Giant Collection (page 15)

Giant forest scorpion, Heterometrus indus.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Leguats Giant, Leguatia gigantea, extinct type of giant rail.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1910, Hamburg

Moa, Dinornis novaezealandiae, extinct giant bird of New Zealand.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F. John from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1910, Hamburg

Native standing next to termite hills on the coast of Guinea, Africa.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Elasmotherium, extinct genus of giant rhinoceros native to Asia.. Colour printed illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric World, 1916, Hamburg

Elephas imperator, an extinct giant mammoth now classified as Mammuthus imperator.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by Heinrich Harder from Tiere der Urwelt Animals of the Prehistoric

Giant granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis.. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieus Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Stapelia gigantea, giant carrion flower from Zululand and Namaqua Land, South Africa.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by J.N

Pigmy hermit, Phaetornis pygmaeus, and gigantic or giant hummingbird, Patagona gigas.. Hand-colored steel engraving from H. G. Adams Hummingbirds 1856

Farming: Giant Haystack Celebration, England. Date: 1920s

Jonah the Giant Whale, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Date: 1950s

Jonathan Swift
SWIFT, Jonathan (1667-1745). Irish clergyman and satirist writer. Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver, best known as Gullivers Travels (1726)

Giant Panda - two playing (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Giant Wingless Grasshopper (Saxetania spp.). Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan. Spring - April

File-eared Tree Frog - hides among giant leaves of a ginger plant in primary rainforest (Polypedates otilophus (Boulenger). Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; night in June

Giant Pill Millipede negotiates a fallen twig. lowland rainforest floor in Kinabatangan river floodplain; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June. Class Diplopoda

Dark-eared Tree Frog is hides among giant leaves of a ginger plant in primary rainforest of Danum Valley Conservation Area (Polypedates macrotis (Boulenger)). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; night in June

Giant Pill Millipede (Class Diplopoda). lowland rainforest floor in Kinabatangan river floodplain; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Giant millipede (unidentified), - on rain-forest floor of lowland rainforest of Kinabatangan river floodplain (Class Diplopoda). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

British aircraft Giant short Stirling in WWII
Long distance bomber Stirling with heavily armed and carries a tremendous bomb-load. Date: 1941

Spruce Log, Palmer Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Spruce Log at Palmer Park, Detroit, Michigan, USA. It was sent from Washington State. One end is hollowed out and contains a writing desk and benches. The other end is an animal cage. Date: circa 1910

Giant Panda, Ming, sitting on a wall. Date: circa 1938

Giant Panda, Ming, leaning on a chair. Date: circa 1938

Suffragette Votes for Women Politicians. The giant figure of a woman strides towards a group of politicians, much to their annoyance - includes Asquith and Lloyd George. Date: 1913

Suffragette Captured by Policeman. A suffragette in chains is captured on the rocks by a giant monster policeman. An allusion to the myth of Perseus and Andromeda, the latter

Gotha giant biplane, WW1 diagram
The new German raider, the Gotha giant biplane, diagrammed in The Graphic, which described by the paper as typically Teutonic in its lack of finesse. Date: 1917

Graphic cover featuring the Kaiser by Edmund Sullivan
Front cover of The Graphic newspaper featuring an illustration by Edmund Sullivan depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II as a brutal giant, marching across Europe

Drinks during an interval at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris
L abreuvoir de L Olympia pendant un entr acte (Drinks during an interval at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris) - c. 1918.Recognisable by its giant red glowing letters above the establishment

Britain poster, Northern Ireland, The Giants Causeway, for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

Giant Bell, Japan

Giant Ferris Wheel, Earls Court
Construction work began on the wheel in March 1894 and it was opened to passengers in July 1895. It had a diameter of 300ft, weighed 1, 100 tons and a complete revolution took around twenty minutes

Giant bamboo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Prayer Bells, Wat Prathat Doi Suthep temple, Chiang Mai
Giant prayer bells at Wat Prathat Doi Suthep temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: December 2012

German losses in Gulf of Tunis by G. H. Davis
German convoy of giant transports wiped out: 31 Messerschmitt ME323s shot down in the Gulf of Tunis, Second World War. The large six-engined aircraft were carrying personnel

Prayer Bell, Wat Prathat Doi Suthep temple, Chiang Mai
Giant prayer bell at Wat Prathat Doi Suthep temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand Date: December 2012

Giant Rock on Watcombe Down, Devon Date: late 19th century

Duchess of Gloucester cuts cake, Queen Charlottes Ball
The Duchess of Gloucester (1901 -2004) cutting the giant cake holding 194 electric candles representing the number of years since the birth of Queen Charlotte at the ball named after her

Sunderland seaplane and two Junkers by G. H. Davis
The giant Sunderland flying boat proves its mettle: two Junkers accounted for out of four attackers. When a formation of four Junkers JU88s attacked a Sunderland seaplane off the coast of Norway

Cartoon, Giving him his place in the sun, WW1
Cartoon, Giving him his place in the sun, showing British, French, Belgian, Russian and Japanese allies working together with a giant magnifying glass to set fire to Kaiser Wilhelms jacket

Fruit Label -- Pedro Monsonis oranges
Fruit Label -- Pedro Monsonis selected oranges, imported from Valencia, Spain, depicting two Greedy Mice pulling a giant orange apart. Date: 20th century

Business card design, chef with large cake
Business card design, depicting a smiling chef holding a large cake. Date: 20th century

Blood and Iron 1914
On 4th August 1914, Britain declared war on Germany, marking the beginning of the First World War; a few days later this illustration appeared in The Graphic. Date: 1914

Copenhagen, Denmark - Tuborg Pavilion
Copenhagen, Denmark - The Tuborg Pavilion, with the distinctive giant bottle of Tuborg beer! Date: circa 1904

Nursery Rhymes -- daffodil lady, giant on sea shore
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a lady dressed as a daffodil is pulled along by three white mice. Below -- an ugly giant stands on the sea shore

Bringing home some jumbo spuds
A farmer brings home a splendid crop of giant potatoes.... Date: circa 1910s

YEW TREE BIRD
With its giant tail arched high across the road, this giant bird is really a remarkable trimmed yew tree, a familiar sight in North Cadbury, Somerset, England. Date: 1950s

Rameses II Statue
Giant head (probably depicting RAMESES II )beside the Obelisk in front of the Pylon of the AMUN-RE TEMPLE (Temple of Luxor), Thebes (modern Luxor ) Egypt. Date: 14th century BC

Queen Mary Ocean Liner
The giant liner The Queen Mary of the Cunard White Star Company, known as Hull Number 534. Date: 1934

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