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Background imageNest Collection: Theatre, A Cuckoo in the Nest 1925, Nerman

Theatre, A Cuckoo in the Nest 1925, Nerman
A scene from A Cuckoo in the Nest, a popular farce playing in London in 1925. Here, the impeccable husband is discovered by his wife and in-laws in a ladys bedroom (equally impeccable)

Background imageNest Collection: Ufos / Kanab / Van Nest

Ufos / Kanab / Van Nest
Adamski-type UFO allegedly photographed by Fritz van Nest near Kanab, Utah, in full daylight

Background imageNest Collection: Four hummingbirds with chicks in a nest

Four hummingbirds with chicks in a nest
Four adult hummingbirds with chicks in a nest -- ornysmia trochilus moschita, ornysmia Vieilloti, ornysmia Sasin trochili cristati (in nest) ornysmia mellivorus

Background imageNest Collection: Selasphorus rufus, rufous hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus, rufous hummingbird
Plate 379 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageNest Collection: Humming Bird Silk Print

Humming Bird Silk Print
Decorative silk print showing two green birds (possibly Humming Birds) nest building

Background imageNest Collection: Aerial Chair Lift to Eagles Nest, Bray, County Wicklow

Aerial Chair Lift to Eagles Nest, Bray, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland

Background imageNest Collection: Wwi Navy Recruitment

Wwi Navy Recruitment
Naval recruitment poster from World War One featuring a number of sailors in a crows nest of a ship

Background imageNest Collection: Robins nesting on a bell-shaped Christmas card

Robins nesting on a bell-shaped Christmas card
Robins nesting in the snow on a bell-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageNest Collection: Feeding the Birds, by Mabel Lucie Attwell

Feeding the Birds, by Mabel Lucie Attwell Date: 1912

Background imageNest Collection: Two chicks in a plantpot on a cutout greetings card

Two chicks in a plantpot on a cutout greetings card
Two chicks nestling in a plantpot on a cutout greetings card -- Confidences. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageNest Collection: Phalacrocorax aristotelis, European shag

Phalacrocorax aristotelis, European shag
Plate 53 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageNest Collection: Neo-gothic castle near Yalta, Ukraine

Neo-gothic castle near Yalta, Ukraine
View of a neo-gothic castle known as the Swallows Nest, on the edge of a cliff above the Black Sea, near Yalta, Ukraine. It was built by a German nobleman in 1912

Background imageNest Collection: Blackbird Nesting

Blackbird Nesting
A blackbird sits in her nest with her brood of fledglings

Background imageNest Collection: Passer domesticus, house sparrow

Passer domesticus, house sparrow
Plate 32 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageNest Collection: Sula capensis, Cape Gannet

Sula capensis, Cape Gannet
Plate 2 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Background imageNest Collection: Phalacrocorax carbo, great cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo, great cormorant
Plate 52 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageNest Collection: Peter Pan and Wendy

Peter Pan and Wendy

Background imageNest Collection: English Setter and Nest

English Setter and Nest
A white English setter discovers a birds nest

Background imageNest Collection: Funghi / Mushrooms 1869

Funghi / Mushrooms 1869
Seven varieties of mushroom: beef-steak, latticed, boletus, hedgehog, fly agaric, clavaria, birds-nest, and sporangium (magnified)

Background imageNest Collection: Girl with Nestlings 19C

Girl with Nestlings 19C
A little girl has found a nest of chicks in a meadow: the mother bird hovers anxiously above her

Background imageNest Collection: Nightingale (Freeman)

Nightingale (Freeman)
(Daulius luscinia) Nightingale on its nest

Background imageNest Collection: The Babes in the Wood, pantomime, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

The Babes in the Wood, pantomime, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
The Babes in the Wood, pantomime, at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, with Cora Goffin

Background imageNest Collection: Western Australia - Giant Nest

Western Australia - Giant Nest

Background imageNest Collection: Climbing Eagle's Nest Arete, Great Gable Lake District

Climbing Eagle's Nest Arete, Great Gable Lake District Date: 19th century

Background imageNest Collection: Climbing Great Gable Eagle's Nest Arete Victorian period

Climbing Great Gable Eagle's Nest Arete Victorian period Date: 19th century

Background imageNest Collection: The Bunnies spot the wrens nest

The Bunnies spot the wrens nest Date: 1924

Background imageNest Collection: The Bunnies climb the tree to see the wrens nest

The Bunnies climb the tree to see the wrens nest Date: 1924

Background imageNest Collection: House Martin

House Martin Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNest Collection: Magpie

Magpie Date: circa 1910s

Background imageNest Collection: WW2 Valentines Card, Warden Love Birds

WW2 Valentines Card, Warden Love Birds
A WW2 Valentines greetings card, the illustration shows a pair of love birds wearing warden's helmets, perched on a branch, a nest labelled A. I. Post is visible on the right. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageNest Collection: The Lake, Sandringham, Norfolk

The Lake, Sandringham, Norfolk, viewed from Queen Alexandra's Nest - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageNest Collection: Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft, Suffolk

Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft, Suffolk - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageNest Collection: WW2 Royal Navy Petty Officer And Lookout

WW2 Royal Navy Petty Officer And Lookout
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a look-out watching all directions from his crow's nest

Background imageNest Collection: King Bunker Looks Into The Nest

King Bunker Looks Into The Nest
A childrens short story illustration which shows King Bunker finding his lost golf ball in a bird's nest. Date: circa 1944

Background imageNest Collection: Un Petit Pierrot Dans Son Nid

Un Petit Pierrot Dans Son Nid
This sketch shows a small child placed in a nest, on the branch of a tree, he represents the pantomime stock character, Pierrot the clown. Date: circa 1901

Background imageNest Collection: The Nest and Lake, Sandringham, Norfolk

The Nest and Lake, Sandringham, Norfolk Date: circa 1908

Background imageNest Collection: Crow Nest, Lightcliffe, residence of Sir Titus Salt

Crow Nest, Lightcliffe, residence of Sir Titus Salt
Crow Nest, Lightcliffe, Brighouse, West Yorkshire, residence of Sir Titus Salt, businessman Date: 1877

Background imageNest Collection: Flemish Carrack

Flemish Carrack Date: circa 1450

Background imageNest Collection: Cartoon illustrations in colour by G H Dodd, captioned, Fun Among Feathers'

Cartoon illustrations in colour by G H Dodd, captioned, Fun Among Feathers'. Showing poultry, ostrich, leopard and ducks

Background imageNest Collection: ANTS RETURNING TO NEST

ANTS RETURNING TO NEST
The return of ants after a battle; one carries the body of a dead ant. Date: circa 1870

Background imageNest Collection: IN PLACE 1738 satire on the prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole, for feathering his own nest

IN PLACE 1738 satire on the prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole, for feathering his own nest and those of his friends and relations Date: 1676 - 1745

Background imageNest Collection: TREASURE ISLAND/ISRAEL

TREASURE ISLAND/ISRAEL
The death of Israel Hands: "the coxswain loosed his grasp upon the shrouds, & plunged head first into the water." Date: First published: 1883

Background imageNest Collection: The Phoenix in its nest of spices, fanning the flames with its wings

The Phoenix in its nest of spices, fanning the flames with its wings

Background imageNest Collection: Children - April. Spring/summer, bird's nest

Children - April. Spring/summer, bird's nest - Seasons series (one of 12) by Flora White

Background imageNest Collection: Chaffinches nest building

Chaffinches nest building by David Parry

Background imageNest Collection: Comic postcard, Little girl up a tree Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl up a tree Date: 20th century

Background imageNest Collection: Comic postcard, Couple climbing a cliff at the seaside - getting the wind up Date

Comic postcard, Couple climbing a cliff at the seaside - getting the wind up Date: 20th century

Background imageNest Collection: Alberta, Canada - Crows Nest Pass

Alberta, Canada - Crows Nest Pass The Cave etc. - circa 1910s. Date: circa 1910s



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