Mouth Collection (page 14)

Eschrichtius robustus, gray whale
Close-up of the baleen inside the mouth of a gray whale on display in the Mammal and Whale Gallery (number 24), at the Natural History Museum, London

Hoplostethus atlanticus, orange roughy
Photograph of three orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus). These handsome and widespread, deep-living fish are already suffering from overfishing in some places

Caiman crocodilus, spectacled caiman
Close-up photograph of a spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Paralichthys adspersus, fine flounder
Fish labelled Hippoglossus kingii collected by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Isalnds. From his Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle

Asterophysus batrachus, ogre catfish
Drawing by Alfred Russel Wallace of the ogre catfish (Asterophysus batrachus) from Mamyacu, Upper Rio Negro

Mandrillus sphinx, mandrill

Apogon aprion, mouth almighty
Type specimens of Apogon aprion, mouth almighty. Holotype BMNH 1972.6.8.1

Glossamia aprion, mouth almighty
Glossamia aprion, mouth almigty. Specimen paratype BMNH 1853.1.4.11

Sialia sialis, eastern bluebird

Plate 30a from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer
Plate 30A from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. Study of mouth and scales of fish annotated: Bigeuer brownii

Plate 29a from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer
Plate 29A from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. Mouth and teeth of fish annotated: Amoplocarpos inermis

Solea lunata, sole
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Crotalus adamanteus, eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Drawing 60 (Ewan 50) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Colourful illustration of two fish and a stomatopod
Plate 28 from Louis Renards Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, Vol 2, 1754. This was the earliest known work on fish to be produced in colour

Haemulon plumieri, white grunt & Mugil cephalus, mullet
Hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731) Vol. 2 by Mark Catesby

Lophiodes naresi, monkfish
Specimen jars containing monkfish (Lophiodes naresi), held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Eubalaena glacialis, black right whale
Black right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) skeleton on display in the Mammal and Whale Gallery (number 24), at the Natural History Museum, London

Podargus ocellatus, marbled frogmouth
Plate 4, hand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould from John Goulds The Birds of Australia, Supplementary volume, (1840-1848)

Plate 16d from Specimens of British minerals? vol. 2 (1802) b
Plate 35A from Zoological drawings by Ferdinand Bauer. Study detail of the head and mouth of the medium-sized, weed-dwelling, marine fish found along the coasts of the south-west Pacific

Mouth of the river Santa Cruz, map
Map (p.338 - 339), from Charles Darwins Narrative of the voyages of HM Ships Adventure and Beagle part 2, 1839

Cichlid from the family of perch-like fishes native to rivers and lakes in central and south America, Africa and Madagascar and parts of Asia

Anthropomorphic vase. ca. 800. Mixtec art. Terra-cotta. MEXICO. Mexico City. National Museum of Anthropology

JORDAN. Madaba. Basilica of Saint George. Mosaic of the 6th century with the oldest representation of Palestina. Detail of the Jordan River in the mouth at the Dead Sea. Early Byzantine art. Mosaic

ITALY. Rome. Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. Mouth of Truth. Relief on marble

Shwedagon Sacred Pool - Rangoon - filled with stagnant green water, being dribbled into eyes, ears, and mouth from dipped fingers. Date: 1952

Food vendor on a French street
A food vendor on a French street, selling chips and other delicacies. Rather unhygienically, he has a cigarette hanging from his mouth

Fairy and butterfly on sun flower

Blocking - shutting the mouth of Port Arthur. Print shows two Japanese sailors driving battleships like spikes through the lips of the mouth of the harbor at Lushun (Port Arthur), China

Nakagawa river mouth. Print shows the confluence of rivers at the mouth of the Naka River with ferry boats transporting passengers and boats or barges transporting lumber. Date 1857

Russian soldier on horseback, carrying a sword in right hand, a spear in left hand, and a rifle mounted on his chest with a string extending from the trigger to his mouth. Date 1904 or 1905

Tadousac Landing and mouth of the Saguenay River. Date c1901

Demon with sword in his mouth upsets tea ceremony

Mount Tempo at Setchu from the mouth of the River Aji. Print shows a coastal community with shrine, bridges over inlets, seawalls, and many pilgrims or travelers on the roadways

Always look a gift-horse in the mouth. Illustration shows Nelson W. Aldrich standing next to a horse labeled Central Bank which he is apparently offering to Uncle Sam who is inspecting the horses

The Year of the Dog - A Japanese card, but produced for the Chinese market. A cute dog holds the string of a Chinese kite in his mouth. Date: 1910

Mouth of the Dart with castle, Dartmouth, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Mouth of the Brenta and Brenta Group, Tyrol, Austro-Hungary. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Dog with bird in mouth

General view and mouth of the Seine, Havre, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Three Victorian children with a large dog near a big country house. The dog is carrying a basket of flowers in its mouth. (1 of 6) Date: 19th century

Mouth of the harbor, Dunkirk, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Shetland Pony and St Bernard Dog
Faithful Companions Portrait painting of a Shetland Pony and a St Bernard Dog (holding a riding crop in his mouth). Date: circa 1910s

Close-up view of Sphinx, Giza, Egypt
A close-up view of the Sphinx at Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, with two arabs standing just below the head. Date: early 20th century

Street music: a ballad singer
The ballad singer. " He is your only performer that requires not many entreaties for a song; for he will chant, without asking, to a street cur or a parish post."

Russian soldiers sing, 1855
A tableau showing Russian soldiers sing in a circle at Gallatz Camp at the mouth of the Danube. Date: 1855

A mischievous couple
An eccentric Welsh couple from Abertillery in South Wales stand out on their balcony, grinning cheekily and posing with silly expressions for the camera

Dog with a Bird
A dog proudly carries the bird it has caught, in its mouth. Date: 1930s

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