Penguins Collection

Franklins expedition seeking Northwest Passage
Seals and sea-birds watch as Sir John Franklins Erebus and Terror sail cautiously between Arctic icebergs

Penguins & Gramophone
Penguins listening to the gramophone, during the summer. Date: 1908-1909

Victorian Greeting Card - The Pickpocket
Two penguins out for a stroll whilst a sparrow picks a pocket. Date: circa 1890

Oxo advertisement - Scott Antarctic expedition endorsement
Advertisement 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 Pole
Robert 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 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

Penguins at London Zoo by Charles Howard

Scenes from Pizarros exploration of Peru
Francisco 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 Penguins
Two penguins out for a stroll carring a christmas goose. Date: circa 1890

Victorian Greeting Card - Penguins Skating
Five penguins skating on a pond. Date: circa 1890

Victorian Greeting Card - Penguins in the Rain
Five penguins walk home in the rain. Date: circa 1890

Antarctic seals and penguins with snow and ice
Decorative Christmas frieze, Antarctic seals and penguins with snow and ice

Harrods toy department 1922
Superb 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-AVKT
Tipsy 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 PENGUINS
King Penguins (Aptenodytes pennanti) Date: 1912

Wilson & Gill Scott Antarctic expedition souvenirs
Advertisement 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 Feet
A pair of Rockhopper Penguin feet. Date: 1960s

Flock of model penguins outside a suburban house
A 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 ice
George 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 / Neziere
Three 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 London
The 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 Parkinson
A 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 Young
Gentoo Penguins on Peterman Island - Graham Land - Antarctica Date: 2005

Penguin, rookery, Antarctica
An 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 penguin
Scene 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

PENGUINS
A group of penguins. Date: 1960s

Adelie Penguins
Adelie penguins and their young. Date: 1907 - 1909

Emperor Penguins
A conclave of Emperor penguins. Date: 1907 - 1909

Return of the Penguins
The penguins return in the spring. Date: 1907 - 1909

Penguins on the Rocks
Penguins perched on a rock formation. Date: early 1930s

Emperor Penguins - Antarctica
Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) on an Antarctic ice shelf. Stylised painting by Raymond Sheppard

Humboldt Penguins - A series of studies
Pencil 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 Parkinson
Three large penguins line up to be taught some mathematics by a strict little eskimo child

Baby King Penguin Aldin
A fluffy King Penguin chick

Penguin Chicks Aldin
Two penguin chicks who have just hatched say hello to each other

Penguins walking up Cape Adare, Antarctica, c. 1902
Illustration showing a large number of penguins climbing Cape Adare, as sketched by a member of the National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-4

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