Forests Collection

Queen of the Night by Marjorie Miller
Moody colour illustration by Marjorie Miller showing woman clad in a diaphonous dress roaming moonlit forests with a savage-looking wolf-like dog

Nyanga Forest and pool - Zimbabwe

Hybernia Nunc Irlant. Ireland. Map was clearly made by a member of the Lafreri School of cartographers, Antonio Lafreri (1512-77). Rome, 1570. Renaissance. Engraving by Paolo Forlani, 16th C

Domestic female Reindeer with newborn calf (Rangifer tarandus). forest near river Taz; spring; North Tumen regon, Siberia, Russia

Fern Tree Valley, near Hobart, Tasmania
View of Fern Tree Valley near Hobart, Tasmania, showing a river and waterfall in a tropical landscape. 1870

Africa / Exploration / Congo
CONGO - French and German officials, determined to correctly map the boundary between their territories, make their way through the marshy Lobaye valley

Panavia Tornado IDS GR-4
Panavia Tornado Ids Gr-4 Demonstrator Aircraft Flying over Trees

Western Australia - Forest's Expedition, Returning ?
Western Australia - Forest's Expedition, Returning From King Leopold Ranges

London Passenger Transport Board Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for the London Passenger Transport Board, an organisation responsible for local public transport in London, between 1933 and 1948

Colourful Countryside
An oil painting of a very colourful landscape of forests and patchy fields under a cloudy blue sky. Date: circa 1930

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). La destruccio del bosc es la destruccio de l'economia (Destruction of the forest is the destruction of economy). Poster edited by the Generalitat of Catalunya

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Mk. III Turbo-Beaver CF-OEI
de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Mk.III Turbo-Beaver CF-OEI (msn 1647/TB-26), operated by the Ontario Provincial Air Service, for the Department of Lands and Forests, from 1966 to 1974. Date: circa 1970

INDIAN PYTHON
The Indian Python or Indian Rock Python, is a snake found in India, especially in the mangrove forest, scrub jungle and cool dense rain forests. Date: 1970s

MAP / EUROPE / RUSSIA 1549
A map of Russia, concentrating on the areas surrounding Moscow. Date: 1549

Making tar in the forests of Sweden
The process of making tar in the forests of Sweden. Date: 1819

Artemis. Sculpture. 1st century AD. Roman work after Greek o
Artemis. Goddes of the Hunt. Daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo. Roman equivalent is Diana. Sculpture. 1st century AD. Roman work after Greek originals. A richly decorated diadem. Glyptothek

Proboscis / Long-nosed MONKEY (Nasilis larvatus)

RUSSIA - North Urals Mountains, Aerial, view. Taiga Forest, Ural mountains, Russia

Northern red-backed vole - feeds on Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica Mayr) seeds - a cone on the left (Clethrionomys rutilus Pallas)

PHILIPPINE TARSIER - baby in tree (Tarsius syrichta). Bohol Island, Philippines

Camp of a European mission doctor in French Congo, a colony comprising territory of present-day Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Central African Republic. Date: circa 1910

Dock of the Suez Canal Company at Ismailia, Egypt
Dock of the Suez Canal Company at Ismailia, a city in north-eastern Egypt. The Suez Canal Company was created by Ferdinand de Lesseps

Nyanga Forest - Zimbabwe

Russia - a compact woods kolok ( kolki for plural) consisting of birch only (Betula sp.). forest steppe near town of Chelyabinsk - Russian

FUNGI False Morel - on taiga-forest floor near river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement (Gyromitra esculenta). Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia

Weasel in white winter fur - adult (Mustela nivalis). common predator in taiga-forests, Russia

Pine taiga - forest with forest floor covered in lichens; typical in the basin of river Bolshoi Ugan, near Ugut settlement; spring. Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia;

Sprouts of fern (fragment close-up) in mixed forest, (Polypodiaceae spp). near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; early spring

A young Common Monitor Lizard rests (sunbathing in order to raise the body-temperature) on a tree-trunk, fallen in a small stream in rainforest (Varanus salvator)

Typical taiga forest floor in Autumn with lichens, various berries, mushrooms, near river Taz. North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Semi-tundra in spring, Siberia. Snow melts in semi-tundra, near river Taz; spring; North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Pine Marten - young, on forest floor (Martes martes). Ural Mountains, Russia

Bengal / Indian Tiger - at night, with eyes glowing in the dark (Panthera tigris). India

MOONRAT (family: Erinaceidae). Sepilok forest, Borneo

Asiatic Black Bear - in Snow
ASIATIC BLACK BEAR - in snow (Selenarctos thibetanus japonicus). Gunma Prefecture, Kanto Region on Honshu Island, Japan

Heliconia (a species of Ginger) plant flowers at Borneo Rainforest Lodge (Heliconia spp.). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Frozen river meanders in Taiga-forest, a tributary of river Taz. Aerial, early spring, North Tumen region, Siberia, Russia

Colonel J J Harrisons African Pygmies
Colonel Harrisons African Pygmies - brought to the UK to be shown on stage as persons of exotic interest! About a million people saw them before they left for the rain forests of the Congo in

Hollomstadar (Hallomstadur) in Iceland
Postcard showing the little village Hallomstadar, now known as Hallomstadur, a National Forest. Date: circa 1910

Damascus, Syria
General view of central Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1920s

Beit Mery, Mount Lebanon
Beit Mery - Mount Lebanon Governate, Lebanon. Overlooking the capital Beirut, the town was a summer mountain resort of the Phoenicians and later the Romans. Date: circa 1940

Roman Art. Silvanus Head. Museum of La Rioja. Logrono. Spain
Roman Art. Silvanus head. Roman tutelary deity of woods and fields. As protector of forests. Museum of La Rioja. Logrono. Spain

Austrian attack on Russian trenches, Carpathians, WW1
A night battle in the snow amidst the pines: the Russian advancing through the Carpathians. An Austrian force attacks the Russian entrenched position in the Carpathian mountains at night

Coach of Armistice 1918
The railway coach in which the Armistice was signed, in the forests of Compiegne Date: 11 November 1918

The Love of the Princess by A Watson Mill
Promotional postcard for The Love of the Princess by C. Watson Mill. First pro-duced Grand Theatre, Nelson, 13th April and Elephant & Castle Theatre, 14th September 1908

Amphitheatre-like structure built of black basalt in Bra d Eau National Park surrounding forest is a typical habitat of Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher June North of Mauritius

Black River National Park a view from Macchabe trail to the West over Grand Gorges and towards the sea June Mauritius

Ferney Forest view from a footpath Rusa deer / Javan rusa feeding on slopes are visible in the centre June Forest and Wildlife reserve Valley de Ferney private sugar estate Bambou Mountains

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