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Background imageMole Collection: Wind in Willows / Grahame

Wind in Willows / Grahame
Wind in Willows/Grahame

Background imageMole Collection: Wind in Willows / Grahame

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

Background imageMole Collection: Badger & Mole / Willow

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

Background imageMole Collection: Wind in Willows / Rat Snow

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

Background imageMole Collection: Wind in Willows / Grahame

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

Background imageMole Collection: The Mole Catcher

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

Background imageMole Collection: Wind Willows / Onion Sauce

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

Background imageMole Collection: Box Hill, Surrey

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

Background imageMole Collection: Leatherhead - 1925

Leatherhead - 1925
River Mole Leatherhead Surrey

Background imageMole Collection: Old watermill on the River Mole, Cobham, Surrey

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

Background imageMole Collection: Thumbelina flies away on the Swallows back

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

Background imageMole Collection: Wind in Willows / Mice

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

Background imageMole Collection: Talpa europaea, European mole

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)

Background imageMole Collection: Author Sue Townsend - 1

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

Background imageMole Collection: Shrews and moles

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

Background imageMole Collection: A breach in the Zeebrugge Mole during the First World War

A breach in the Zeebrugge Mole during the First World War

Background imageMole Collection: A German gun on the Zeebrugge Mole - WW1

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

Background imageMole Collection: Zeebrugge Mole

Zeebrugge Mole

Background imageMole Collection: The Zeebrugge Mole from the air in 1918

The Zeebrugge Mole from the air in 1918

Background imageMole Collection: The Mole

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

Background imageMole Collection: Mole wating garden

Mole wating garden by M. Sherborne (no title)

Background imageMole Collection: Mole paying a visit to a squirrel home

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

Background imageMole Collection: Mole

Mole by David Parry

Background imageMole Collection: The South Mole, harbour, Strait of Gibraltar

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

Background imageMole Collection: Species of mole crabs or sand crabs

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

Background imageMole Collection: Fiddler crab and angular crab

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

Background imageMole Collection: Two moles (Talpa Europaea)

Two moles (Talpa Europaea). Date: 1843

Background imageMole Collection: Common shrew, Sorex araneus, and Cape golden

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

Background imageMole Collection: European mole, Talpa europaea

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

Background imageMole Collection: Louis Lacressonniere as La Mole in La Reine Margot, 1847

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

Background imageMole Collection: Pyrenean desman (vulnerable) and star-nosed mole

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)

Background imageMole Collection: Storming the Mole at Zeebrugge from HMS Vindictive, WW1

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

Background imageMole Collection: Mole-Richardson Lighting, Granada Televison Studios

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

Background imageMole Collection: Mole-Richardson Lighting, Golderstat Photographic Studio

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

Background imageMole Collection: British submarine C3 at Zeebrugge, Netherlands, WW1

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

Background imageMole Collection: Advert for Swan & Edgar winter fashions 1909

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

Background imageMole Collection: Rat-catcher 1850s

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

Background imageMole Collection: Author Sue Townsend - 2

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

Background imageMole Collection: Mole - babies in nest

Mole - babies in nest

Background imageMole Collection: Thumbelina curtsies to the Tiresome Old Mole

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

Background imageMole Collection: Fairies and shepherd on a Christmas and New Year card

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

Background imageMole Collection: Old Maid card game - Tickets Please - London Underground

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

Background imageMole Collection: Mole salamander or wooper looper, Ambystoma

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

Background imageMole Collection: Canary Islands - Tenerife, Santa Cruz, The Mole

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

Background imageMole Collection: Barbed wire on the Mole, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1

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

Background imageMole Collection: Various Insects C1880

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

Background imageMole Collection: Olde Mole and Water Port

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

Background imageMole Collection: The Olde Mole

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

Background imageMole Collection: Gibraltar - The Mole and Dockworks

Gibraltar - The Mole and Dockworks. Date: circa 1908

Background imageMole Collection: Tenerife, Spain - Santa Cruz - The Mole (Harbour)

Tenerife, Spain - Santa Cruz - The Mole (Harbour) Date: circa 1903

Background imageMole Collection: Greetings from Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa

Greetings from Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, showing the Police Station, Vermeulen Street and Mole Valley. Date: circa 1905

Background imageMole Collection: The Mole. Skin. Leon Cathedral. Spain

The Mole. Skin. Leon Cathedral. Spain
The Mole. Skin of a mole who, according to legend, destroyed the foundations of the cathedral during construction. Leon Cathedral Chapter. Castile and Leon. Spain

Background imageMole Collection: Italy. Rome. Saint Angelo Bridge and Hadrians Mausoleum

Italy. Rome. Saint Angelo Bridge and Hadrians Mausoleum
Italy. Rome. Saint Angelo Bridge, 2nd century, with angels statues. At background, the Mausoleum of Hadrian (123-139 AD)

Background imageMole Collection: The Molo, Venice, Italy - with covered Gondola

The Molo, Venice, Italy - with covered Gondola
Stone quaysides are sometimes called moles. A well-known example is the Molo in Venice. It is the site of the Doges Palace and two pillars (pictured here) which form a gateway to the sea

Background imageMole Collection: Zeebrugge, landing on the mole, 1918

Zeebrugge, landing on the mole, 1918
" The men were magnificent" : landing on the mole from HMS Vindictive. The story of the landing on Zeebrugge Mole was vividly told in the account issued by the Admiralty

Background imageMole Collection: Zeebrugge mole fight: marines charging along the mole, 1918

Zeebrugge mole fight: marines charging along the mole, 1918
The Zeebrugge mole fight: HMS Vindictives marines charging along the mole, bomb a German destroyer. After escalating the parapet and dropping down to the mole itself

Background imageMole Collection: 18Thc Seated Gentleman

18Thc Seated Gentleman
A rather stout man with a stern expression on his face sits in a chair clutching a cane and with his feet on a cushioned foot-rest Date: 18th century

Background imageMole Collection: John Vine, Molecatcher of Kent and Surrey

John Vine, Molecatcher of Kent and Surrey
John Vine, the celebrated Kentish and Surrey Molecatcher. Date: 1804

Background imageMole Collection: Snail and grasshoppers racing, Les Images en Musique

Snail and grasshoppers racing, Les Images en Musique
Snails with grasshopper jockeys taking part in a race, with a mole at the finishing line, illustration in Les Images en Musique

Background imageMole Collection: Lemming, hamster, songar rat, blind mole-rat

Lemming, hamster, songar rat, blind mole-rat, perfuming shrew (muskrat), and elephant shrew.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Background imageMole Collection: Cape or Siberian Mole and common hedgehog

Cape or Siberian Mole and common hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus, Scapanus townsendii.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Background imageMole Collection: African coast rat or Cape mole rat, Georychus capensis

African coast rat or Cape mole rat, Georychus capensis.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or

Background imageMole Collection: Russian Desman, Desmana moschata (vulnerable)

Russian Desman, Desmana moschata (vulnerable), and eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris

Background imageMole Collection: Common mole, Talpa europaea, and large treeshrew

Common mole, Talpa europaea, and large treeshrew, Tupaia tana.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816

Background imageMole Collection: Cape golden mole, Chrysochloris asiatica

Cape golden mole, Chrysochloris asiatica, and European hedgehog, Erinaceus europaeus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris

Background imageMole Collection: Cape mole rat, Georychus capensis, and Podolsk

Cape mole rat, Georychus capensis, and Podolsk mole rat, Spalax zemni.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816

Background imageMole Collection: River Mole, Leatherhead, Surrey

River Mole, Leatherhead, Surrey
River Mole, Leatherhead, near Fetcham, Surrey, England. Date: 1920s

Background imageMole Collection: WW1 Destruction by German Warships, Zeebrugge

WW1 Destruction by German Warships, Zeebrugge
World War 1 Destruction by German Warships, Zeebrugge, Bruges, near Oostende, Belgium. Showing the ruins of the Harbour Wall or Mole Date: 1918

Background imageMole Collection: Panorama from the Old Mole, Gibraltar

Panorama from the Old Mole, Gibraltar
Panorama, including The Rock, viewed from the Old Mole (pier), Gibraltar. Date: circa 1900

Background imageMole Collection: Sphere cover - Zeebrugge raid, crew fix Union flag, WW1

Sphere cover - Zeebrugge raid, crew fix Union flag, WW1
Men from HMS Vindictive during the Zeebrugge Raid pictured fixing the Union flag on the mole before returning to their ship

Background imageMole Collection: Boats on the water at Volosco, Croatia

Boats on the water at Volosco, Croatia
Boats on the water at Volosco (or Volosca), part of the city of Abbazia (Opatija), western Croatia. Date: early 20th century

Background imageMole Collection: Captain Carpenter VC with Commander Osborne & ships mascots

Captain Carpenter VC with Commander Osborne & ships mascots
Vice-Admiral Alfred Carpenter VC (17 September 1881 27 December 1955) was a Royal Navy officer who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his command of HMS Vindictive during the Zeebrugge Raid

Background imageMole Collection: Mathieu Mole

Mathieu Mole
MATHIEU MOLE French statesman who resisted royal authority on behalf of the Parlement, involving him in temporary unemployment. Date: 1584 - 1656

Background imageMole Collection: Louis Comte Mole

Louis Comte Mole
LOUIS MATHIEU, comte MOLE French statesman Date: 1781 - 1855

Background imageMole Collection: Cartoon of clay-diggers / peasants and mole

Cartoon of clay-diggers / peasants and mole. Woodblock by George Cruikshank, from Chandos Wren-Hoskyns, Talpa or the Chronicles of a Clay Farm. An Agricultural Fragment(3rd edition). Frontispiece

Background imageMole Collection: Anourosorex squamipes, mole shrew

Anourosorex squamipes, mole shrew
& Talpa longirostris, long nosed mole. Plate 38 from Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammiferes by Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885). Published Paris, 1868-74

Background imageMole Collection: Scaptochirus moschatus, short-faced mole

Scaptochirus moschatus, short-faced mole
& Spermophilus mongolicus, ground squirrel. Plate 17 from Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammifcres, Vols. 1-4, 1868-74, by Dr. Henri Milne-Edwards & Dr. Alphonse Milne-Edwards

Background imageMole Collection: Talpa sp. mole

Talpa sp. mole
LS Plate 81 of the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China, 1774-1856

Background imageMole Collection: Uropsilus soricipes, shrew mole; Mus chevrieri

Uropsilus soricipes, shrew mole; Mus chevrieri
& Mus ouang-thomae. Plate 40 from Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammifcres, Vols. 1-4, 1868-74, by Dr. Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885) & Dr. Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900)

Background imageMole Collection: The Mole at Gibraltar

The Mole at Gibraltar
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Background imageMole Collection: View at the back of Gibraltar

View at the back of Gibraltar

Background imageMole Collection: Echidna nebulosa, clouded eel

Echidna nebulosa, clouded eel
Ff. 172. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated echidna variegata murona and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageMole Collection: Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines Day



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