Jay Collection

Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius (Common jay, Corvus glandarius). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Blue Jay, by John James Audubon
Blue Jay, Corvus Cristatus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Shops / Jeweller C1905
The exterior of Jay, Richard Attenborough & Co Ltd in Oxford Street, London, who advertise themselves as goldsmiths, silversmiths and diamond merchants

SARAH JAY
SARAH VAN BRUGH JAY wife of American diplomat John Jay

Garrulus glandarius, Eurasian jay
Watercolour by the German ornithologist, hunter and bird collector, Christian Ludwig Landbeck (c. 1833-4)

Aphelocoma coerulescens, Florida scrub jay
Plate 87 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

William Jay
WILLIAM JAY Nonconformist churchman and writer

Music cover, Too Late Now, from the film Wedding Bells
Music cover, Too Late Now, lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Burton Lane, from the MGM film Wedding Bells starring Fred Astaire and Jane Powell Date: 1951

Advert for Jay's mourning clothing 1893
Large and well-assorted stock of mourning costumes, mantles and millinery for immediate wear. 1893

Advert for Jay's mourning dress 1888
A widow stands on the deck of a ship, looking wistfully towards the shore... but also looking decorative and remarriageable, thanks to her mourning dress from Jay's 1888

Geranium varieties, Pelargonium hybridum: Le Cygne, M. Jules Malou, Commandant Riviere and Madame Jay Gould. Chromolithograph by P

Red-billed blue magpie, Urocissa erythrorhyncha (Red-billed jay, Pica erythrorynchos). Handcoloured engraving after an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom

Busy scene in Regent Street, Central London, with Jays department store on the left and All Souls, Langham Place, in the far distance. Date: circa 1910

America - William Jay Burnt In Effigy
William Jay Burnt In Effigy On Account Of Unpopular Negotiations With Britain Date: 1794

Bystanders on the Riviera
Aperitif time at the CafÚáñe Paris, Monte Carlo. The group in the right foreground shows Mr. W. A. Hiatt, who looked after the financial interests of millionaire and Riviera personality

Advert for Jays spring and early summer coats 1937
Two women models wearing the latest fashion in coats for spring and early summer, (left) made in black romaine with separate cape trimmed with natural silver fox

Chief Justice John Jay 1794 Date: 1794

Mrs Frank Jay Gould at opening of Summer Sporting Club
Mrs Frank Jay Gould, nee Florence de Caze (1893-1985), wife of wealthy philanthropist and businessman Frank Jay Gould. Together with him

Jay-Walker Scoop
Device for picking-up jay- walkers in the street; after being sucked in, they find themselves inside a treadmill condemned to keep running... Date: 1927

Sketches from Tigers Cub, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Sketches from the dramatic play, Tigers Cub, at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Scotland, previously at the Garrick Theatre and Queens Theatre, London. With Sybil Arundale. circa 1916

King Williams Town, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa
Victoria Square, King Williams Town, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1925

Mrs Frank Jay Gould (Florence de Caze)
Mrs Frank Jay Gould, nee Florence de Caze (1893-1985), wife of wealthy philanthropist and businessman Frank Jay Gould. Together with him

Variety of birds eggs
1- swallow, 2- cuckoo, 3- rook, 4- crow, 5- jackdaw, 6- jay, 7- sparrowhawk, 8- kestrel, 9- ringed plover, 10- snipe, 11- black tern, 12- common tern. Date: 1894

Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius, and spotted nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

The phenomenal trotting gelding Jay Eye See, by Dictator, dam Midnight, by Pilot Jr: driven by Edwin D. Bithers. Date c1884

Suzanne Lenglen & Mrs Jay Gould at Monte Carlo
Mrs Frank Jay Gould, nee Florence de Caze (1893-1985), wife of wealthy philanthropist and businessman Frank Jay Gould. Together with him

The new casino at Nice drawn by Helen McKie
Impression of the Palais de la Mediteranee, the new, palatial casino built at Nice in 1929 by American millionaire, Frank Jay Gould. The marble staircase, seen here, was the widest in the world

Elevated rail road, Houghton st, New York
The New York elevated rail road company was founded in 1872, building a standard gauge rail road under the control of Jay Gould

Isabel Jay (1879 - 1927), Actress and singer in Gilbert & Sullivan roles Date: 1905

Isabel Jay with her daughter
Isabel Jay (1879 - 1927), Actress and singer in Gilbert & Sullivan roles, seen here with her daughter

John Jay (Chappel)
JOHN JAY American statesman, first Chief Justice of the United States Date: 1745 - 1829

Busy scene at Oxford Circus, Central London. Date: circa 1910

Black-headed Jay, Garrulus lanceolatus
Number 14 of 61 watercolour drawings of birds from the Himalaya Mountains in the collection of Lady Mary Bentinck. Artist unknown, date 1833, Library & Archives Z88 f BEN Date: 1833

Jay Gould (1888 1935), photograph taken in 1908 in New York. Jay Gould was an American tennis player and a grandson of the railroad magnate Jay Gould

Eurasian jay, Corvus glandarius, Garrulus glandarius.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Jay, Goldfinch and White-throated thrush
Three Himalayan birds of European genus: the jay, the goldfinch and the white-throated thrush Himalayan birds of European forms Date: 1839

Tatler front cover, New Universities 1964
Helen and Catherine Jay, the twin daughters of Labour MP Mr Douglas Jay pose in the grounds of the University of Sussex, one of a number of new campus universities opening in the 1960s

Aesops Fables
This picture depicts small snapshots of some of Aesops most famous fables like the hare and the tortoise and the fox and the grapes

Louise Cognacq Photo
LOUISE COGNACQ (nee Jay) Paris shopgirl who married Ernest Cognacq and with him created the Samaritaine department store : photo 1912. Date: circa 1912

Ernest Cognacq Photo
ERNEST COGNACQ Paris shopkeeper who with his wife Louise Jay founded the Samaritaine department store : art collector and philanthropist photo 1912. Date: 1839 - 1928

From left: Staff members Jay Wolff and E. C. ?Betty? Pike?
From left: Staff members Jay Wolff and E.C. ?Betty? Pike in the Library of the Royal Aeronautical Society at No.4 Hamilton Place

From left: Staff members Ava Dane, Pam Clark, Jay Wolff, ?
From left: Staff members Ava Dane, Pam Clark, Jay Wolff, E.C. ?Betty? Pike, ?, Miss Pam(?) White and ? in the Library of the Royal Aeronautical Society at No.4 Hamilton Place

Calocitta colliei, black-throated magpie-jay
Plate 96 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

Perisoreus canadensis, grey jay
Plate 107 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Podoces pander, turkestan ground jay

Podoces pleskei, pleskes ground jay
Pleskes ground jay egg specimens (one fragment)

Podoces panderi, turkestan ground jay
Turkestan ground jay egg specimens

Perisorius canadensis, Catharus guttatus, Myadestes townsend
Plate 419 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

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