Frog Collection (page 7)

William Parsons Home
The summer residence of the great comic actor WILLIAM PARSONS at Frog Hall. Date: 1795

Frolicking beauties on a Florida beach - USA Date: circa 1940s

Biblical Plagues of hail and frogs - Egypt. circa late 19th century

Design for Christmas card
Design for a Christmas Card, showing frogs having a feast on a lily pond. Pen and wash with gouache border on heavy paper. Silver Studio. 1890-1891

Philautus maia, shrub frog

Apateon pedestris, amphibian larva
A seven-centimetre-long larval amphibian

Bloodstone or heliotrope carvings
These frogs were carved from bloodstone by Paul Dreher. Bloodstone is green agate containing speckles of red jasper. All these derive from the cryptocrystalline quartz group

Frog illustration
Plate 4 from 298 water-colour drawings of insects and larvae, Frankfurdt 1622 by Flegel, C

Nyctibatrachus major, frogs
X-ray of frog specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London

South American frogs and toads
Including Phryniscus nigricans, found by Charles Darwin. From Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle Vol 1-3

Rana species, fossil frog
Specimen originates from soft Miocene shale from Spain. Skeletal anatomy preserved in its entirety with an outline of the soft parts clearly visible. This specimen measures 12 cms long

Tanzanian leaf folding frog
The right hand of a Tanzanian leaf folding frog. The size of the toe discs can vary from specimen to specimen. These frogs were first discribed in 1928 but there has been no agreement on how many

Rana esculenta, edible frog
Plate 55 of three edible frogs from Proc. Zoological Society London, 1884. Held in the Zoology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Mantella pulchra, frog
This small frog specimens tissues have been cleared and the skeleton stained with alizarin. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Land Frog
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Frog
One of the 140 frog species known from the island of Sri Lanka. Many of these frogs have only been discovered in the last decade or so

Nycticorax nycticorax, black-crowned night heron
Plate 236 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Bogus mating fossil frogs
This image shows bogus mating fossil frogs. It was figured in J.B.A Beringer (1726) plate 12. Photographed by Paul Taylor

Elves jumping over toadstools
A party scene with elves jumping over toadstools as a mouse provides the musical entertainment. Date: 1912

Bullfrog. Ranidae amphibian. Engraving from a painting by F.Padr󮠅 ngraving

European Common Frog. Amphibians. Engraving after a drawing by a F.Padr󮠅 ngraving

GALVANI, Luigi (1737-1798). Italian physicist and doctor. He discovered the principles of bioelectricity. De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari mutinae

Pig, frog and squirrel on the beach

Tales From Many Lands: The Little Singing Frog

Sally and the Rain Fairies

The frog who tried to be as big as a bull. Illustration showing William McKinley as a bull standing next to a small pond, looking at a puffed up frog wearing a top hat and a bandolier

Army leap-frog. Illustration shows Frederick Funston, wearing the brown uniform of the volunteer forces, leap-frogging over an officer in the regular army at the end of a long line of officers

Optical illusion disc with man and frog. Date 1833

Frog Spawn / Tadpoles
Young tadpoles germinating from frog spawn. Date: 1960s

Frog Tadpole
A magnified photograph of the tadpole of the Common Frog. Date: 1960s

FROG SPAWN
A close-up photograph of frog spawn. Date: 1960s

Horse Leap Frog
Grey Bessie a mare of the Santa Fe Ranch, California, U.S.A. famous for her jumping abilities. Here she is, playing leap frog with some of her horsey friends! Date: 1930s

FROG BATH
A frog Common Frog, in a bird bath! Date: 1930s

Ideas for Christmas presents for children, 1930
Page of ideas in The Tatler for Christmas gifts for children, including a pretty party frock from Rowe, a toy motor-car from Selfridges with Flip the Frog and his family, a toddle cart

M Sowerby. Leap frog
Leap Frog. Artist: Millicent Sowerby. Happy children out in the country enjoying the traditional game Date: 1915

Leap Frog. Artist: Louis Wain. Happy cats having fun with a traditional game of Leap Frog Date: 1904

The Frog Princess by Lilian Govey. He saw six large water rats dragging along a large pumpkin like a coach, full trot. Date: 1912

Anon 2. A frog he would a-wooing go

Proud Frog (Folkard)
THE PROUD FROG " Was it so big? says the old frog, swelling & blowing up her speckled body to a great degree." Date: 1912

Frog Prince (Rackham)
DER FROSCHKONIG The Princess catches the frog who is really a prince

Various Fish & Reptiles
A selection of fish, a green frog, a snail, a toad and a lobster! Date: Circa 1870

Aesop / Frog Physician
Aesop/Frog Physician

Prince to Frog (2)
The Frog (who is really a Prince, of course) retrieves the Princesss golden ball

Galvani Frog Exp. 3
He provokes contractions in the legs of a frog using a metal arc Date: early 1780s

Poe / Tales / Hop Frog
HOP-FROG Tripetta pleads for Hop-Frog. Date: First published: 1850

A Frog He Would a-wooing Go, heigho, says rowley, whether his mother would let him or no. With a Rowley powley, gammon and spinach, heigho, says Anthony Rowley! Date: circa 1874

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Courting man - frog
He would a-wooing go. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a rotund man, from a frog. Middle aged

Tea party for a bear and his friends
A tea party for a bear and his friends. The bear carries a pot of jam and some buns on a tray, towards a table where a squirrel, a frog and two other animals are sitting

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