Pelican Collection

Rubans de Paris - Corner of Maddox Street / St George Street
Rubans de Paris (Milliner and Draper) - Corner of Maddox Street (39a) / St George Street, London. Date: 1930s

Pelecanus erythrorynchos, American white pelican
Plate 311 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

Circus Poster / Polito s
A poster for Politos Menagerie advertising a royal tiger, a fiery lynx, an ursine sloth and a pelican

Oiseaux - birds
Variety of birds, including ostriches, pelicans, kiwi, heron and toucan. Date: 1930

Various birds on a sheet of Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Misfitz - Spoony. early 20th century

H. M. S. Pelican (F86) - Egret-class sloop
H.M.S. Pelican (F86) - Egret-class sloop - Commissioned in 1939 - built by Thornycroft, Woolston. Date: circa 1950s

Alican Land, Percival Pelican
A WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image depicts Percival Pelican with a crowd of penguins. Date: circa 1940s

Laughing Animals
An illustration portraying a gentleman smoking a cigar, walking alongside a young lady wearing a decorative patterned dress and an extravagant hat, a crowd of animals including an elephant, pelican

Toys
A painting which depicts the placement of some toys, consisting of a standing pelican on a board with wheels, and a red parrot which appears to be perching on the edge of a box. Date: 1916

CASA SC-105 2811
Forca Aerea Brasileira - CASA SC-105 2811 (msn S-057, CASA C-295 ), of Pelican Squadron at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford on 18 July 2009

Agusta HH-3F Pelican MM81340 - 15-28
Aeronautica Militare - Agusta HH-3F Pelican MM81340 / 15-28 (msn 6224), of 85 Centro SAR, at Pratica-di-Mare Air Base on 28 March 1998. (Aeronautica Militare - Italian Air Force) Date: 1998

Agusta HH-3F Pelican MM80983 - 15-12
Aeronautica Militare - Agusta HH-3F Pelican MM80983 / 15-12 (msn 6210), at Pratica-di-Mare Air Base on 28 March 1998. (Aeronautica Militare - Italian Air Force) Date: 1998

Agusta HH-3F Pelican MM80989 - 15-20
Aeronautica Militare - Agusta HH-3F Pelican MM80989 / 15-20 (msn 6216). (Aeronautica Militare - Italian Air Force) Date: circa 2000

Agusta HH-3F Pelican MM80975 - 15-02
Aeronautica Militare - Agusta HH-3F Pelican MM80975 / 15-02 (msn 6202). (Aeronautica Militare - Italian Air Force) Date: circa 2000

British crew from HMS Pelican boarding and capturing the American brig, USS Argus, 14 August 1813, off St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Photograph of Pelican PH, Westbourne Park, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Pelican PH, Deal, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1950

Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842

Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata, and Dalmatian pelican, Pelecanus crispus (vulnerable). Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys

Portraits of an Indian man and Native American
Portrait and profile of an Indian man, Soorjo Coomar Chucherbutty, age 20, from Decca, and U-je-jock, or Pelican, age 10, son of a chief of the Ojibwe Nation, Lake Huron

Great cormorant (Eurasian), Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Chinese pelican, Pelecanus sinensis). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

American white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, and Spixs guan, Penelope jacquacu

Diana and mona monkeys, ostrich and pelican
Animals of Africa including vulnerable Diana monkey, Cercopithecus diana 1, mona monkey, Cercopithecus mona 2, ostrich, Struthio camelus 3, and pink-backed pelican, Pelecanus rufescens 4

Irapeaos cypripedium orchid, Cypripedium irapeanum
Irapeaos cypripedium orchid, Irapean ladys slipper or pelican flower, Cypripedium irapeanum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake

Pelican flower, Aristolochia grandiflora (Giant birthwort, Aristolochia gigas). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical

Unclean Water Birds - Judaism
Engraving of unclean or non - kosher water birds. In Judaism, the concept of impure or unclean animals, plays a prominent role in Jewish law that specifies which foods are allowed (kosher)

Music cover, Pelican Polka by Edward Solomon, dedicated to the Pelican Club

The pelican sundial at Corpus Christi College, Oxford
The quandrangle of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The pelican sundial is surrounded by potted plants in the centre of the quad

The Jumblies - Edward Lear - Endpapers featuring a Pelican, a Bong Tree and Kangaroo. Date: 1922

Nothing Doing!, by Lawson Wood
A pelican trying to eat the fish he has caught. Date: 930

Golden Hind (Ford)
The ship of sir Francis Drake, formerly named Pelican Date: 1577

People at the zoo on a Christmas card -- breaking the rules and feeding the birds. Date: circa 1890s

Great / Eastern White / Rosy Pelican - in flight with a flock of Avocets (Recurvirostra sp.) in the background (Pelecanus onocrotalus). Liuwa plains pools, Zambia

The Garden of Eden, 1618, by Roelandt Savery (1576-1639)
Roelandt Savery (1576-1639). Flemish painter. The Garden of Eden, 1618. National Gallery. Prague. Czech Republic

Pelican Blood Donor
The female pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) is supposed in legend to peck her own chest and give her blood to her young when no other food is available. Date: circa 1650

A member of the Pelican Club, London
A member of the notorious Pelican Club, London (see full description in caption 10804072). Date: circa 1890s

Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of the character
All the following images are pages from the same flyer. This one shows the lay brother, Pelican, who supplies much of the comedy. Glass in hand, he is saying I wanted that badly

Two pelicans in a park
Unusual Friends - two pelicans in a park. 1950s

City Hall, Newcastle, Natal Province, South Africa
Fountain and City Hall, Newcastle, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1925

Pelecanus onocrotalus, Great white pelican
Watercolour by Claude Finch-Davies, 1918 Date: 1918

Horned screamer, Anhima cornuta, and wattled
Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus, and northern gannet, Morus bassanus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology

Resting Pelicans - With reflection in water (Pelecanus onocrotalus). Lake Ndutu, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, Africa

Miss Tennyson Jesse by Madame Yevonde
Miss Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse (1888-1958) by Madame Yevonde. She was an English criminologist, journalist and author, sometimes using the pen name Wynifried Margaret Tennyson

The Pelican, West Lake Park, Los Angeles, California, USA Date: 20th century

Corpus Christi College Quad and sundial, Oxford
Oxford: the entrance and quad of Corpus Christi College, with the sun dial, adorned with a pelican, the symbol of the college, in the foreground

Various birds: a snipe, a pelican with a fish in its beak, an ibis before the pyramids, a penguin, a stormy petrel, and a swan

A Reminiscence of the Pelican. Members of the Old Pelican Club around the Square Ring including the Duke of Beaufort and Sir John Astley

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