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Franklins expedition seeking Northwest PassageSeals and sea-birds watch as Sir John Franklins Erebus and Terror sail cautiously between Arctic icebergs
Penguins & GramophonePenguins listening to the gramophone, during the summer. Date: 1908-1909
Victorian Greeting Card - The PickpocketTwo penguins out for a stroll whilst a sparrow picks a pocket. Date: circa 1890
Oxo advertisement - Scott Antarctic expedition endorsementAdvertisement for Oxo as supplied to Captain Scott on his ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. The advert quotes a letter from Scott who wrote
Peary and Cook dispute over the North PoleRobert Peary and Frederick Cook dispute over who reached the North Pole first -- but the real question is whether either of them got there at all
Alican Land, Percival PelicanA 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
Penguins at London Zoo by Charles Howard
Scenes from Pizarros exploration of PeruFrancisco Pizarro founding the city of Lima, Peru 25, Pizarro slain by supporters of Diego de Almagro II 26, and view of Chimborazo mountain in the Andes 27
Victorian Greeting Card - Christmas PenguinsTwo penguins out for a stroll carring a christmas goose. Date: circa 1890
Victorian Greeting Card - Penguins SkatingFive penguins skating on a pond. Date: circa 1890
Victorian Greeting Card - Penguins in the RainFive penguins walk home in the rain. Date: circa 1890
Antarctic seals and penguins with snow and iceDecorative Christmas frieze, Antarctic seals and penguins with snow and ice
Harrods toy department 1922Superb display of toys in the Harrods toy department, Christmas 1922. A sunken garden or pond seems to be inhabited by a variety of penguins, swans and moles
Dancing penguins from a 1940s Christmas card. Date: circa 1940
Tipsy T. 66 Nipper Mk. III G-AVKTTipsy Nipper Mk.III G-AVKT (msn 70), prototype of the Mark III, at an air display in the Netherlands, circa 1969, parked next to Le Manchots (the Penguins) aerobatic display team
KING PENGUINSKing Penguins (Aptenodytes pennanti) Date: 1912
Wilson & Gill Scott Antarctic expedition souvenirsAdvertisement for Wilson and Gill, goldsmiths of Regent Street, offering a range of souvenirs commemorating the ill-fated Antarctic expedition of 1912 led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott
Rockhopper Penguin FeetA pair of Rockhopper Penguin feet. Date: 1960s
Flock of model penguins outside a suburban houseA mass of model penguins outside a suburban house - what IS going on here?!
Misfitz - Penguin. early 20th century
Happy Families Animals - Mrs. Penguin. circa 1940s
Happy Families Animals - Mr Penguin. circa 1940s
Happy Families Animals - Miss Penguin. circa 1940s
Happy Families Animals - Master Penguin. circa 1940s
Music cover, The Penguins Promenade, one or two step, by Theodore Grahame. 1909
WW2 poster, Care of instruments is vital. Your Jar is their Jam. Printed for Ministry of Aircraft Production. Date: 1943
George Ernest Studdy, baby penguins on iceGeorge Ernest Studdy, illustration for an animal book. Baby penguins have such short legs, they find it difficult to walk on the ice. Date: 1941
Penguins / NeziereThree penguins look skywards while their chums strike various poses in the background (Aptenodytes pennanti) Date: early 20th century
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Penguin. Date: 1933
Hagenbeck Circus and Zoo in LondonThe sights and sounds of the Christmas season at Olympia, London: Carl Hagenbecks Circus and Zoo from Hamburg. Showing the annexe with sea elephants (sea lions), penguins, polar bears
Coloured silhouette of four penguins dancing in a circle. Date: 20th century
Follow the Man from Cooks by Ethel ParkinsonA friendly penguin, who is relatively gigantic compared to his human companions, takes them on a tour around his glacier, almost as if he has been employed by tour operator, Thomas Cook! Date: c.1920
Gentoo Penguin and YoungGentoo Penguins on Peterman Island - Graham Land - Antarctica Date: 2005
Penguin, rookery, AntarcticaAn Adelie Penguin rookery on Peterson Island - Vincennes Bay - Wilkes Land - Antarctica Date: 2005
Humboldt Penguin, Chile, South America Date: circa 1930s
Princess Marigold and the Magic Spell. From Treasure no. 2 (26 January 1963)
RSS Discovery exhibition with celebrities and penguinScene on board RSS Discovery during an exhibition, showing the British actor John Mills, the naturalist Peter Scott (son of Captain Scott), a zoo keeper, and five Sea Scouts in polar costume
PENGUINSA group of penguins. Date: 1960s
Adelie PenguinsAdelie penguins and their young. Date: 1907 - 1909
Emperor PenguinsA conclave of Emperor penguins. Date: 1907 - 1909
Return of the PenguinsThe penguins return in the spring. Date: 1907 - 1909
Penguins on the RocksPenguins perched on a rock formation. Date: early 1930s
Emperor Penguins - AntarcticaEmperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) on an Antarctic ice shelf. Stylised painting by Raymond Sheppard
Humboldt Penguins - A series of studiesPencil studies of Humboldt Penguins by Raymond Sheppard. The Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) (also termed Peruvian Penguin, or Patranca) is a South American penguin
Multiplication is vexation by Ethel ParkinsonThree large penguins line up to be taught some mathematics by a strict little eskimo child
Baby King Penguin AldinA fluffy King Penguin chick
Penguin Chicks AldinTwo penguin chicks who have just hatched say hello to each other
Penguins walking up Cape Adare, Antarctica, c. 1902Illustration showing a large number of penguins climbing Cape Adare, as sketched by a member of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4
Penguins in the SnowA scene of penguins in the snow. The adults take care of the baby penguins who still have their fluffy grey coats
Hunting Penguins 1550Dutch sailors hunting penguin in the southern seas
Great Ice Barrier / ScottThe great ice barrier, looking east from Cape Crozier in Antarctica
King Penguins (Kuhnert)A colony of King Penguins (Aptenodytes pennanti)
Futuristic snowmobile at the South PoleA futuristic snowmobile at the South Pole -- two penguins seem a little startled