Nature Collection (page 64)

The South Polar Times
Page from the Illustrated London News showing pages from the South Polar Times, the furthest south illustrated newspaper edited by Lieutenant Ernest Shackleton

Crediton Church, Devon, in the snow
The church in Crediton, Devon, following a fall of snow

Mammoth skeletons, Khanty Mansiysk, Russia
Two mammoth skeletons (female and young) on display in the museum at Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia

Forest near Lake Kochel, Bavaria, Germany
Scene in a forest near Lake Kochel (Kochelsee) in Bavaria, Germany, on a sunny autumn day

Countryside scene
A view of the rolling English countryside with a large oak tree in the middle distance. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Illuminating 15c & 16c
Examples of fifteenth and sixteenth century illuminating. Ornaments and large initials, ornamented with raspberries, daisies, and a butterfly

Egyptian Orange Seller with hand cart shouts out the nature of his wares to everyone within earshot

St Anns Well, Buxton, Derbyshire - the well is dressed as part of the long traditional of Well Dressing in Derbyshire and the Peak District

Nature recovers 1917
Passchendale recovers just months after being a scene of grim desolation showing just how resilient nature can be in France on the British front during World War I in November 1917

Perennials Border
A border of perennial flowers: Daisies, buttercups poppies and pansies. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Triptych Landscape - Mountain Lake - Centre
A Triptych landscape of a waterfall leading into a mountain lake surrounded by little copices of trees in stark silhouette. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Triptych Landscape - Mountain Lake - Right
A Triptych landscape of a waterfall leading into a mountain lake surrounded by little copices of trees in stark silhouette. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Triptych Landscape - Mountain Lake - Left
A Triptych landscape of a waterfall leading into a mountain lake surrounded by little copices of trees in stark silhouette. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Light through the trees
The light from the rising sun bursts through a misty morning scene of an autumnal wood. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

A countryside stream
A view of a countryside stream. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Coastal scene - cliffs
Waves crash on a steep rocky coastline with dark high cliffs. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Tranquil Lake - Silent Trees. A clear still blue pond dotted with water lilies. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Poster advertising South African game reserves
Poster advertising South Africa and its game reserves, showing an old engraving of an elephant compared with the real thing

Breuillards device to assist walking
Dr. Charles Breuillards device to assist walking, basically a spring-loaded shoe insert, which aids the raising of the heel

Evergreens and flowers by Pauline Baynes
The evergreens and flowers associated with English customs and legends depicted here by Pauline Baynes in a charming design

Wildlife scene
Countryside wildlife scene, with a variety of different animals, insects, plants and birds

Flood scene at Maidstone, Kent
A flood scene at Maidstone, Kent -- a little boy in his school uniform uses his mothers wooden washtub as a boat

RMS Titanic and iceberg
Artists impression of RMS Titanic at the moment it hit the fatal iceberg on 15 April 1912

Flying fish from The Old Man and the Sea
Flying fish, an illustration by Raymond Sheppard to the Ernest Hemingway novella The Old Man and the Sea published in 1952

Pigs and man
A bearded man sits uncomfortably in the corner of a pigsty, his arms wrapped round himself for warmth, while piglets suckle at a sow. Perhaps he is a fugitve

Brown bears
Two shaggy brown bears in a landscape

Stag leaping
A stag leaps over a fence in a wintry landscape - illustration for The Harbourer story

Flamingoes
Pink flamingoes wading in a pool

Mountain scene with travellers, Kashgar, western China
A mountain scene, showing people travelling in horse-drawn wagons, in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Mountain scenery in Kashgar, western China. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

A typical countryside scene in Devon, with a narrow country lane winding through a hillside. An open-topped Chevrolet car is parked to the right of an open five-bar gate

Mountain scene in Kashgar, western China
A mountain scene in Kashgar, western China, showing men, horses and donkeys. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Selborne, Hampshire
The church and vicarage at Selborne, Hampshire -- it was here that Gilbert White wrote The Natural History of Selborne, a classic of nature writing

Fish
Illustration of colourful fish on a fishing line, and swimming in the sea

Fossils found in Buckinghamshire
A deposit of fossils discovered in a bed of clay on the farm of Mr Greaves at Tingwick, Bucks, excited considerable curiosity and speculation as to their nature and origin

Military tailor and in family in Bethnal Green
This is a room occupied by a military tailor and his family at No. 10 Hollybush Place in Bethnal Green in the East End of London

Light through the trees and a perched Little Owl
Hazy mid-afternoon light falls through two large trees, sat in the middle of a classic English countryside scene of rolling fields and low distant hills

A countryside stream with an otter
A view of a countryside stream. An otter is set into the border framing the scene. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Light through the trees with Badger border
The light from the rising sun bursts through a misty morning scene of an autumnal wood. A badger in inset into the square framing of the scene. Airbrush painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Christmas on Board a British Battleship, 1894
Engraving showing the scene on the deck of a Royal Navy Warship in the Mediterranean, at Christmas. The women have come onto the warship to sell figs, nuts, apples

On the Ponte della Paglia: Going to the Council
Engraving from a painting by H.Wallis, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1876, entitled On the Ponte della Paglia: Going to the Council

Shop in Private Home
A dog stands with its master and mistress outside a shop which is located in a private home; window notices also advertise a furnished house and apartments to let

Numa Visits Pythagoras
PYTHAGORAS He is visited by Numa, second king of Rome, who hopes to learn the screts of nature

Jos Chamberlain / Sourire
A perfidious John Bull in league with Jack the Ripper - this is the true nature of England. Satire on Cecil Rhodes and Chamberlain at the time of the Entente Cordiale

Louis Pasteur in his laboratory
Born in 1822, he studied chemistry under Delafosse. He discovered the nature of the fermentation and went on to research his germ theory of disease

Louis Pasteur experimenting on a chloroformed rabbit
Born in 1822, he studied chemistry under Delafosse. He discovered the nature of the fermentation and went on to research his germ theory of disease

Native American Masks
Masks are worn by Native American medicine men in their religious and tribal ceremonies, in the belief that this enables them to acquire the forces of nature

Dog-Walking 1913
A lady manages to both keep warm and look elegant in a woollen tailleur du matin, while her dogs make do with what nature gave them

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