Mole Collection

Wind in Willows / Grahame
Toad, Ratty & Mole set off with a yellow caravan, pulled by an old grey horse on the Open Road... Date: First published: 1908

Wind in Willows / Grahame
Wind in Willows/Grahame

Badger & Mole / Willow
Badger & Mole on their way to rescue the Toad: " Crossing the hall, they passed down one of the principal tunnels". Date: First published: 1908

Wind in Willows / Rat Snow
Rat & Mole in the Wild Wood: " The Rat pondered awhile, and examined the humps and slopes that surrounded them." Date: First published: 1908

Wind in Willows / Grahame
The Water Rat & Mole picnicking: " The Mole begged as a favour, to be allowed to unpack it all by himself." Date: First published: 1908

Wind Willows / Onion Sauce
" Onion sauce! Onion sauce! he (the Mole), remarked jeeringly, & was gone before they could think of a reply." Date: First published: 1908

The Mole Catcher
The mole catcher sets off, laden with his home-made traps, Burtersett, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England

Box Hill, Surrey
A fine view of Box Hill, Surrey, and the road which climbs up to the 700 feet top of this beauty spot, above the River Mole, named because of the many box trees on it

Leatherhead - 1925
River Mole Leatherhead Surrey

Thumbelina flies away on the Swallows back
Thumbelina escapes from the Field Mouse and the Mole on the back of the Swallow. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Wind in Willows / Mice
The field mice & harvest mice join Ratty & Mole at their picnic. Date: First published: 1908

Talpa europaea, European mole
Plate 123 Common Mole. Original watercolour drawing from The Naturalists Library, Mammalia, Vol. 3, 1833-1843, by Sir William Jardine (1800-1874)

Author Sue Townsend - 1
Sue Townsend, 1946-2014. Writer - author of Adrian Mole books. First published The Times Date: 1988

Shrews and moles
Water shrew, Neomys fodiens, Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus, common shrew, Sorex araneus, star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata, European mole, Talpa europaea, and eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus

A breach in the Zeebrugge Mole during the First World War

A German gun on the Zeebrugge Mole - WW1
A German gun on the Zeebrugge Mole during the First World War

Zeebrugge Mole

The Zeebrugge Mole from the air in 1918

The Mole
A series of six illustrations which progressively tell the story of a sneaky mole moving a bowl of food, from one dog to the other, prompting an exchange of emotions between the canines

Old watermill on the River Mole, Cobham, Surrey Date: 1928

Mole wating garden by M. Sherborne (no title)

Mole paying a visit to a squirrel home by M. Sherborne (no title)

Mole by David Parry

The South Mole, harbour, Strait of Gibraltar
Vintage 19th century photograph: Previously known as the New Mole and New Mole Extension, the South Mole, with the rest of harbour, is just north of the east entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar

Species of mole crabs or sand crabs. Hippa adactyla 1, Emerita emeritus 2, Albunea symmysta 3. Remipede testuggine, Ippa emerito, Albunea sinnista

Fiddler crab and angular crab
Fiddler crab, Gelasimus vocans 1, and angular crab, Goneplax rhomboides 2. Gelasimo di Marion, Gonoplace romboide. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Two moles (Talpa Europaea). Date: 1843

Common shrew, Sorex araneus, and Cape golden mole, Chrysochloris asiatica. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

European mole, Talpa europaea
Common mole, Talpa europaea. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Louis Lacressonniere as La Mole in La Reine Margot, 1847
French actor Louis Lacressonniere as La Mole in La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet, Theatre Historique, 1847

Pyrenean desman (vulnerable) and star-nosed mole
Pyrenean desman, Galemys pyrenaicus (vulnerable) and star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata. (Desmax of the Pyrenees, Mygale pyrenaica, and condylure or radiated mole)

Storming the Mole at Zeebrugge from HMS Vindictive, WW1
Storming the Mole at Zeebrugge, Belgium, from HMS Vindictive, 23 April 1918, First World War. Known as the Zeebrugge Raid, it was an attempt by the British navy to block the port. 1918

Mole-Richardson Lighting, Granada Televison Studios
Mole-Richardson Lighting for Granada Televison Studios, Manchester. circa 1957

Mole-Richardson Lighting, Golderstat Photographic Studio
Mole-Richardson Lighting for Golderstat Photographic Studio, London. circa 1957

British submarine C3 at Zeebrugge, Netherlands, WW1
British Submarine C3 strikes and explodes at Zeebrugge, Netherlands, First World War. 1914-1918

Advert for Swan & Edgar winter fashions 1909
Page selection of Edwardian womens fur coats, stoles and muffs for winter fashion of 1909. 1909

Rat-catcher 1850s
Jack Black, was a rat-catcher and mole destroyer from Battersea. Date: circa 1850s

Author Sue Townsend - 2
Sue Townsend, 1946-2014. Writer - author of Adrian Mole books. First published The Times Date: 1988

Mole - babies in nest

Thumbelina curtsies to the Tiresome Old Mole
An unhappy Thumbelina curtsies to the Tiresome Old Mole, who falls in love with her and wants her to live with him underground

Fairies and shepherd on a Christmas and New Year card
Fairies, goblins and shepherd on a Christmas and New Year card -- The Shepherds Surprise. Date: circa 1890s

Old Maid card game - Tickets Please - London Underground. circa 1950s

Mole salamander or wooper looper, Ambystoma mexicanum. Critically endangered.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Canary Islands - Tenerife, Santa Cruz, The Mole
Lantern slide of Tenerife, Santa Cruz, The Mole. Harbour with a stone jetty.. Part of Box 126, Canary and Madeira, slide no.2 Date: circa 1890s

Barbed wire on the Mole, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1
Barbed wire on the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 23 October 1918

Various Insects C1880
Beetles and flying insects. Date: circa 1880

Olde Mole and Water Port - Black and white view over port and Olde Mole towards sea (also 707) Date: circa 1890s

The Olde Mole - Black and white view along walk- cannons on right, harbour on left, rock ahead Date: circa 1890s

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