Orange Collection (#26)

Bluebirds and flowers on an audible greetings card. One bird is delivering a note to the other bird. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Enfer-Pacha, WW1
Cartoon, Enfer-Pacha (a pun on Enver Pasha -- Enfer meaning Hell). Ismail Enver Pasha (1881-1922), leader of the Ottoman Empire and member of the Central Powers during the First World War. Date: 1916

Cartoon, On the Isonzo, WW1
Cartoon, On the Isonzo (a river on the eastern Italian Front). Showing an Italian carabiniere holding the imperial eagle upside down -- it will make a nice starter for his wolfs dinner

Lychnis coronata
Watercolour on paper, 1777 by Getrude Metz (1746-1793). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1777

Strelitzia reginae, bird of paradise flower
Watercolour on card, 1880-1913 by Emily J. Balston (nee Whitehead) (1848-1914). Held in the Library and Archives

Plate 134 from the John Reeves Collection
John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Hippeastrum, Dutch amaryllis
Illustration by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840), held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

WW2 era poster advertising H Samuel jewellers for good watches and fine jewellery, with a photograph of a soldier looking at his watch. Date: early 1940s

Cartoon, Disappointed greed, WW1
Cartoon, Disappointed greed, a comment on new alcohol restrictions. The waiter tells a lady that the anisette is too high in alcohol content for him to serve to her. Date: 1916

WW2 poster, Bristles are scarce, Brushes are precious
WW2 Ministry of Supply poster, Bristles are scarce, Brushes are precious. Encouraging people to take care of resources. Date: early 1940s

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Field Babies, showing a puppy looking up at a squirrel. Date: 1910

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, Farm Babies, showing a mother rabbit, a baby rabbit and a duckling. Date: 1909

Endpaper design by Cecil Aldin, The Great Adventure, showing a street in Bunnyborough, with the pompous beadle Mr Swizzle, his shopkeeper wife Mrs Swizzle, and various rabbits. Date: 1921

Cover design by Cecil Aldin, The Great Adventure, with an orange tree at the centre. Date: 1921

Title page design by Cecil Aldin, The Great Adventure, showing a rabbit eating an orange. Date: 1921

Simple designs for batik, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

A rainbow frock
How to create a rainbow frock using Dy-o-la Dyes, page of instructions in a brochure. Date: 1920s

Simple designs with many uses
Page of instructions in a brochure showing how to dye different designs with Dy-o-la Dyes -- the craft of Art Dyeing. Date: 1920s

Tinting everything to match with Dy-o-la Dyes
Tinting Everything to Match with Dy-o-la Dyes - a housewife dyeing clothes in her bathroom sink from a Brochure: Tinting, Dyeing and Practical Art Craft with Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1926

Delightful shaded scarfs of lovely tints
Page of instructions in a brochure showing how to dye scarves with Dy-o-la Dyes -- the craft of Art Dyeing. Date: 1920s

Greetings card from Lima, Ohio, USA, whose locomotives produced by the Lima Locomotive Works from the 1870s to the 1950s were world famous. Date: circa 1940

Old City Gates of St Augustine, Florida, USA
Old City Gates and Walls of St Augustine, Florida, USA, built by the Spanish in the early 18th century to protect the city from attack. Date: circa 1905

Swimming pool at Hotel Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico
The swimming pool at the Hotel Agua Caliente, part of a popular leisure centre in Tijuana, Mexico. Date: circa 1929

Duke and Duchess of York
The Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, three years after their marriage. Date: 1926

Windermere Charr, Coles Charr and Grays Charr
Windermere Charr (Salvelinus willoughbii, also known as Willoughbys Char), Coles Charr (Salvelinus colii) and Grays Charr (Salvelinus grayi). Date: 1879

Torgoch and Alpine Charr
Torgoch (Salvelinus alpinus, Arctic Char, Welsh Charr or Welsh Torgoch), and Alpine Charr (Salvelinus alpinus alpinus). Date: 1879

Salvelinus killinensis, or Loch Killin Charr, or Haddy Charr, found in various Scottish lakes. Date: 1879

Illustration, A Song of the English, British Empire
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). My arm is nothing weak, My strength is not gone by

Six types of Stickleback: Rough-Tailed or Three-Spined (Gasterosteus aculeatus, also known as Barnstickle, Banstickle, Sharplin and Pricklefish), Half-Armed (Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus)

Thymallus thymallus, or Grayling, a freshwater fish of the Salmonidae family. Date: 1865

Salvelinus colii, or Coles Char, also known as Enniskillen Char, a member of the Salmonidae family. Date: 1865

Carassius auratus auratus, or Goldfish, a freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family. Date: 1865

Buglossidium luteum, or Solenette, also known as Little Sole and Yellow Sole, a species of flatfish. Date: 1864

Limanda limanda, or Common Dab, a species of flatfish. Date: 1864

Ctenolabrus rupestris, or Goldsinny Wrasse, also known as Jagos Goldsinny. Date: 1864

Gadus callarias, Baltic or Variable Cod. Date: 1864

Symphodus melops, or Corkwing Wrasse. Date: 1864

Labrus trimaculatus, or Three-Spotted Wrasse
Labrus trimaculatus (also known as Labrus mixtus), or Three-Spotted Wrasse. Date: 1864

Labrus bergylta, or Ballan Wrasse, also known as Rath, Raagh and Bergle. Date: 1864

Labrus mixtus, or Cuckoo Wrasse, also known as Cook and Blue-Striped Wrass. Date: 1864

Green Wrasse and Comber Wrasse
Green Wrasse (Labrus viridis) and Comber Wrasse (Labrus comber). Date: 1864

Parablennius gattorugine, or Tompot Blenny. Date: 1863

Capros aper, or Boarfish. Date: 1863

Eutrigla gurnardus, or Grey Gurnard, a species of searobin. Date: 1863

Common Sea Bream, or Brean, with a range of Latin names, including Sparus aurata, Pagellus centrodontus, and Sparus centrodontus. Date: 1862

Sparus aurata, or Gilt-Head Bream, with a gold bar marking between the eyes. Date: 1862

Pagellus Curtus, or Short Sea Bream. Date: 1862

Pagrus pagrus, or Becker, a sea bream or braise. Date: 1862

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