Labelled Collection (page 2)

Agriocharis ocellata eggs
Eggs of Ocellated Turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, laid at the aviary at Knowsley Hall, Lancashire, from the Natural History Museum collections at Tring

Eopsaltria leucura
Mangrove Robin, Eopsaltria leucura, collected by John Gilbert in East Bay, Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Pitta Iris, from the Gould Collection
Rainbow Pitta, Pitta Iris, specimen, collected by Captain Chambers in Australia between 1839 and 1841 Date: 1839

Xenus cinereus
Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus, specimen, collected by Captain William Chambers in the Cobourg Peninsula in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Rallus phippensis
Buff-banded Rail, Rallus phippensis, collected by JB Jukes in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia on August 1843 Date: 1843

Cacatua sanguinea, from the Gould Collection
Little Corella, Cacatua sanguinea, specimen collected by RA Bankier in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia, 14th December 1840 Date: 1840

Conopophila albogularis egg, Gould Collection
Egg of Rufous-banded honeyeater, Conopophila albogularis, collected by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia on December 5th 1840 Date: 1840

Turnix castanota egg, from Gould Collection
Egg of the Chestnut-backed Buttonquail, Turnix castanota, collected by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia, 5th March 1841 Date: 1841

Oriolus sagittatus affinis eggs
Eggs of Olive-backed oriole, Oriolus sagittatus affinis, found by John Gilbert in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia, 4th December 1840 Date: 1840

Dendrocygna arcuata australia eggs
Eggs of wandering whistling duck, Dendrocygna arcuata, collected by John Gilbert in Australia, 4th March 1841. All five are type specimens. Date: 1841

Eulabeornis castaneoventris egg
Egg of Chestnut Rail, Eulabeornis castaneoventris, collected in Port Essington, Northern Territory, Australia

Megapodius reinwardt tumulus eggs
Eggs of the orange-footed scrubfowl, Megapodius reinwardt tumulus, collected by John MacGillivray in Port Essington, Northern Territory, November 1844 Date: 1844

Cliff face and building in Dovedale
Labelled by the photographer as the Isaac Walton Fishing House, it appears to be a derelict house rather than the famous fishing lodge beloved by anglers. Date: 1909

Eyam Ball Hotel and rocks, Dovedale
Labelled as the Eyam Ball Hotel, this shows the street approaching the dwelling mentioned - it also notes the piles of rock by the front door which may have been in place for use as a flood defence

Suffragette Xmas Card Womans Rights
Elaborate suffragette Xmas card with purple silk banner, labelled, Womans Rights and small china dolls at each side. The lettering is in green

On the Cromer Beach. A Scene on a beach when alarmed mother cries Children!! The tide is coming in! You will be swept away! Children - (reassuringly), Oh no Mummy, Don

Come along Daddy, drink it up. Miss. Jane Bull offers her father a steaming mug labelled Votes for Women, adding, You don t know how much good it may do those rheumatic pains of yours

Is this right?. Woman with basket on her back, meets man holding umbrella labelled Franchise. She asks Why can t I have an umbrella too? Voter says, You can t. You ought to stop at home

Committee rooms, House of Commons. Jane Bull holds a box labelled, Miss. J. Bull Franchise Realising it is empty, she confronts Herbert Gladstone who thinks, Dear me

Sandlebridge Schools, Great Warford, Cheshire
A view of the Sandlebridge Schools, Great Warford. The schools opened to 1902 to accommodate children who were labelled as feeble minded. Date: Date unknown

Cartoon, The Bottling Season, WW1
Cartoon, The Bottling Season, now is the time to bottle fruit and other things. Showing a smiling British sailor of HMS Alert sitting on a glass jar containing battleships labelled as Preserves

The Piltdown jaw: a reconstruction by W. P Pycraft
A drawing by W. P Pycraft of the restored jaw of the Piltdown Man, showing a pronounced forward thrust. Date: 1912

Chelsea Hospital - labelled here the Military Asylum. Date: 1805

Map Balkans
The map is labelled Turkey because at this time the Balkans are under the dominion of the Ottoman Empire and constitute most of Turkey in Europe. Date: 1812

Winter in the British Lines on the Somme 1917
In February 1917, when the ground was sodden with slush and snow everywhere, work had to be still done, making or capturing trenches

France Rohan
Labelled Rohan, but is there any such place ? Or do they mean Rouen ? Date: circa 1800

Beauty Products
A young woman applying beauty products at her dressing table. The bottles are labelled Skins Food, Plaster etc. Date: early 1930s

Sam House, Landlord
SAMUEL HOUSE London innkeeper whose political support for Charles James Fox is evident from the wine bowl labelled Fox for ever in his hand. Date: ? - 1785

Samuel House - 1
SAMUEL HOUSE London innkeeper whose political support for Charles James Fox is evident from the wine bowl labelled Fox and the glass in his hand. Date: ? - 1785

Supermarine S6B, labelled as S1596, and the Royal Aerona?
Supermarine S6B, labelled as S1596, and the Royal Aeronautical Society?s Nash aircraft collection at the 1957 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 September

Supermarine S6B, labelled as S1596, and the Royal Aeronautical Societys Nash aircraft collection at the 1957 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley

Gustav W Hamel - the first aerial postman
Gustav W. Hamel. A photo labelled the first aerial postman

Pitangus sulphuratus, great kiskadee
A male specimen of the great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) held at the Natural History Museum at Tring

Embossed card shows balloon labelled rien d impossible ascending with passenger. Date between 1860 and 1900

Five tags attached to the undervest
Photograph of the five tags attached to the undervest, signed by witnesses at the Edinburgh exposure of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan, 11 May 1933

Christmas in the home of a peace crank
A man rather disdainfully labelled as a peace crank watches in dismay as his children play aggressively with a variety of war-inspired toys during World War One

The three Orders of St Petersburgh
Tsar Paul I hurries along with his ribbon and coat tails fluttering. He holds in his hands papers labelled order and counter order ; on his crown is disorder

The Inside of a School - or the first meeting - after the -
A satire on the return of Fox to Parliament, for a debate on the peace overtures from France, having left in 1797. He is in the centre of the classroom wearing a fools cap labelled Truant

Maggy Rouff Spring Fashion Show, 1948
Madame Maggy Besancaon de Wagner adjusting the necklace on one of her models, 1948. In 1947 Christian Dior created a sensational collection labelled the New Look

Thomas Hardie
THOMAS HARDIE Scottish churchman, labelled by Kay the reverend patriot

Making Apricot Jam
Home made jam, made from fresh apricots and lemons, sugar etc, beautifully preserved in well-labelled jars

Coptic Monk
Ethiopian monks : on the left, a Coptic monk; the other is simply labelled Ethiopian monk

Mexico City
The main square, today labelled Plaza de la Constitucion

Dryden / Fashion / 358
Design for evening dress and contrasting orange jacket with a velvet fabric sample attached labelled The Herald Silk Shop, New York

German Troops / Train / 1915
Nicolaus, Nicolaus, we re coming to break your teeth ! - happy German soldiers on their way to the Russian front on a train labelled Direct to Petersburg

Mushrooms Walsh 1-6 1873
Various mushrooms of the Agaricus species: the poisonous item is labelled in green

Two Views of the Heart
Two views of the heart, with the parts labelled in latin

Map of Europe C15Th
A map of Europe drawn in 1450 and labelled in Latin

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