Grub Collection

Jynx torquilla, wryneck, Dendrocopos major, great spotted wo
Plate 60 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 2 (1925)

Grub Street, London, C18
Grub Street, near Moorfields, described by Dr. Johnson as much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries and temporary poems. It was named Milton Street in 1830

Henry Welby, the Grub Street Hermit. He managed to live in solitude in the middle of London. 16th century

Porch of an old Interregnum house in Hanover
South east view of the porch of an old Interregnum house known as General Monks house in Hanover Court, near Grub Street, 1809. Built circa 1650

South-east view of a Tudor house in Sweedon s
South-east view of an old 15th-century Tudor house in Sweedons Passage, Grub Street, 1791. Formerly inhabited by Sir Richard Whittington and Sir Thomas Gresham

North-east view of a Tudor house in Sweedon s
North-east view of an old 15th-century Tudor house in Sweedons Passage, Grub Street, 1791. Formerly inhabited by Sir Richard Whittington and Sir Thomas Gresham. Rebuilt 1805

Whittingtons House
Victorian montage of prominent buildings around Aldgate - Whittingtons house, Grub St, General Monks house, Bloomfields house and the remains of Aldgate, Bethnal Green

Cartoon, German soldiers eating and drinking, WW1
Cartoon, Kultur and Grub. A stereotypical view of German soldiers eating sausages and drinking beer, showing the contrast between the German idea of culture and the soldiers greed. Date: 1915

Cheery Families - Master Grub the Gardeners Son. 1890s

Cheery Families - Miss Grub the Gardeners Daughter. 1890s

Cheery Families - Mrs Grub the Gardeners Wife. 1890s

Cheery Families - Mr Grub the Gardener. 1890s

A snack bar at the back of a night club in Manchester
Woman assistant at Club Grub, offering hot snacks and sandwiches. Date: 1970s

Young Kitchenmaid shocked by the odour of Brown Garlic - " Lovely grub - lovely grub!" Date: circa 1940s

Lucanus cervus, stag beetle
Also, Macrodontia cervicorn, palm weevil beetle & grub, Rhynchophorus palmarum and other unrelated insects. Plate 48 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian, 1705

Deilephila elpenor, elephant hawk moth caterpillars
Two elephant hawk moth caterpillars by H. Hengstenburgh. From Collection of Drawings by Dutch Artists, 17th-19th centuries. Held in the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pseudorhyssa sp. ichneumon fly female
A female ichneumon fly laying eggs on the parasite of a wood wasp grub

Grub of a house long-horn beetle
The grub of a house long-horn beetle boring into and feeding on wood. Infestations of the larvae can cause great damage to household furniture

Prospector grub store. Goldfield, Nevada. Date 1940 Mar

Colorado. The round up, grub pile Colorado. The round up, gr
Colorado. The round up, grub pile. Date between 1898 and 1905

Poster: Fight the Moth. Its the moth grub that does the damage. Advice on how to protect your clothes from moth damage. 20th century

Stages of the Silkworm
Various stages of the lifecycle of the silkworm from the grub to the silk cocoon. Date: Circa 1760

The silkworm moth of India
Various stages of the lifecycle of the silkworm from the grub to the caterpillar than finally to the moth. Date: 1895

Ritz Dinner Time
Ladies don t go to the Ritz in Paris for anything so vulgar as the grub : rather, its to show off their evening creations by Jeanne Lanvin

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