Owls Collection

Six owl bellringers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy in a tree with cat and owl, by Muriel Dawson
A little boy sitting in a tree with a black cat and an owl, by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Victorian Greeting Card - Owls with Lantern
Two owls standing with a lantern. Date: circa 1890

Snowy Owl, by John James Audubon
Snowy Owl, Strix Nyctea, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Disturbed - the Brown Owl by Louis Wain
Study of brown owls by Louis Wain

Sleeping Beauty by Arthur Rackham
Princess Briar Rose, aka Sleeping Beauty turns a key in the lock of a door, where she is about to meet the wicked old fairy, whose spindle will prick her finger sending her, and the royal household

Victorian Greeting Card - Owls in Town
Two owls in top hats out at night. Date: circa 1890

A Barn Owl hunting a rat. Pen & ink illustration by Raymond Sheppard

Humanised owls at school on a greetings postcard -- The Pursuit of Knowledge. Date: circa 1890s

Eagle Owl - with prey - forest glade of Ural Mountains (Bubo bubo). Russia - winter snow

Greetings card in the shape of an owl with top hat, monocle and lace-up shoes. circa 1890s

Birds / Owls / Alphabet
O for the owl, that flies out in the night

O was an obstinate owl who might have been quite a nice fowl; but she spoilt her eye sight reading novels at night. Now she ogles at you with a scowl. Date: 1908

Spectacled Owls
Birds - Spectacled Owls Date: 1920s

Barn Dance, Louis Wain Owls - Comical Doings published Ernest Nister c. 1910. Date: circa 1910

Two owls and a sparrow
A sparrow talks to a long-eared owl and a barn owl perched on a branch in a stone archway. Two owls and a sparrow. Illustration of a fable by English poet John Gay

The Two Owls and the Sparrow. A sparrow on a tree branch berates two owls for their arrogance and pride

PLAY/ROSTAND/CHANTECLER
The night birds - owls with very large eyes - in the play by Edmond Eugene Alexis Rostand. Date: 1910

Victorian Greeting Card - Owls with Umbrella
Two owls standing with an umbrella. Date: circa 1890

A Calendar of Birds by Pauline Baynes
Birds of the month in the UK pictured by Pauline Baynes. 1954

Judge and Jury Owls, by Louis Wain
Judge and Jury comical owls drawn by Louis Wain Date: 1892

Owls by Louis Wain Date: 1914

AAI RQ-2 Pioneer 00
United States Marine Corps - AAI RQ-2 Pioneer 00, of VMU-2 Night Owls': MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina. Date: circa 2000

Little Owls by David Parry

Victorian Greeting Card - Owl Finishing School
Governess and eight owlets out for a stroll. Date: circa 1890

Victorian Greeting Card - Owl School
Six owlets and their teacher owl behild a desk. Date: circa 1890

Christmas card, rabbit and owl
Christmas card, humanised rabbit and owl in a winter setting. 20th century

Owl doctor and robin patient on a Christmas card
Owl doctor and robin patient on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1880s

Cover design, Christmas cards, Whirligig of Time
Cover design by Robert Dudley, Christmas cards, The Whirligig of Time. (1 of 5) Date: circa 1890s

Owl dressed as a judge on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

OWL AT NIGHT
An owl staring at you at night... Date: early 20th century

Birds - Owl - Grimms Fairy Tales
A winking owl perched on a branch - by the look of it, its an EAGLE OWL (Buto ignavus) Date: circa 1905

Omo Soap advertising insert -- Old Mother Owl. circa 1900

Snowy Owl - Eye - juvenile - a fledgling (Nyctea scandiaca). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Five owls at a table on a Christmas card
Five owls at a table with a bowl of punch on a Christmas card -- Noctes Ambrosianae. Date: circa 1880s

Owl teacher and robin pupils on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1880s

Owl in red uniform on a greetings card designed by Robert Dudley. Date: circa 1880s

Owl with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cat and owl as rat catchers on a Christmas card
Cat and owl as rat and mouse catchers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Owl and robin in evening dress on a Christmas card
Owl and robin in smart evening dress on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1880s

Musical owl with banjo serenading on a romantic card
Musical owl with banjo serenading a dove on a comic romantic card. Date: circa 1890s

Frog, owl and mouse in moonlight on a Christmas card
A frog and an owl both catch hold of a mouse in the moonlight on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Fifinella: A Fairy Frolic by Basil Dean and Barry Jackson

Owl, ivy and trellis on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Five musical owls on a cutout New Year card, three playing banjos, one on tambourine and one with bones. Date: circa 1890s

Musical cat, dog and owl on a Victorian scrap, playing the violin, singing operatically, and playing the cello. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card with turning wheel showing different faces. Date: circa 1890s

Misfitz - Mother Owl. early 20th century

The Biel Throne. Marble. 140-143 AD
The Biel Throne. Marble. The right side are a reliefs showing an olive tree and a table on which there rests a Panathenaic amphora, containing an olive spray and three wreath

Music cover, The Owl Quadrille, by Charles Coote. circa 1870

Zoological Misfitz - Fly-by-night Owl. early 20th century

Christmas card with stone wall and gothic window
Handmade Christmas and New Year card with stone wall and gothic window, and a string to pull to make an owl appear with a seasonal greeting. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Animals, birds and fairy folk on a New Year card -- two hares, a goblin, a witch, an owl and two chicks. Date: circa 1890s

Decorative owls
Two owls side-by-side. Originally published by Liberty & Co, London.Date: circa 1910

Owl in an envelope on a Christmas card. Date: 1891

Owl with quill pen on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Five owls in moonlight on a Christmas card
Five owls in moonlight with a snowy scene on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Owl on crescent moon on a Christmas card
Owl sitting on a crescent moon on a Christmas card, with two large feathers and a seasonal verse. Date: circa 1890s

Three educated owls on a New Year card, with verse and snowy landscape. Date: circa 1890s

Two owls on crescent-shaped New Year card
Two owls with tree and star on a crescent-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Humanised owl on a greetings card, wearing a bonnet, dress and apron, and holding a closed umbrella. Date: circa 1890s

Owl on a crescent moon on a greetings card
Owl perched on a crescent moon on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Two owls watching mice on a Christmas card
Two owls watching mice eating apples and cheese on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Eight owls on a New Year card, some sitting on a snowy branch, others flying off. Date: circa 1890s

Two owls on a Christmas card
Two owls and a robin on a Christmas card -- Enquire Within. Date: circa 1890s

Owl on a Christmas card
A wise old owl on a Christmas card, with moon and stars. Date: circa 1890s

Owl on a New Year card with a note in its beak. Date: circa 1890s

Endpaper design by Cecil Aldin, Field Babies, showing Pippin the puppy and some of the baby animals he meets on his adventure: a squirrel, a magpie, a hedgehog, an owl, a lamb, rabbits and foxes

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Great Eagle Owl. Date: 1933

Sleepy owl tickled by mice. Date: circa 1933

Sleepy owl wakes up and the mice run away. Date: circa 1933

Snowy Owl - juvenile (a fledgling) - threatens a visitor by opening & clicking its beak - adults are watching from a distance. (Nyctea scandiaca). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Eagle Owl - adult on Birch Tree in forest of Ural Mountains (Bubo bubo). Russia - winter

SNOWY OWL - close-up of eye (Nyctea scandiaca). Russia

Buffy Fish-owl watches for prey from a tree-branch over a oxbow lake in river Kinabatangan floodplain (Ketupa ketupu). Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Snowy Owl - juvenile / fledgling, typical species in tundra near Dikson (Nyctea scandiaca). Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Masbadges - 5. The South Staffordshire Owl
Masbadges! Regimental mascots and badges in one! No. 5 is the owl of the South Staffordshire regiment. Date: 1918

Master Quack the duckling meets two owls
An Afternoon Call -- Master Quack the duckling wakes up two owls, who find him rude and attack him. Date: 1912

Owl in Clock Tower by J. E. Millais
" The Death of the Old Year" by J.E. Millais in Moxons Tennyson 1857 depicting an owl in a clock tower Date: 1925

Two owls on a Christmas card, with envelopes in their beaks. Date: circa 1890s

Swooping owl weathervane 2011

Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Date: 1808

Owls Head Light (Rockland, Maine). Print, possibly a postcard, showing a lighthouse on the cliff above men fishing from the rocky coast at Owls Head, Maine. Date ca. 1870

Magician holding rabbit and conjuring spirit surrounded by demon and owls. Date c1899

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