Giant Collection (page 7)

Black giant squirrel or Malayan giant squirrel, Ratufa bicolor. (Leschenaults squirrel, Sciurus albiceps). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Giant hummingbird, Patagona gigas (Trochilus gigas). Handcoloured engraving after an illustration by H. Kearsley of a specimen in the British Museum from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by

Giant cabuya, green-aloe or Mauritius-hemp, Furcraea foetida (Furcraea gigantea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1822

Giant granadilla, Passiflora quadrangularis
Giant granadilla, barbadine, grenadine, giant tumbo or badea passionfruit, Passiflora quadrangularis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell from Samuel Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1819

Extinct New Zealand giant penguin, Pachydyptes ponderosus. Chromolithograph from Alfred Brehms Tierleben (Life of Animals), Liepzig, 1890

Giant hyssop, Agastache pallida (Pale cedronel, Cedronella pallida). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

Pelican flower, Aristolochia grandiflora (Giant birthwort, Aristolochia gigas). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical

King protea or artichoke-like flowered protea, Protea cynaroides. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Giant cabuya, Furcraea foetida (Gigantic furcroea, Furcroea gigantea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1821

Giant knapweed, Centaurea macrocephala
Giant knapweed or large-headed yellow centaury, Centaurea macrocephala. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom Jr

Giant peacock moth, Saturnia pyri
Giant peacock moth or giant emperor moth, Saturnia pyri, with caterpillar and pupa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Forest giant owl butterfly, Caligo eurilochus, upperside 2, and underside 1. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Poison bulb, Crinum asiaticum
Poison bulb, giant crinum lily or spider lily, Crinum asiaticum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Poster, Get your grip on the Nip, WW2. 1940s

The Amateur Gardeners Dream

Two women with prize fruit at a Kentucky fair, USA
Two women with a table of prize fruit at a Kentucky fair, USA

Giant Buddha Statue - Daibutsu, Japan in a temple. Date: 1737

Buddhist Daibutsu Pagoda, Japan
Buddhist Daibutsu (Giant Buddha) Pagoda, Japan Date: 1737

Large Hat, little girl - Mabel Luci Attwell postcard
" It would be nice to see more of each other!" - Large Hat, little girl - Mabel Luci Attwell postcard. Date: circa 1938

Big waves at Atlantic City, New Jersey
Giant breakers on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic City, New Jersey. Date: c. 1936

Witch, cat and chauffeur on a Halloween postcard
Witch, cat and chauffeur in a car made out of a giant marrow on a Halloween postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Italian poster, German Peace, WW1
Italian poster, design by Sergio Canevari, La Pace Tedesca (German Peace), First World War. 1917

Cutting giant sweetcorn for a giant hog, Canada -- fantasy image. Date: 1910

Log Cabin, Cow Camp, Giant Forest, California, USA
Log Cabin at Cow Camp, Giant Forest, California, USA. Date: circa 1915

Curtis British Entomology Plate 699
Lepidoptera: Teras excavana = Acleris emargana [Plant: Campanula latifolia (Giant Bell-flower)] Date: 1824-39

Children on a swing - Boy and girl on a swing. From the Giant Book for Tinies. Artist: D Armstrong Date: circa 1920

Poster for Jack and the Beanstalk, advertising a pantomime. Date: circa 1930s

Legendary Paul Bunyon Date: 1948

Pilots Cabin

The Youthful David by Andrea del Castagno (1423-1457) - painted on a leather parade shield, made to be carried in parades at jousts or tournaments - but this is the only surviving example by a great

Madagascar - Shelling (De-husking) Rice Date: circa 1906

Duke of York - Order of the Equatorial Shave
The Duke and Duchess of York left London on 6th January 1927 to head to Australia to open the new Parliament Buildings at Canberra They sailed on HMS Renown, a battle-cruiser

Duke & Duchess of York, Prince of Wales, Amusements
The Duke & Duchess of York and the Prince of Wales enjoy a rollercoaster ride on the Giant Switchback at the Amusements, Wembley, May 1924. Date: 1924

Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat. Catalogue number NHM 1850.11.30.6

Galaxias argenteus, giant kokopu
Ff. 235. Watercolour painting by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Raising of the Trusses in Leicester Square, London 1851
Raising of the Trusses in Leicester Square, London, for George Wylds large model of the Earth and surface. 100 workmen busily moving timber support of the capacious structure. Date: 1851

Famous Golfers Caught In The Act. No. 14. Abe Mitchell
A giant of the game whose name crops up in conversation sooner or later wherever two or three golfers are gathered together

A GIANT HAYSTACK
Farm hands making a giant haystack on a farm in England. Date: 1930s

FELLING GIANT EUCALYPTUS
Two men use axes to fell a giant eucalyptus tree Date: circa 1910

BARNBANERA SCHNAUZER
ZORA BARNBANERA and YORK BARNBANERA both OF WISBOROUGH Owner: Longden Date: 1960

SATIRE ON STEAMBOATS
An early steamship, which like a giant kettle has built up too much pressure and exploded throwing its unwitting passengers overboard. The rowing boat appears safer. Date: circa 1830

ADVERT / ONOTO PEN 1924
Onoto pens - delivered by the modern Santa Claus Date: circa 1924

VERSAILLES LENCELADE
FONTAINE DE LENCELADE Encelade, a mythical giant, is presumably picnicking here with his friends only to become the target of a thunderbolt from Zeus Date: 1688

SIOUX GIANT MOOSE
The GIANT MOOSE of Sioux myth

CATS AND BOY (GRIMM)
A boy fearlessly encounters two giant black cats on his journey to discover the meaning of fear Date: circa 1905

GIANT FRUIT
Thanks to genetic engineering, fruit and vegetables will be much bigger in the future... Date: 1919

Sinbad and Giant
The one-eyed, big-eared, hairy-legged, short-necked, tusk-toothed giant encountered, somewhat to their dismay, by Sinbad and his companions

Indian Cosmic Myth
In Indian myth, our world is supported by four Elephants standing on the back of a giant Turtle who swims with it through the Sea of Infinity

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