Headed Collection (page 6)

Two Bee-Eaters
(Merops) Two from this family : Red-winged bee-eater Blue-headed bee eater

Hades / Dis / Pluto
Hades (known to the Romans as Dis or Pluto) the God of the underworld, with his three- headed dog Cerberus

Allium-Round Head Garlic
Round-Headed Garlic

Rounding Cape Horn
A double-headed train of the Central Pacific Railroad rounds Cape Horn, the first of the heavy climbing across the Sierra, and the first sight of California

Luther with 7 Heads
Luther satirised as a seven- headed monster - aside from being an ecclesiastic, he is also Barabas the thief, a doctor, an inspector etcetera

Reptiles / Crocodile
Narrow-headed Crocodile

Henri IV of France with a seven-headed beast
Henri IV, King of France (from 1589), and King of Navarre (from 1572), seen here in armour, with his sword raised, having decapitated the seven-headed beast

Herakles and Cerberus
The twelfth labour - he subdues the three-headed dog Cerberus and drags him before king Eurystheus of Tiryns

Bald French Boy C1870S
A shaven-headed young Frenchman in a continental sailor suit poses for the camera

Noblewoman 1510
A bare-headed lady carries a little bag suspended at her waist

Hunting Dress 1450
A man and woman dressed for hunting : the hunter wears brightly striped doublet and hose, his companion a long dress : surprisingly, she is bare-headed

Krishna & Kaliya
Krishna defeats the 5 headed serpent Kaliya who had poisoned the Yamuna river. Kaliyas wives worship Krishna & plead for their husdand who is spared & sent away

Beast of Apocalypse
The great seven-headed beast of the Apocalypse

At a Level Crossing
A country wagon waits at a level crossing while a train headed by a Schools class locomotive is waved at by a boy on the gate

Two-Headed Child / 1691
Two-headed child born alive at Pavia (died shortly afterwards)

Tousled Blonde
A tousle headed blonde, with a knowing look, poses on a cliff wearing a halter neck bikini in a large polka dot print fabric

1905 / French Ministers
Ministers of the French government, headed by Maurice Rouvier

Black-Headed Colin
BLACK-HEADED COLIN ortyx atriceps (also known as bob-whites )

Theatrical Costume 1890S
Margaret Corneille (possibly an actress) wears a theatrical looking costume with arrow headed, strap shaped applied trimmings & sequin adorned diamond shaped straps & belt Date: late 1890s

Eau De Cologne Russe
Eau de Cologne Russe - with its two-headed eagle motif - is a product of the Societe Francaise des parfums d Orient, so perhaps it really comes from Russia

Alejandro Lerroux
ALEJANDRO LERROUX Leader of the Spanish Radical Party, who headed four governments during the period of centre-right rule (1933 - 1935) in the Second Republic

Maximilian and Russians
Kaiser Maximilian I meets an embassy from Russia headed by the archduke Vasily

Bewick / Weasel
(mustela nivalis - Buffon called it La belette) A widespread but narrow-headed (for ease when burrowing) mustelid very like the stoat

Burghers of Calais
Edward III, besieging Calais, receives a deputatioon of six burghers headed by Eustache de Saint-Pierre, offering themselves as hostages : his wife pleads for them, too

HANS JARTA Swedish statesman of revolutionary views, headed the 1809 coup against Gustavus IV Adolphus

Shakespeare / Baconian Thy
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE English dramatist and poet A pig-headed attack on the immortal bard

Seeking Kings Favour
The favour of the king (Charlemagne) is besought by three knights, headed by Renaud de Montauban

Emigrants from Strasb g
Emigrants from Strasbourg headed for America : note that on French emigrant ships there is waiter service !

Apocalypse, The Great Beast
Scene from the Apocalypse -- The Great Beast

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