Iceland Collection

Poster advertising Iceland Airways -- Flugfelag Islands, the precursor of Icelandair

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
Oil painting on canvas by John Gerrad Keulemans (undated). 229 x 205

Map / Arctic Circle C1880
Map of the Arctic Circle with details of explorations

Great Auk Extinct
The great auk or awk (PINGUINUS IMPENNIS) who lost its final battle for survival on a small island off Iceland in 1844, primarily due to over-hunting

The Geography of Iceland
The peaks of mountains and volcanoes in Iceland depicted in this fascinating postcard. Featured is the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano (just to the left of the erupting Hekla Volcano - centre left)

The Duke and Duchess of Kent and children
Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942), Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (1906-1968) and their two eldest children, Edward (born 1935 and the current Duke of Kent) and Alexandra (born 1936)

Iceland spar
A specimen of Iceland spar from Rodefjord, Iceland. Transparent crystal composed of the mineral, calcite (calcium carbonate) which has unusual property of double refraction

Greenland Dog
Buffon classifies it as Chien de Sibirie and Bewick admits that the Greenland Dog is somewhat similar to the native dogs of Siberia, Lapland and Iceland

Map / Europe / Iceland 18C
Date: early 18th century

Shakespeare - Henry V - Pistol: Pish for thee, Iceland dog! circa 1830

de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 3X-GAY (msn 553) of Republic de Guinee at London Heathrow Airport, on delivery to Guinee via Reykjavik, Iceland - London-Heathrow, UK - Lisbon, Portugal

Small Icelandic Farmstead and owners - Iceland. Date: circa 1903

Iceland

HMS Argus 149
Royal Navy - HMS Argus 149, an aircraft carrier, seen in March 1939. Argus served from 1918 to 1944. After commissioning, the ship was involved for several years in the development of the optimum

A view of Keflavik village, Iceland. Date: circa 1955

McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle 80-0046
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell Douglas F-15C-29-MC Eagle 80-0046 (msn 0717/C195, base code iS'), of Air Forces iceland

Douglas VC-118B 131578
United States Navy (USN) - Douglas VC-118B 131578 (MSN 43681), based at Naval Station Keflavik in iceland, seen at the RAF Mildenhall Air Fete on 10 June 1984. Date: 1984

Douglas C-118B Liftmaster 131578
United States Navy - Douglas C-118B Liftmaster 131578 (msn 43681, ex 51-17634), from Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, at the Mildenhall Air Fete on 6 June 1984. Date: 1984

McDonnell Douglas F-15C-29-MC Eagle 80-0046
United States Air Force - McDonnell Douglas F-15C-29-MC Eagle 80-0046 (msn 0717-C195, base code IS'), of the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron Black Knights, at RAF Waddington on 28 April 1990

ICELANDIC FUNERAL
An Icelandic funeral, drawn by the indigenous ponies. Date: 1911

Woodcut: Three birds over waves
Friedrich Lissmann 1880 - 1915 Germany. Lissmann was a painter and woodblock artist, who after setting up a studio in Hamburg in 1906 became well known for his depictions of wildlife

Young Icelandic woman in robe
Vintage 19th century/1900 photograph: young Iceland woman in robe

Washing clothes, Reykjavik, Iceland
Vintage 19th century/1900 photograph: washing clothes, communal, Reykjavik, Iceland

Drying fish Reykjavik, Iceland
Vintage 19th century/1900 photograph: drying fish Reykjavik, Iceland

Historical views of Poland. Polish men in the city of Cracow 55, Peter the Wild Boy found in a forest near Hamelin 56, and the inflammable springs near Cracow 57

Iceland moss and tree lungwort
Iceland moss, Cetraria islandica, Lichen d Islande, and tree lungwort, Lobaria pulmonaria, Lichen pulmonaire. Handcoloured steel engraving by Debray after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert

Costumes of the natives of Iceland, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World

Prickly saltwort and Iceland moss
Prickly saltwort, Kali turgida 1, and Iceland moss, Cetraria islandica 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

Curiosities of the 18th century
Bird and egg hunters abseiling down cliffs in the Orkney Islands 1, and geysers spouting and the volcano Hekla erupting in Iceland

Iceland moss, Cetraria islandica. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

The company of All This- (And Iceland Too), performed by and to the troops at the Fish Shed Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland. At this time it was Icelands only English-speaking theatre. 1942

Miss Kristin Gudmundsdottir and Miss Svava Jons tap-dancing; they were part of the All This- (And Iceland Too), performed by and to the troops at the Fish Shed Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland

Tupolev Tu-104A CCCP-L5445 (SSSR-L5445, msn 8350401), of Aeroflot, at Keflavik Naval Air Station in Iceland. This Tu-104A was the second of its kind to visit the USA in September 1959

REYKJAVIK STORE 1876
From drums to rum, you may buy just about anything in this general store in Reykjavik, Iceland Date: 1876

Temco D-16 Twin-Navion G-ARIT (msn NAV-4-1832). Transferred to Iceland registry on 10 April 1965. Date: circa 1963

Westman Islands, Iceland - Puffin Catching. Date: circa 1903

Post and Telegraph Office, Reykjavik, Iceland - note the superb roof-mounted box aerial Date: circa 1909

Myvatn Lake, Iceland with Sellandafjall mountain behind
An old farm implement on the banks of Myvatn Lake, Iceland. Snow covered Sellandafjall mountain is in the background Date: 1986

The Namafjall hverir geothermal area in Iceland
Steam rises in the dramatic scenery of the Namafjall hverir geothermal area in Iceland Date: 1986

Yawning boy reads comic during an internal flight in Iceland
A small boy ignores the specacular scenery of mountains and glaciers outside the aircraft window, and yawns while reading a comic during a short internal flight in Iceland Date: 1986

Iceland - Akureyrir. Date: circa 1930s

Iceland - Vestmannaeyjar Date: circa 1930s

Iceland - Reykjavik Date: circa 1930s

Isafjordur old town and harbour, Iceland
Isafjordur old town and harbour in Iceland Date: circa 1910

Coronation of Haakon VII of Norway
The Coronation of Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark and Iceland, born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel (18721957)

Ancient Irish Costume
A man and woman of ancient Ireland, well wrapped in their cloaks against the cold : he carries a spear against dangerous encounters. Date: early centuries AD

Icelandic Dairymaid
Icelandic dairy maid

Calcite (Calcium Carbonate) variant iceland spar
A cleaved rhomb of iceland spar showing double refraction from near Eskifjordr, Iceland

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