Headed Collection (page 2)

Belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon, males 1, female 2. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania

Head of the Guinea turaco, Tauraco persa buffoni. Senegal touraco, Corythaix senegalensis. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds

Interior of the Heliopolis, Baalbek, Lebanon
View of the interior of the Heliopolis or Temple of Baalbek, Lebanon Beqaa Valley. Interno del Tempio di Balbec. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios

Red-headed chestnut, toadflax brocade and grey shoulder knot
Red-headed chestnut, Conistra erythrocephala 1-4, toadflax brocade, Calophasia lunula 5 and grey shoulder knot, Lithophane ornitopus 6

Trichosea ludifica, Rhyacia lucipeta and Lamprosticta culta
Trichosea ludifica 1, 2, southern rustic, Rhyacia lucipeta 3, and Lamprosticta culta 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die

Cartoon, The Protection Giant -- Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum! I smell the Blood of an Englishman; Be he Alive, or be he Dead, I ll grind his Bones to make my Bread

Memorial to No. 6 Commando, Amfreville, Normandy
No. 6 led the way across Pegasus Bridge on D-Day and headed for the high ground which is around Amfreville. In concert with 1st Special Service Brigade they attacked

Toad headed agama, Phrynocephalus mystaceus mystaceus (Lobe-cheeked lizard, Lacerta aurita). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Spiniest thistle, Cirsium spinosissimum (Feathery headed cnicus, Cnicus spinosissimus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Design, Perth, Scotland. 1905

Black-Headed Siskin. Date: 1933

Black-Headed Gouldian Finch. Date: 1933

Red-Headed Gouldian Finch. Date: 1933

A Calendar of Birds by Pauline Baynes
Birds of the month in the UK pictured by Pauline Baynes. 1954

Kern Baby 1902
One of the customs of the festival of Ceres, observed in the northern part of Northumberland at the close of the reaping not the ingathering

RELIGION / EGYPT / SERKET
The scorpion-headed funerary goddess, association with the embalming of mummies

RELIGION / EGYPT / SOBEK
The crocodile-headed god who symbolises the might of the pharaohs : the strength and swiftness of the crocodile are appropriate to the ruler of the country

Three-Headed Dog - Cerberu
Dante & Virgil throw a sop to Cerberus, the dog who guards the entrance to Hell, thus ensuring that hell not attack them as they pass. Date: First published: 1307-21?

HADES & DOG / ADLARD HADES & DOG / ADLARD
Hades, seated in profile with Cerberus his three-headed dog

FOLKLORE / CYNOCEPHALIES
Dog-headed creatures, reported by travellers in India; they are depicted fighting the monsters of the forest, using weapons, so they are evidently more-or-less human Date: medieval

Herakles - Cerberus
The last Labour of Herakles is to descend to the Underworld and capture the three-headed dog Cerberus; he does this, but returns the dog to Hades who needs him as a watchdog

READING STRUWWELPETER
A young girl improves her sense of right and wrong by reading Struwwelpeter, or Shockheaded Peter. Date: circa 1870

Edmund Gwenn in Der Struwwelpeter 1913
Shocked-headed Peter, Edmund Gwenn (1877 1959), English actor as Peter in the famous German story book, first seen at the Garrick on Boxing Day

Zmey Goynych (Slavic Three-headed dragon)
Reproduction of a painting by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin depicting the Zmey Goynych (Slavic three-headed dragon). The Russian version (pictured) has three heads, is green, walks on two back paws

Statue of egyptian God Anubis
Statue of the jackal-headed god Anubis. Bronze. Probably 26th Dynasty. Ancient Empire. 664-525 BC. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

INDIA. Bombay. Elefanta. Elephanta Caves. Trimurti of Shiva in the main cave, 7th-8th c A.D. Detail of the three-headed bust representing the three roles of the god, creator

Family tree of Peter the Great and Catherine I, with circular portraits of their early 20th century descendants, including Nicholas II, who is described as having abdicated

Religion / Egypt / Renenutet
Cobra-headed goddess, guardian of the Pharaoh and an embodiment of divine motherhood (also known as RENNUT)

Scylla & Charybdis / Map
Map showing the location of Scylla, the six-headed monster who lived in a cave next to the deadly whirlpool Charybdis, in Sicily

Regina Rifle Regiment Memorial, Reviers, Normandy
The Reginas landed on Juno Beach at Courseulles onD-Day and headed inland towards Reviers through which runs the River Mue, a tributary of the River Seulles

Paris Exhibition of 1889 - United States of America - View down gallery - circular seating in F/G. Part of Box 119 Boswell Collection

Flag of the Republic of Montenegro. Kotor

Photography of a Smell by F Breitenbach
The odour of camphor made visible: photography of a Smell by F Breitenbach. Exhibited in the Royal Photographic Societys annual exhibition, with an explanatory note headed

Two-Headed Boy
Two-headed boy, five years old, born in Turin, Italy in 1877 : each is a distinct individual, and controls his own arm and leg; both are friendly and intelligent Date: 1882

Freak Birth of Zardana
This half sheep and multi- bodied and headed creature was taken in the mountains of Zardana in Spain Date: 1655

Pigeons - Frill-Backs and Scandaroons, Fancy Breed
A portait illustrating two Frill-Back and two Scandaroon pigeons. Both breeds are domesticated and a breed of fancy pigeon

Short-Faced Bald-Headed Pigeons
A group portrait showing four Short-Faced Bald-Headed pigeons perched inside their coop. The illustration presents the unique characteristics and aesthetics of the Blue, Red

Canine boa, dog-headed snake or emerald tree snake, Corallus canina.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Washroom at Flixton Hall, Flixton, Greater Manchester
Washroom at Flixton Hall, Flixton, Trafford, near Urmston, Greater Manchester, England. Message on the back is headed Flixton and this is thought to be the washroom at Flixton Hall Date: 1908

Breastplate in the form of a lion-headed eagle, from Tell Hariri (ancient Mari) c.2500 BC (gold, copper, bitumen & lapis lazuli). Sumerian art. Decorative Arts. SYRIA. Damascus. National Museum

China - Gate of British Legation, Peking
Lantern slide of Gate of British Legation, Peking (Beijing). In diplomacy, a legation was a diplomatic representative office lower than an embassy

Secret Toad-Headed Agama - dispays its collar when being disturbed - sand dunes - desert (Phrynocephalus mystaceus Pallas). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. April

Secret Toad-Headed Agama - dispays being disturbed - sand dunes - desert (Phrynocephalus mystaceus Pallas). Caspian sea shore - Turkmenistan. Spring - April

Suffragette Votes for Women Voting Form. Card in the form of a voting form with list of candidates. Headed HoMe Service, Votes for Women. Date: circa 1908

Suffragette Voting Cake in Oven. Mrs. Jones (Who represents Every Woman) goes to vote but suddenly remembers she has left a cake in the oven. Typical empty headed woman. Date: circa 1909

Phnom Penh, Cambodia
A boy stood in front of a remarkable statue in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, of a seven-headed cobra snake, guarding a bridge within the Palace complex

Russian Opera at Paris
Russian opera - headed by the singer Chaliapin - visits Paris

Egypt. Temple of Horus. Relief depicting a sphinx with falco
Egypt. Edfu. Temple of Horus. Relief depicting a sphinx with falcon head and double crown of lotus flowers and goddess Nekhbet with vulture form over lotus flowers

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