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Blue crowned lorikeet, Vini australis.. Handcolored steel engraving by Joseph Kidd from Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Browns Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, Edinburgh, 1833
White-headed lemur, Eulemur albifrons, male and female, vulnerable.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816
Mastodonsaurus, extinct giant amphibian, and Pareiasaurus, extinct anapsid reptile.. Colour printed (chromolithograph) illustration by F
Common black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821
Prickly headed liquorice, Glycirrhiza echinata.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn by John Curtis and engraved by Weddell from Curtiss Botanical Magazine, 1820, Samuel Curtis, Walworth, London
4-4-2 Locomotives - Double Headed Train, Victoria Railway Station, Westminster, County of London, England. London Brighton & South Coast Railway Date: 1920s
Coach near Grasmere, Lake District, most likely a tourist outing. The coach is pulled by three horses, one of which has moved during the exposure
Toadheaded Agamid Lizard - uses its camouflage colouring to hide - presses itself into the sand (Phrynocephalus mistaceus). sand dunes of Karakum desert - Turkmenistan - Spring - April
Committee of the Russian Communist Party of BakuLeaflet issued by the Committee of the Russian Communist Party of Baku headed Comerads British Soldiers !. Commemorative Art
Spithead panorama, ships on north sidePanorama of the Coronation Review: the right-hand section, showing ships on the north side. A Spithead panorama, showing battleships of the Mediterranean fleet headed by the Queen Elizabeth
Little girl with cat by Muriel DawsonA little red-headed girl with a Siamese cat, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s
Decorative border of children, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s
Letter headed paper by Muriel Dawson, giving her address and phone number, with a decorative border of children. Date: 1920s
The San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906Cartoon showing a globe-headed American character nursing his bandaged head; a humorous look at the effects of the San Francisco earthquake on the American economy
The Royal Standard of Montenegro - Silk backingThe Royal Standard of Montenegro - Embroidered onto a silk backing. Date: circa 1910s
Group of Buddhist Monks, MyanmarGroup of Buddhist Monks (Pongyi), Myanmar. Date: circa 1910s
The Deputation to Col Seeley headed by Lord DesboroughThe Deputation to Col Seeley, headed by Lord Desborough, which presented the Government with a 50hp Gnome-Ble
Lonchura maja, white-headed munia, Amandava amandava, red avPlate 77, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Pterodorma lessonii, white-headed petrelFf. 98. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Procellaria leucocephala made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Pycnonotus aurigaster, sooty-headed bulbulPlate 45, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Platycercus adscitus palliceps, pale-headed rosellaPlate 19 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph
Emberiza melanocephala, black-headed buntingPlate 28 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Pithecia sp. saki and Pithecia leucocephala, white-headed sPithecia pogonias & head of Pithecia leucocephala. Hand coloured lithograph from a drawing by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1889)
Pycnonotus zeylanicus, straw-headed bulbulPlate 53, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Lonchura maja, white-headed munia and an unidentified birdPlate 261, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 2 (1760). Annotated Malacca gros-beak
Spindalis zena, stripe-headed tanagerPlate 42, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Petaurus breviceps, sugar gliderMarsupial, Native name Dab-bie, possibly by Thomas Watling (1762 -c. 1814), from the Thomas Watling Drawings Collection, 1788-c. 1797, held at the Natural History Museum
Sphoeroides angusticeps, narrow headed pufferFish from the Galapagos Islands collected by Charles Darwin from his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle
Molothrus ater, brown-headed cowbirdPlate 99 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Vireo solitarius, blue-headed vireoPlate 28 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Starnoenas cyanocephala, blue-headed quail dovePlate 172 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Sitta pusilla, brown-headed nuthatchPlate 125 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Coracina melanoptera, black-headed cuckoo-shrikePlate 2, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Pycnonotus priocephalus, grey-headed bulbulPlate 15, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Culicicapa ceylonensis, grey-headed canary-flycatcherPlate 24, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)
Barred olivine chondrule from the Palmyra ordinary chondrite (the chondrule is about 1.2mm across)
Anthias anthias, blunt headed holy fishSpecimen collected on Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771 and labelled Perca imperator
Hesperiphona vespertina, Pheuticus melanocephalusPlate 373 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Icterus bullockii, xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Agelaius tPlate 388 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Spain (20th c. ). Visit of Alfonso XIII to BilbaoSpain (20th c.). Visit of Alfonso XIII to Bilbao
Statue of the goddess Sakhmet. 1555 -1337 BC. The lion-headed goddess, Sekhmet, were originally created for the funerary temple of King Amenophis III, in Thebes
Red feather the costilest and most gorgeously mounted comic opera ever seen in America : with a cast of well known operatic artists headed by Cheridah Simpson and a great singing chorus. Date c1906
Cemi kbir, the large mosque, Larnaca, Cyprus: turban-headed gravestones; note graveyard unusually close to the mosque Date: 2011
Avenue of ram-headed sphinxes, Temple of Amun, EgyptThe avenue of ram-headed sphinxes leading to the west gate of the Temple of Amun at Karnak, near Luxor (ancient Thebes), Egypt. Date: early 20th century
Ashy-Headed GeeseAshy-headed Geese. Date: 1960s
Nineveh Sculpture at the British Museum, London, 1850
Serbia - Card issued by the National Post Office, showing a postman and the varied means of conveying ones letter around the globe - by train, by plane or by sea. Date: 1936
Stele-carrying turtle - Ming Tombs Nanjing, ChinaStele-carrying turtle at the Ming Dynasty Tombs Nanjing, China Date: circa 1910s