Giraffe Collection

Zarafa the Giraffe / 1826
Zarafa the giraffe arrives in Paris, a gift to Charles X from the Viceroy of Egypt

Science / Evolution
From the simple cell to the giraffe, via the mammoth and the pterodactyl

Giraffes in Zoo 1912
Two adults and a baby giraffe in captivity

Siena, Italy - Contrada - Giraffa (Giraffe)
Standard bearer of the Contrada of Giraffa (Giraffe), Siena, Italy. At birth you become a member of one of the 17 Contrade (Districts) and your life revolves around your Contrada

Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificient (1449-1492). Italian patrician and humanist, ruler of Florence from 1469 to 1492. Lorenzo de Medici receiving gifts from his ambassadors. VASARI, Giorgio (1511-1574)

Hunting the Giraffe by William C Harris
Colour lithograph c. 1836 Date: circa 1836

Oswald Mosley as a giraffe by George Whitelaw
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (1896-1980), British right-wing politician, founder and leader of the British Union of Fascists (BUF) caricatured as a giraffe

Giraffe (Bewick)
giraffa camelopardalis The Cameleopard as it is known in Bewicks day is the worlds tallest animal, standing over 5.5m tall. The okapi is a relative

Adam & Eve Name Animals
Adam in Eden names the creatures in creation

Giraffe on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Kronheim / Giraffe
A giraffe uses its dextrous tongue to pick off the leaves from a very tall tree

Giraffe at Paris 1826
Zarafa, a giraffe presented to Charles X of France by the Viceroy of Egypt, and housed in the jardin d acclimatation, Paris

Giraffe / Nat Library 1835
Giraffes in North Africa

Head of a Northern giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis
Head of a Northern giraffe or three-horned giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. Nubian giraffe, Giraffe, Camelopardalis giraffa

Northern giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis
Northern giraffe or three-horned giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. Nubian giraffe, Giraffe, Camelopardalis giraffa

Giraffe, chamois and gazelle
Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis a, chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra b, and dorcas gazelle, Gazella dorcas c

Reindeer, red deer, axis deer and giraffe
Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus, red deer, Cervus elaphus, spotted axis deer, Cervus axis, and giraffe, Cervus camelopardalis. Rein deer, Cervus tarandus, camelopard, Camelopardalis giraffa

Giraffe, sloth and tarsier
Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis 165, Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Choloepus hoffmanni 166, spectral tarsier, Tarsius spectrum 167

Giraffe, Cocher

WW2 Birthday Card, A Good Spotter
A WW2 birthday greetings card, a good spotter to bring you luck! The image shows a black cat symbolic of good fortune, that has climbed up the neck of a giraffe to act as a spotter with binoculars

Mansion Polish Advertisement Illustration
An advertisement illustration promoting Mansion Polish, it comically shows a gathering of small rabbits on a shiny floor, with the large figure of a giraffe lurching through the open window

Laughing Animals
An illustration portraying a gentleman smoking a cigar, walking alongside a young lady wearing a decorative patterned dress and an extravagant hat, a crowd of animals including an elephant, pelican

Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Giraffe at Metro Toronto Zoo Date: circa 1970s

Tower Babel 1563 Brueghel Pieter Elder Bruegel
tower, babel, 1563, brueghel, pieter, elder, bruegel, allegories, time, vanitas, architecture, building, crane, construction, death, allegory, giraffe, megalomania, nebuchadnezzar, ii, biblical, old

SPANISH WAR/CAMP POSTER
Propaganda poster from Communist group Socorro Rojo de Espana advertising children's summer camps at the seaside Date: 1936 - 1939

Original Artwork - Multi-scene Christmas card featuring a turkey, Santa Claus, a Giraffe, Christmas carols and hanging up the holly. Date: circa 1937

A Giraffe in a Zoo Date: circa 1920s

Indian antelope or blackbuck, Antilope cervicapra. The Antelope in the Gardens of the Zoological Society

The Waterfall of Niagara. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Thomas Kelly, London, 1829

William Heath Robinson, Not Now but Soon, The Wonder Book of the Then and Now, front endpapers. circa 1923

Male giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Le Vaillants camp on the banks of the Orange River in the Richtersveld. A giraffe skin is undergoing taxidermy on a frame. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Head of a giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa

Kordofan giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum (Camelopardalis antiquorum)

Giraffe and clove tree
Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, with handler and clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pfitzer after an illustration by A

African animals: zebra, giraffe, chimpanzee
African animals: zebra, Equus quagga, giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, endangered chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, and the endangered Asian jocko (orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus)

Animal silhouettes - including a giraffe, a crocodile, a horse, a stag, a donkey, and a jockey riding a horse. circa 1820

Giraffe Date: 1910

Young giraffe and adults in Woburn Wildlife Park, Beds
Young giraffe and adults in Woburn Wildlife Park, Bedfordshire, England

Giraffe in the roadway with cars
Unusual Friends - giraffe in the roadway with cars. 1950s

The Kings Cameleopard -- George IVs giraffe
The Kings Cameleopard -- King George IVs giraffe, the first one in Britain, a gift from the Viceroy of Egypt. 1827

Wild Sports of South Africa, William Harris
Title page to William Harriss collection of drawings from 1839. Date: 1839

Landscape in Tertiary era Europe.. Chromolithograph from Dr. Fr. Rolles Geology and Paleontology section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schuberts Natural History, Schreiber, Munich, 1886

Zebras and Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) invading Katavi airport (Equus grevyi). Tanzania - Africa

Giraffe - feeding on plant leaves (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa). Hluhluwe Umfolozi National Park South Africa

Giraffe - 3 Giraffes with African Bush / Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) in forground - at waterhole (Giraffa camelopardalis). Etosha National Park, Namibia

Giraffa camelopardalis, giraffe
Plate 412 (332) Girafe, Femelle. From Histoire Naturelle des Mammifcres, avec des figures originales, Vol. 4, 1819-42, by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & Baron Georges L. C. Frederic D. Cuvier

The Rowland Ward diorama
A young and adult giraffe in the Rowland Ward Diorama at the Natural History Museum, London. This display was removed in 2004

Giraffe - with young African Bush / Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) - at waterhole (Giraffa camelopardalis). Etosha National Park, Namibia

WW1 - Comic Postcard - The Long and the Short of it
WW1 - Comic Postcard - " The Long and the Short of it". A lady and her remarkably tall fella! Date: 1916

Victorian Scraps - Page of Animals. late 19th century

Giraffe, parrot and baby in pram
Unusual Friends - giraffe, parrot, and baby in pram. 1950s

Mother and baby giraffe in a zoo
Unusual Friends - mother and baby giraffe in a zoo. 1950s

Mammiferes - mammals
A variety of mammals including giraffe, camel, anteaters and buffalo. Date: 1930

Old Maid card game - Fun with Georgie Giraffe. circa 1950s

Animals at a French Zoo - Giraffe - Giraffe in Paddock

Carl Haganbecks Wonder Zoo and Big Circus
promotional postcard for Carl Hagenbecks Wonder Zoo and Big Circus, Olympia. 26th December 1913. Under the Direction of Charles B. Cochrane

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Giraffe. Date: 1933

Giraffe or camelopard, towering over a native with bow and arrows, Giraffa camelopardalis.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G

Giraffe - group (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa). Hluhluwe Umfolozi National Park - South Africa

Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis). Saadani Natural Park - Tanzania - Africa

Giraffes - Watched by tourists in Land Rover - Silhouette at sunset (Giraffa camelopardalis). Ndutu - Ngorongoro - Tanzania - Africa

Msai GIRAFFE - x three, Giraffe peers over 2nd giraffes back with tongue out (Giraffa camelopardalis). Ruaha National Park, Tanzania, Africa

Giraffe - drinking at waterhole (Giraffa camelopardalis). Etosha National Park, Namibia

Hunting giraffe
The Fall of the Giraffe. A giraffe is shot at close range by a hunter who has dismounted from his horse. Date: 1884

Advert for Watsons Giraffe trench periscope 1915
To save life in the trenches Watsons Giraffe. By its means the soldier can see what is happening above and beyond the trenches without exposing his head. Suppiled for the British Army. Date: 1915

The Lifelyke stilted giraffe lurer by Heath Robinson
The Lifelyke stilted giraffe-lurer, part of a series called Very Patent Aides to Sport by William Heath Robinson in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

MAYNE REID
Captain MAYNE REID prolific writer of books for boys, The giraffe hunters, The scalp hunters, The boy hunters, and for a change, The white huntress. Date: 1818 - 1883

Design with wild animals. Watercolour on detail paper. Silver Studio. 1950

Design for printed textile with animals
Design for printed textile with wild animals. Pencil, watercolour and gouache on tracing paper, mounted on plain paper. Silver Studio. 1930

Exhibition of a giraffe to the public
A printed poster advertising the last week of the magnificent living Giraffe or camelopardalis with its Nubian attendant

Exhibition of a giraffe to the public, Manchester
A printed poster advertising the exhibition of a giraffe from the Surrey Zoological Gardens, displayed in Piccadilly, Manchester

Boys sketching giraffes, 1949. The Natural History Museum
For the really keen young naturalist aged between 10 and 15, a Junior Naturalists Club was established

Natural History display at Montagu House
Staircase near the entrance of the old British Museum in Montagu House, 1845. This housed the original collection of the Natural History Museum, London. From a watercolour by George Scharf (1788-1860)

Giraffes on steps, October 1903 at the Natural History Museu
More space to exhibit larger animals to an eager public fascinated by discoveries made on worldwide expeditions

Princess Marigold and the Magic Spell. From Treasure no. 2 (26 January 1963)

Nursery animals playing in the garden

The Enchanted House. Comic strip from Playhour Annual 1976

Visiting a toy shop

Poster advertising Tanganyika National Parks (now Tanzania), Africa. Showing a park ranger in uniform, with giraffes and bison in the background. 20th century

Feeding a Giraffe
A little girl helps one of the keepers to feed a giraffe at the zoo. Date: early 1930s

George the Giraffe
The head of George the giraffe, Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Giraffe hunting Date: circa 1870

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