Jungle Collection (page 4)

Turdoides striatus malabaricus, jungle babbler
Plate 34, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Acridotheres fuscus, jungle myna
Plate 10, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Urwald in Esmeraldas
Jungle in Esmeraldas. Page 121 from Nach Equador, 1881 by J Colberg

Butterfly Jungle 2009
The Butterfly Jungle exhibition, set in the grounds of the Natural History Museum, houses more than a thousand live butterflies

Heteropteryx dilatata, jungle nymph
A close-up head on view of a jungle nymph, a giant stick insect (Heteropteryx dilatata) from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Portolan chart, 1587. Map of South America. Made in Messina. Renaissance art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

The Jungle Book
Cover of a Spanish version of The Jungle Book by British writer, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). Date: 1904

on train to Sin Taung - Kalaw
On train to Sin Taung - Kalaw - Water buffalo ploughing. Much of the upland type of farming is responsible for the prevalent erosion = jungle burned back, top soil farmed away in rice, corn

Jungles en route to Kalaw - Central Burma - Great sharp valleys and long ridges, dense with jungle. We fly at about 8, 000 feet and sometimes seem close over the endless green of lumpy tree tops

Ayuthaya ruins - Thailand - Ruins many ancient ruins scattered about in the jungle. Saw a large prang with some interesting carving

Elephant in a dress

The Story of Pear Blossom. From Jack and Jill Book 1963

Tigers by Raymond Sheppard - a mother with her two tiger cubs in the jungle. Date: 1936

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth - The realistic jungle menagerie... Poster showing animals on display and performers beneath palm trees. Date c1897

Two wild cats in a tree
Two wild cats (probably cheetahs) in a tree in the jungle

Indigenous people of Panama living in simple dwellings in the jungle, raised on stilts to prevent against incursion by flood or beast... Date: circa 1910s

Chicago Stock Yards
Union stock yards, Chicago, handle 14+ million cattle, hogs, sheep and horses in 1914. Upton Sinclairs The Jungle describes the dreadful conditions. Date: 1916

Jungle Rhubarb
Jungle leaves are tremendous - this rhubarb leaf can reach a diameter of 10 feet. Date: 1930s

Lubaantun archaeology - rapid tropical growth
The dramatic effects of rapid vegetation growth on archaeological sites. The amphitheatre grand stands at the ancient Maya ruins of Lubaantun in British Honduras(today Belize)

British troops train in Malaya
A column of British troops train in the jungle of Malaya, preparing to defend the territory from invasion by Japanese forces

Australian troops train in Malaya
Australian troops train in the thick jungle of Malaya, in anticipation of the Japanese invasion, which came in December 1941. Date: 1941

Creek near Long Thanh, Vietnam
Houseboats pulled up to the Palm Tree-laden riverbanks on a creek near Long Thanh, Vietnam (on the Cape Road). Date: circa 1910

Lai Thieu, Vietnam
Vietnamese landscape - the village and packed waterway at Lai Thieu (on the road between Siagon (no Ho Chi Minh City) and Thu Dau Mot) Date: circa 1910

African elephants rampaging
African elephants stampeding; people running for their lives

Orangutang
Study of an orangutang

Jungle Crackers box label design
Label design for a Christmas cracker box of Jungle crackers featuring a fearsome tiger challenging a rather meek looking lion

Baby orangutan and owner - Singapore

German training in New Guinea WWI
Native troops being trained by German reservists in New Guinea during World War I

Cock-of-the-rock on a jungle perch
A Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola) on a jungle perch. These exotic birds are found in Venezuela, Guyana and Surinam. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Studies of a Leopard and a Lion by Raymond Sheppard

African mammals fleeing from the jungle. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

A pair of exotic parrots perched in tree. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

Leopards and Macaws
A stylised jungle scene of a Leopard (Panthera pardus) chasing a Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna), whilst another watches on from a distant high branch. Stylised painting by Raymond Sheppard

Ocelot chasing birds
Stylised painting by Raymond Sheppard of an Ocelot leaping through jungle foliage in pursuit of three blue swallows

Blue and Yellow Macaw and two Scarlet Macaws
A Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) and two Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao) perch on a jungle branch. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

A Leopard catches a Peacock
A Leopard pounces on a Peacock, whose flights from its perch is not fast enough for the big cats paw. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

Poster depicting West African mahogany
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting West African mahogany in a forest, with small monkeys swinging on long creepers

Argentina - Camp of Obrajeros
Argentina - Camp of Forestry Workers (Obrajeros), Gran Chaco. The bed pallets are lifted off the ground on poles

Waiting for transports - Burma - 1944
British, West Africans and Gurkhas, the backbone of Wingates Burma Jungle forces, wait at the ramps to file into transports or gliders for the forward movement to Broadway

Allied scouts cross a Burmese Jungle stream. Poised for action, a scouting detachment of armed Burmese patriot fighters, accompanied by two American soldiers

19th Indian Dagger Division - Burma
Tanks and infantry of the 19th Indian Dagger Division move up to the attack - Burma

Lunching with lions in Shepherds Bush
An unusual luncheon party which took place at the Imperial International Exhibition in Shepherds Bush (White City). Twenty people in a large cage with four full-grown lions belonging to Bostocks

Chimpanzee at Earls Court Exhibition
An intelligent chimpanzee named Consul who appeared as part of Bostocks Jungle at the Earls Court Exhibition. This photograph shows him going for a ride on his tricycle. (3 of 3)

Poster advertising Bananas
Banana Palms: a poster artistically designed by E McKnight Kauffer for the Empire Marketing Board

Duncan Sandys(1908-1987) in helicopter
Leaving Kuala Lumpar by helicopter to see operations in the Malayan Jungle: Mr Duncan Sandys, Minister of Supply. En route to his visit to Australia

Rarotonga Island - Cook Islands - the landing wharf

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - a bush fight
The Ashanti and British engaged in a bush fight in the jungle with fireamrs. The Ashanti War fought between, 1873-74, was fought between King Asantehene

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Ashantis in ambush
Ashanti people in ambush in the jungle during the British expedition to secure the West Coast of Africa from the King of the Ashanti people

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