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Background imageIllustration Collection: Queen of the Night by Marjorie Miller

Queen of the Night by Marjorie Miller
Moody colour illustration by Marjorie Miller showing woman clad in a diaphonous dress roaming moonlit forests with a savage-looking wolf-like dog

Background imageIllustration Collection: Hush-A-Bye, Baby by Lawson Wood

Hush-A-Bye, Baby by Lawson Wood
A colour illustration by artist Lawson Wood showing a monkey using her tail to rock her baby to sleep

Background imageIllustration Collection: At the Fish & Chips shop At the Fish & Chips shop

At the Fish & Chips shop At the Fish & Chips shop
People You See. From Teddy Bear (2 October 1965)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Sea or rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum

Sea or rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Richard Duppa from his The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, Longman, Hurst

Background imageIllustration Collection: Mrs Tabithas Cat Academy Louis Wain

Mrs Tabithas Cat Academy Louis Wain
Humorous illustration by Louis Wain (1860-1939) showing a feline teacher instructing her kitten pupils

Background imageIllustration Collection: Springs Promise, by Marjorie Miller

Springs Promise, by Marjorie Miller

Background imageIllustration Collection: Thale cress or arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana

Thale cress or arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana
Thale cress, mouse-ear cress or arabidopsis, Arabidopsis thaliana, Arabis thaliana, Arabette rameuse. Handcoloured steel engraving by Alphonse-Leon Noel after a botanical illustration by Edouard

Background imageIllustration Collection: Rainbow illustration, by Arthur Ferrier

Rainbow illustration, by Arthur Ferrier
Illustration of a glamorous lady wearing a rainbow as a shawl

Background imageIllustration Collection: Boenninghausenia albiflora

Boenninghausenia albiflora (Ruta albiflora). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1828

Background imageIllustration Collection: Wheres Its Streamline? by Lawson Wood

Wheres Its Streamline? by Lawson Wood
Illustration by Lawson Wood featuring his creation, the wily orang-utan, Granpop nonchalantly sitting in the branches of a tree eating a banana

Background imageIllustration Collection: For Healths Sake

For Healths Sake
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood showing two cheeky monkey pilfering fruit from a sleeping orang utan, Gran pop. Title is For Healths Sake Take Things Quietly

Background imageIllustration Collection: Good-bye, Old Man. By Fortunio Matania. 1922

Good-bye, Old Man. By Fortunio Matania. 1922
Illustration by Fortunio Matania showing a soldier saying a last goodbye to his faithful horse

Background imageIllustration Collection: A House Full by Cecil Aldin

A House Full by Cecil Aldin
Illustration by Cecil Aldin showing six dogs jostling for space on a cosy armchair. Date: 20th December 1933

Background imageIllustration Collection: Art deco sketch by Gesmar of showgirl, 1926

Art deco sketch by Gesmar of showgirl, 1926

Background imageIllustration Collection: The Kinecar by William Heath Robinson

The Kinecar by William Heath Robinson
Double page illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a well-equipped omnibus transporting passengers while they watch a film

Background imageIllustration Collection: Some Famous Rugby Football Jerseys

Some Famous Rugby Football Jerseys
An illustration of various international rugby team shirts

Background imageIllustration Collection: Mallory and Irvine at the Second Step, Everest, 1924

Mallory and Irvine at the Second Step, Everest, 1924
Illustration showing an artists impression of George Leigh Mallory (top) and Andrew Irvine climbing up the Second Step on Everest, 1924

Background imageIllustration Collection: B-26 Marauder Medium Bomber; Second World War, 1944

B-26 Marauder Medium Bomber; Second World War, 1944
Illustration showing an American B-26 Marauder medium bomber flying through light flak above the coast of France, 1944

Background imageIllustration Collection: Mary Anning (1799-1847)

Mary Anning (1799-1847)
Pioneer fossil collector of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Oil painting by an unknown artist, before 1842. Golden Cap is visible in the background. Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIllustration Collection: Great crested newt, Triturus cristatus Critically

Great crested newt, Triturus cristatus Critically
Great crested newt, Triturus cristatus. Critically endangered.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Background imageIllustration Collection: Yardley advertisement, 1962

Yardley advertisement, 1962
Advertisement for the Lavender range of fragrances and bathroom products by Yardley, featuring an illustration of a pensive woman with large doe eyes. Date: 1962

Background imageIllustration Collection: Banksia integrifolia, coastal banksia

Banksia integrifolia, coastal banksia
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Background imageIllustration Collection: Franklinia alatamaha, franklinia

Franklinia alatamaha, franklinia
Drawing 1 (Ewan Frontispiece) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Background imageIllustration Collection: The It Girl by George Whitelaw

The It Girl by George Whitelaw
Colour illustration showing an attractive socialite surrounded by attentive gentlemen

Background imageIllustration Collection: New Zealand Fantail (Melanistic var. on left)

New Zealand Fantail (Melanistic var. on left)
New Zealand Fantail Piwakawaka, Rhipidura fuliginosa (Melanistic variety on left). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.1 Plate 8 Date: 1888

Background imageIllustration Collection: Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens

Peter Pan statue in Kensington Gardens
Illustration showing the statue of Peter Pan, sculpted by Sir George Frampton and erected in Kensington Gardens, London, on 1 May 1912. Date: c.1920

Background imageIllustration Collection: A Golden Girl by Barribal

A Golden Girl by Barribal
A colour illustration of a young girl holding a piece of golden fabric, mimicking the surrounding butterflies

Background imageIllustration Collection: Denham Studios restaurant by Tony Wysard, 1937

Denham Studios restaurant by Tony Wysard, 1937
Intensively populated illustration by Tony Wysard, showing imagined diners at the restaurant at Denham Studios. Illustration includes a key to all caricatures portrayed but include David Niven

Background imageIllustration Collection: Geological map of Britain and Ireland

Geological map of Britain and Ireland
Fig 9 from Britain Before Man (1978), a Geological Museum publication

Background imageIllustration Collection: Falconry equipment

Falconry equipment
Plate from Hermann Schlegel and A.H. Verster de Wulverhursts Traite de Fauconnerie (1844-1853)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Prestatyn Holiday Camp, for a real seaside holiday

Prestatyn Holiday Camp, for a real seaside holiday
Cover illustration for Prestatyn Holiday Camp, for a real seaside holiday, showing a couple in swimwear, holding hands and gazing at one another

Background imageIllustration Collection: Tui (young and adult)

Tui (young and adult)
Tui, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae (young and adult). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.1 Plate 10 Date: 1888

Background imageIllustration Collection: For What We Are About to Receive by Cecil Aldin

For What We Are About to Receive by Cecil Aldin
An illustration by Cecil Aldin showing three dogs waiting to be fed. Date: 25th November 1929

Background imageIllustration Collection: Hows That? By William Heath Robinson

Hows That? By William Heath Robinson
Clock cricket- A new and exciting summer game for the seaside. Illustration showing a unique game of cricket. Please note

Background imageIllustration Collection: The Lady With The Lamp Florence Nightingale

The Lady With The Lamp Florence Nightingale
A colour illustration from the 1890s depicting Florence Nightingale, English nurse and hospital reformer (1820-1910) at the barracks hospital, Scutari, in 1854 during the Crimean War

Background imageIllustration Collection: The Pipes Of Pan, by Elsie Harding

The Pipes Of Pan, by Elsie Harding
Colour illustration showing a dream-like scene of a piper playing for a beautiful lady with butterfly wings

Background imageIllustration Collection: Livistona humilis, sand palm

Livistona humilis, sand palm
Plate 225 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Narcissus tazetta, tazetta daffodil

Narcissus tazetta, tazetta daffodil
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Narcisse a plusieurs fleurs

Background imageIllustration Collection: Hydrangea hortensis, French hydrangea

Hydrangea hortensis, French hydrangea
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Background imageIllustration Collection: Strigops habroptilus, kakapo

Strigops habroptilus, kakapo
Watercolour by John Gerrard Keulemans (c. 1887-1905), from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A history of the Birds of New Zealand (1887-88)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Old English Proverbs and Sayings by Pauline Baynes

Old English Proverbs and Sayings by Pauline Baynes
A staggering 149 sayings illustrated on one page by Pauline Baynes, all played out by a huge cast of medieval characters

Background imageIllustration Collection: Goblin Market by Pauline Baynes

Goblin Market by Pauline Baynes
Illustration by Pauline Baynes depicting a scene from Goblin Market, the poem by Christina Rossetti, where a terrifying crowd of assorted goblins plying a girl with ripe fruit in return for a lock of

Background imageIllustration Collection: Higher Education

Higher Education
A Blue Stocking reads in a Library. Illustration by Webster Murray

Background imageIllustration Collection: Triumph motorcyclist in Scotland

Triumph motorcyclist in Scotland
A colour illustration, depicting a man riding his Triumph motorcycle through the Scottish Highlands on a bright, sunny day

Background imageIllustration Collection: Nottingham Forest vs. Derby County F. A. Cup Final, 1898

Nottingham Forest vs. Derby County F. A. Cup Final, 1898
Illustration of John McPherson scoring the third goal for Nottingham Forest in their F.A. Cup Final Match against Derby County, played at Crystal Palace, London, 1898

Background imageIllustration Collection: Marsh King / Harry Clarke

Marsh King / Harry Clarke
Illustration of the Marsh Kings daughter in an oval frame

Background imageIllustration Collection: Can t We Come Too? by Cecil Aldin

Can t We Come Too? by Cecil Aldin
Can t We Come Too? Woggles Series LVI. A spaniel and a Sealyham terrier cast pleading looks at their owner as a pile of luggage indicates to them they are being abandoned for a time. Date: 1932

Background imageIllustration Collection: Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian

Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, engraved by J Mulder, from a visit to Suriname, South America



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