrican elephant viscera, approximately 3-4 days after death, showing abundance of blowfly larvae feeding on the dead tissues. Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambezi Valley, Zambia
Gallus sonneratii, grey junglefowl
Preparation of skeleton material using the larvae of Dermestes maculatus (hind or leather beetle) to eat the flesh
Vanellus miles, masked lapwingDrawing No. 52, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Lophura swinhoii, Swinhoes pheasantPlate 16 hand coloured lithograph by John Gould and Richard Bowdler Sharpe from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol.7, (1850-83)
Kirkoestrus minutus, botflyA mounted specimen of the botfly (Kirkoestrus minutus) found in Nwandsi, Kruger National Park. Photographed by Martin Hall
Myiasis speciesA collection of adult Myiasis causing fly specimens. Myaisis is the infestation of organs or tissues of the hosting animals. Photographed by Martin Hall
Chrysolophus amherstiae, Lady Amhersts pheasantPlate 64 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)
Easter Puck - the world, the flesh, and two little devils. Illustration shows a well dressed man holding a Hymn book, standing between two young women dressed as devils. Date 1913 March 12
Pale green squash with white flesh and many seeds, with plant vines growing in the background. Date between 1800 and 1860
Kourion Museum, Kourion, Cyprus: sarcophagus (flesh-eating stone) Date: 2011
Servant GuidelinesServants, be obedient to them that are your Masters, according to the flesh, with fear and trembling in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)
Goose Flesh TreatmentTodays beauty hint: a friction rub for goose flesh. Goose flesh on arms and elbows can be dealt with by rubbing hard with a rubber friction brush to restore circulation
The Flesh and the Spirit
Sioux Ordeal of SunNATIVE AMERICANS The Sioux ordeal of looking at the sun, while hanging from strips of flesh which are gradually pulled away
Hunters feasting on horse flesh in prehistoric southern France
Ezekiel and the BonesGod said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones... and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, and the flesh came up upon them, and the breath came into them
Herakles and the MaresThe eighth labour : He tames the vicious human-flesh-eating mares of Diomedes, king of the Bitones, giving them Diomedes to eat then taking them to Eurystheus
Flesh & Bowels / WoodcutA diagram to show the flesh and the bowels from two angles
Shortage of Flesh- They are starting to run short of meat in Germany ( Carne means both meat and flesh )
Lycaon Becomes a WolfKing Lycaon of Arcadia, to test Zeuss omniscience, serves him a dish of human flesh at dinner, for which he is transformed into a wolf
Water Babies. Pandora BoxAnd out flew all the ills that flesh is heir to from Pandoras box
