Heron Collection (page 3)

Ardea purpurea, purple heron
Plate 21 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ardea sp. Heron
Ff. 112. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Nycticorax caledonicus, rufous night heron
Ff. 111. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Ardea ferruginea and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Ardeola ralloides, squacco heron
Plate 25 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Ardea cinerea, grey heron
Ff. 113. Pencil drawing by George Forster annotated Ardea cocoi and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Egretta tricolor, tricolored heron
Plate 217 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Butorides virescens, green heron
Plate 80, hand coloured etching from Mark Catesbys The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands... Vol. 1. (1731-43)

Nycticorax nycticorax, black-crowned night heron
Plate 236 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Ardeola grayli, indian pond heron
Indian pond heron egg specimens

Erodium hymenodes, herons bill
Drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1908. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Egretta caerulea, little blue heron
Plate 307 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

Portrait of a Lady with a heron

Himeji Castle
Himeji, or White Heron Castle, in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan

Plate depicting two species of Heron, Ibis bellon and the Night raven. From: The ornithology of Francis Willughby. Date: 1678

By the Stream. From Once Upon a Time no. 135 (11 September 1971)

White heron beneath a willow tree. Print shows a white heron standing beneath a willow tree on the edge of a pond. Date between 1804 and 1818

Cormorant and white heron. Print shows a cormorant catching a fish and two white herons. Date 1789, printed later

Birds / Heron
A Heron at nest. Date: 1930s

Plover and Heron
A Double Striped Thick Knee Plover and a Boat-billed Heron, at Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Herons Nest
A Herons nest. Date: 1950s

Study of a heron in flight

International Friendship Exhibition Palace, North Korea
External view of the International Friendship Exhibition Palace (or Hall), a six-storey temple at Myohyang-san (Mysterious Fragrant Mountain) in North Pyongan province

Heron taking flight
A Heron takes off from a reedbed alongside a stream under a wooden footbridge. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Bystander masthead by Leon Heron, 1930
Stylised design for the front cover of The Bystander showing a well-dressed couple, he in top hat and tails, her in evening dress and fur coat facing each other and staring into one anothers faces

Light Baggage Only
Humorous illustration by Leon Heron showing a 1920s woman being transported on a porters trolley along with her suitcase. Light-hearted humorous illustrations relating to travel

Cant Z. 506 Airone
The CANT Z-506 Airone (Heron) is a seaplane built for Ala Littorias Adriatic routes; when war comes it will be adapted as a torpedo bomber

Young Falconer with Dogs
A noble young Falconer with his hunting bird

Heron and Frog
A heron makes a grab for a frog, evidently considered an appropriate subject for a Christmas card !

Three Kinds of Bird
Heron Ostrich Stork

Medieval Hawkers
A nobleman watches as his falconer prepares to release the hawk : the ducks look apprehensive but the heron carries on drinking

Early Water Dog
The dog waits in the water for the prey to fall

February C18Th
This month is shown as a water carrying maiden. The ritual of Romulus occurs in February according to the Latin text

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