Britains frogmen divers by G. H. DavisIntroducing Britains frog-men: diving wreckers who blasted open a path to the Normandy beaches. These underwater commandos worked off the D-Day beaches
DragonfliesThe Pond Patrol. Various types of dragonfly. From the Look and Learn Eighth Book of the Wonders of Nature (1974)
Four frogs ice skating on a Christmas cardFour frogs ice skating hand in hand on a Christmas card, with comic verse below. circa 1890s
Frog Couple & Pet SnailA well-dressed frog couple take their pet snail for a walk
Frog Prince & PrincessThe princess discovers a frog at her feet: curiously, he too is wearing a crown
Frog Prince (Anderson)DER FROSCHKONIG The Princess promises friendship to the Frog if he will retrieve her beloved golden ball which has fallen into his pond
The Frog and the Rat. circa 1900
Frog in human clothing on a French postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Rhacophorus, Tree frogTree Frog from Sarawak. Drawing of a tree frog by Alfred Russel Wallace - hand coloured. Drawn looking down onto the back of the frog spread out showing webbed feet
Brazilian horned frog, Ceratophrys aurita, male and female (Ceratophrys varia). Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History
Two frogs with insect on a greetings cardTwo frogs with an insect on a greetings card -- Happy be thy dreams. Date: circa 1890s
Alice in Wonderland, Alice and the pack of cards, as the courtroom scene disintegrates at the end of the story. Date: early 20th century
Frog celebrating the arrival of 1907 by firing a cannonA wonderfully odd German New Years card, welcoming in the arrival of 1907. The illustration rather bizarrely depicts a frog (holding a lucky four-leafed clover)
Ciconia ciconia, European white storkPlate 30 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Frog with elves
Mark Twain / Riding FrogMARK TWAIN American writer Born : Samuel Langhorne Clemens Twain leaps over a five bar gate on the back of a frog
Unicorn & ReptilesA unicorn, with assorted reptiles, and a Latin motto: " Not with might, but with virtue"
Frog in the Middle GameChildren playing Frog in the Middle - they form a ring around one child
Two Scottish frogs on a New Year cardTwo Scottish frogs in tartan on a New Year card in the shape of a tankard with two handles. Date: circa 1890s
KEXY, FAIRY FROG FRIENDKexy, friend of fairies Date: late 19th century
Frog Scale Model Aeroplanes AdvertisementAn advertisement for Lines Brothers Ltd, promoting Frog scale model aeroplanes, based on those used during WW2. The image shows a little boy's hand holding one such fighter plane over a
Fairy and Frogs, by Hilda T Miller - Up and down, up and down, I will lead them up and down (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Date: circa 1930s
Victorian scrap, heron, frog, snail and beetle (and another bird in the water) Date: late 19th century
Stool Leap Frog, Henry cartoon by Carl Anderson Date: 1936
Music cover, The Toy Town Parade, words by Ray Morelle, music by Horatio Nicholls Date: 1927
Alice, Where Art Thou, Christmas cardAlice, Where Art Thou, comic interpretation of a popular song on a Christmas card, with a frog finding his lost love, who is now an angel frog with wings up in the clouds. (3 of 3) Date: circa 1890s
GALVANI AND FROGHe discovers the existence of animal electricity in an experiment on a recently dead frog Date: 20 September 1786
Hop FrogHOP-FROG The miserable end of the King & his courtiers. Date: First published: 1850
Frogs, toads and tadpoles. European tree frog, Hyla arborea, rattle-voiced tree frog, Auletris crepitans, edible frog, Rana esculenta, shrinking frog, Pseudis paradoxa, Surinam horned frog
Squirrels on stepping stones and frog or toad by Rene Cloke
Good Morning miss chick - Frog and chick by Freda Rose
Common Frog and Common Toad by David Parry
Tiger crab and frog crabTiger crab, Orithyia sinica 1, and frog crab, Notopus dorsipes 2. Oritia mammillare, Ranina dorsipede. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle
Blacksmith tree frog, Hypsiboas faberBlacksmith tree frog, blacksmith treefrog or smith frog, Hypsiboas faber or Boana faber (Rana gaimardii, Hyla gaimardii. Ranocchiella di Gaimard)
Portuguese man o war, Physalia physalis (Fisalia pelagica). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali
Green frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentusGreen frog or edible frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentus. Ranocchio comune. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali
Georg Potschner in suit of armor with his sons, 1477Georg Potschner in suit of armor with his sons, Caspar and Walthauser, 1477. From the Potschner altar in Saint Peters Church, Munich
How do yo do? - a frog greets a rather startled birdHow do yo do? - a frog greets a rather startled colourful small bird on the branch of a fuschia. Date: 1932
Cartoon, Tuck in Yer Twopenny! (Disraeli and Tax)Cartoon, Tuck in Yer Twopenny! A satirical comment on Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer, raising of income tax by two pennies in the pound
Dust Jacket for A Treasury of Flower Stories by Inez N. McFee. Florence Mary Anderson / Molly MacArthur (1893-1972) had two distinct styles of illustration
Asian giant toad, Bufo asper (Phrynoidis asper). After an illustration by Sandler. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History
Sporting brooches mounted in diamonds: pug dog, frog, wheel, polo pony, locust, etc. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeters Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895
Game of frog in the middle, 14th centuryWomen playing frog in the middle, where the seated girl is pulled and buffeted by her companions until she can catch one, 14th century
Games of the 14th centuryWomen playing hot-cockles, women playing frog in the middle, and the parade of a winner of a cock-throwing game. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports
Indian burrowing frog and cape rain frogIndian burrowing frog (Sphaerotheca breviceps (short-headed toad, Rana breviceps) and cape rain frog or giant rain frog, Breviceps gibbosus (le Bossu of la Cepede, Rana gibbosa)
Surinam horned frog, Ceratophrys cornutaSurinam or Amazonian horned frog, Ceratophrys cornuta (Horned toad, Rana cornuta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hill after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia
Veined tree frog, Trachycephalus venulosusVeined tree frog or common milk frog, Trachycephalus venulosus (Merian frog, Rana meriana). With tadpoles and immature frog
European tree frog, Hyla arborea (tree frog, Rana arborea). Shown hanging from a rose bush, male inflating its throat, adhesive abdomen, tadpole and frogspawn