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Cat in tuxedo playing a violin
Pinocchio, from the novel by Carlo Collodi. From Treasure no. 147
Menu cover for RMS Samaria, Cunard Line, featuring New Years Eve celebration (Auld Lang Synes) Date: 1934
An Autumnal, mushroom fantasyMushrooms personified, in this unusual illustration featuring three naked women and a child with mushroom caps upon their heads
An illustration of a courtshipA scene by Marcus Stone (1840-1921) of a young Regency couple relaxing together on a summers evening
Barnes Terrace, London, 1902Illustration showing Barnes Terrace, London, with the River Thames on the extreme left of the image, 1902
September 1953 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
July 1953 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
The Voice that filled the Albert Hall by H. M. BatemanIllustration by H. M. Bateman showing a buxom, matronly singer hitting a high note in the Albert Hall. Her voice is so loud (or bad)
Londons new amusement: Up and down the escalatorIllustration from 1911 of the first escalators ever installed on the underground, between the District and the Piccadilly line platforms at Earls Court station
Christmas DreamIllustration from a 1951 issue of the ILN, showing a Madonna & Child in front of a Christmas tree being decorated by angels
A Bunch of Sweetness by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
One D--n Thing After Another ! by David WrightOne D-n Thing After Another! by David Wright, showing an almost naked woman sitting on a bed wearing little except a head scarf and stockings and trying on a series of hats
The Siren by David Wright, showing a woman clad in little more than underwear and stocking, with a head scarf round her head, posing on a carpet of furs
Streamline Fuselage by David Wright, showing a red-haired woman in pink and black polka dot lingerie, stockings and stilletos, stretching out her legs
Good Night ! by David WrightGood Night! by David Wright showing a blonde woman in typically revealing night attire, holding a luxurious feather fan and looking at her reflection in a Venetian glass mirror
Golden Girl by David Wright featuring a elegantly blonde woman in a revealing black evening dress. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Computer Envisaged 1927A COMPUTER, as envisaged in 1927 [illustration to The Thought Machine by Ammianus Marcellinus]
Acanthophoenix crinita palm tree. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l Europe
Common heath, Epacris impressaCommon heath or Pitted epacris, Epacris impressa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Miss Sara Maund from Benjamin Maund and the Rev
Spelt, buckwheat and riceCereals and grains: spelt or dinkled wheat, Triticum spelta 1, buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum 2, and rice, Oryza sativa 3
Art deco cover of The Dancing World Magazine, June 1922. Sketch by G. Peres showing a young women in a simple white gown perfect for the summer Date: 1922
Art deco sketch by G. Peres entitled At the Ballet, of a fashionable couple in a box watching a ballet, London, 1922 Date: 1922
Rubiyat of Omar KhayyamBook cover illustration for an edition of the Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam. Date: circa 1910
New Zealand Kingfisher (young and adult)New Zealand Kingfisher Kotare, Todiramphus sanctus vagnas (young and adult). Artwork by JG Keulemans from Sir Walter Lawry Bullers A History of the Birds of New Zealand, Vol.1 Plate 13 Date: 1888
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Tatters chasing the carIllustration by Cecil Aldin -- Tatters, a wire-haired fox terrier, not wishing to be left behind, chasing his masters car on hearing the horn sounding. Date: 1927
Sketches of an Irish Wolfhound by Cecil AldinTwo sketches of an Irish Wolfhound by Cecil Aldin -- probably his own dog Mickie. Date: 1939
Great bustard, Otis tarda (vulnerable), and common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science
Bearded ladies slipper orchid, Cypripedium barbatum.. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Walter Hood Fitch for Sir William Jackson Hookers Curtiss Botanical Magazine
Sheet Music Suffragettes Humorous One or Two Step. Written by Montague Ewing, cover illustration by Reginald Rigby with suffragettes in the colours, one holding a hammer
Brochure cover, W Barratt & Co Ltd, NorthamptonBrochure cover design, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, advertising boots by post, with a circular illustration of the Footshape Works where the boots are made. Date: 20th century
Eucalyptus pruinosa, silver-leaved boxPlate 56 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Olea sp. olivePlate 75 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Nyctea scandiaca, snowy owlPlate 34 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Dahlias spPlate 1 from The Beauties of Flora 1820, by Samuel Curtis (1779-1860) with drawings by Clara Maria Pope. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Food plant bulbsPlate 8 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 12, Hort. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Illustration entitled Plantes bulbeuses alimentaires
Psittacula eupatria, Alexandrine parakeetPlate 8, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Sceloporus asper, spiny lizardIllustration of a spiny lizard from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1897). This illustration is on display in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
Mustela nivalis, least weaselPlate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Larch FirPlate 14 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty Two Species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. The series was originally issued in 1771
Humboldt and his party collecting plantSpecimens at the foot of Mount Chimborazo. Detail from Plate 25 Voyage aux Regions Equinoxiales by Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
Arum dioscoridisEngraving by George Sowerby from original watercolour by Ferdinand Bauer, published in Flora graeca 10 (1840) by James Edward Smith
Beetle illustrationsDouble page spread of pencil and watercolour illustrations of beetles by Henry Walter Bates
Encephalartos horridus, Eastern Cape blue cycadA watercolour illustration of the Eastern Cape blue cycad (Encephalartos horridus), native to South Africa. Original artwork part of the James Yates (1789-1871)
Colaptes auratus, northern flickerPlate 37 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
PterodactylDrawing of a Pterodactyl, an extinct flying reptile that lived during the Mesozoic era from around 251 millon years ago to 65 million years ago during the time of the K-T extinction
Falco rusticolus, gyrfalconPlate from Hermann Schlegel and A.H. Verster de Wulverhursts Traite de Fauconnerie (1844-1853)