Perched Collection (page 5)

England / Whitby
A fine overview of Whitby, Yorkshire, showing the harbour and St. Hildas Abbey, perched on the East Cliff. Founded in 657 AD, the original Abbey was destroyed by Vikings in 867 AD Date: 1930s

Romantic Welsh Lake
WALES : Lake, mountains, thatched cottages, castle ruins picturesquely perched - what more do you want ? Music ? Why, heres a harpist just arriving... Date: circa 1850

Syria / Batroun Castle
Batroun: a Crusaders Castle, perched high up on a rock in a valley near Batroun Date: circa 1835

Parrots on a reversible Christmas and New Year card
Seven parrots on a reversible Christmas and New Year card. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Ballad of the Farmer and the Hawk, Mexico. Date: circa 1900s

Boy with robin on a Christmas card
Boy in a sailor suit with a robin perched on his finger on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Robin, holly and snow on a New Year card
Robin with holly and snow scene on a New Year card, with a decorative white and gold edging. Date: circa 1890s

Snow scene with birds on a circular Christmas card
Snow scene with birds and a church on a circular Christmas card. circa 1890s

Tree with frosted leaves on a Christmas and New Year card, with birds perching on the branches. Date: circa 1890s

Clump of holly on a Christmas and New Year card, with a robin perched on a branch. circa 1890s

Tree with frosted leaves on a Christmas card, with birds perching on the branches. Date: circa 1890s

Robin in the snow on a Christmas card, perched on a straw bonnet with pink flowers, with cottages in the background. 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

Birds perched on crescent moon on a Christmas card
Five birds perched on a crescent moon on a Christmas card. 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

Singing bird on a birthday card, perched on a branch. Date: circa 1890s

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

Tockus erythrorhynchus, Red-billed hornbill
Watercolour by Claude Finch-Davies

Lophura leucomelanos, Kalij pheasant
Illustration by Rajman Singh from the Brian Houghton Hodgson Collection; c. 1850 s. Originally titled The Kalidge Pheasant. Date: 1850

Psilopsiagon aymara, grey-hooded parakeet
Plate 32 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph. Date: 1832

Long-billed black cockatoo
Plate 6 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph. Date: 1832

Accipiter cirrocephalus, collared sparrowhawk
Watercolour 112 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New Holland Sparrowhawk

Falco longipennis, Australian hobby
Watercolour 105 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Lunated Falcon, Goo-roo-wang

Platycercus venustus, northern rosella
Plate 19 from Ferdinand Lucas Bauers zoological watercolours and drawings observed during Captain Matthew Flinders circumnavigational survey of Australia (Investigator 1801-1803)

Macaws in Parrot Jungle, Miami, Florida, USA
Macaws perched on a young womans arms in the Parrot Jungle, a tourist attraction in Miami, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Madeira, The Loo Rock
Lantern slide of Madeira, The Loo Rock. On the rock, a 17th century fortress is perched.. Part of Box 126, Canary and Madeira, slide no. 27 Date: circa 1890s

Siberian Stonechat / Asian Stonechat - adult pair - male below - alarmed perched on a dry grass - territorial behaviour during the breeding time - June (Saxicola maurus )

Philippine / Monkey-eating Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi)

Asiatic Black BEAR - Japanese subspecies - perched in tree (Selenarctos thibetanus japonicus). Gunma Prefecture, Kanto Region on Honshu Island, Japan

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

Suffragette Christmas Card Votes for Women. Suffragette perched on a box holding a Votes for Women placard, while a policeman stands beside her. Houses of Parliament in the background

Suffragette I ve got a Voter. Young woman, perched upon a sofa declares, I don t want a vote, I ve got a Voter. A man of course and to prove it, his pipe and tobacco jar lay beside her

Pencil-tailed squirrel on a branch
A pencil-tailed squirrel standing on a branch Source: The zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new or interesting animals by Leach, William Elford, 1790-1836. Published by Nodder, Richard P

Desmaretian Manakin perched on a twig
Desmaretian manakin perched on a twig Source: The zoological miscellany: being descriptions of new or interesting animals by Leach, William Elford, 1790-1836. Published by Nodder, Richard P

Lady Caroline Paget by Madame Yevonde
Lady Caroline Paget (1913-1973) by Madame Yevonde. She was the eldest daughter of the 6th Marquess of Anglesey, making her debut in 1931. Seen here with a bird perched on her hands. Date: 1931

Little boy with robin and snowman by Muriel Dawson
A little boy with a robin and a snowman by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1930s

Nursery Rhyme -- The Carrion Crow. A tailor sits sewing, and is irritated by a carrion crow making a noise in a tree. He aims at the crow with his crossbow

Chocolate box design, lady in yellow dress
Chocolate box design, featuring a lady in a wide-skirted yellow dress, standing in a winter landscape with a bird perched on her hand. Date: 20th century

Westminster View
View of Westminster as seen by a pigeon perched on the top of the duke of Yorks Column. Date: circa 1850

Mary and Jesus
Mary with Jesus looks at a bird perched on a boys hand : is this Jesuss brother James or John the Baptist ? The bird doesn t look like a dove... Date: First century

Japanese Serving girl preparing vegetables for her Mistress - perched on a rather unusual (and uncomfortable-looking) wooden frame. Date: circa 1906

Turkey - Nevsehir - Goreme
Goreme, situated among the famous fairy chimney rock formations - a town in Cappadocia, Turkey in the Nevsehir Province in Central Anatolia. Date: circa 1930s

A variety of pistols, including Colts Deringer pistol
Masterful Reinecke. Silhouette of a wailing fox (or a wolf), in pain from a sore (and bandaged) foot, howling his angst to a goose, which he has swatted out of a tree and an observant perched owl

The Wailing Bear
Silhouette of a wailing bear, in pain from a sore (and bandaged) foot, howling his angst to the moon (and a perched owl). Date: circa 1910s

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Oh What a Beautiful Morning
Oh What a Beautiful Morning! A young girl joins a songbird in a refrain, maintaining an entirely positive mood in a time of war Date: circa 1942

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Why Worry! Cares of the time are danced away by this young couple, frolicing in the garden without a care in the world. Date: circa 1942

The Wall Nut - Effeminate young gent pondering the scene
The " Wall-Nut" - An effeminate (Metro-sexual?!) young gent pondering the scene from his perch on the promenade wall of a seaside resort

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