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Japanese Serving girl preparing vegetables for her Mistress - perched on a rather unusual (and uncomfortable-looking) wooden frame. Date: circa 1906
Turkey - Nevsehir - GoremeGoreme, 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 pistolMasterful 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 BearSilhouette 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 MorningOh 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 sceneThe " Wall-Nut" - An effeminate (Metro-sexual?!) young gent pondering the scene from his perch on the promenade wall of a seaside resort
Advertising postcard - Lloyds News - At the Top of the TreeAdvertising postcard for Lloyds News - At the Top of the Tree. Celebrating sales of nearly a million and a half copies. Lloyds Weekly Newspaper was an early Sunday newspaper in the United Kingdom
Man who has bought a fine wooden chest at AuctionIn Possession. A man who has bought a fine wooden chest at an Auction awaiting transportation to remove it. Date: 1894
Birds perched on a gate on a cutout Christmas cardColourful birds perched on a five-bar gate in the snow on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Birds perched on crescent moon on a Christmas cardFive birds perched on a crescent moon on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Harpia harpyja, harpy eagleA specimen of a harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring
Spermophila supercilarisPlate 7 from Gyula Madaraszs Zeitschrift Fur Die Gesammte Ornithologie, Vol. 2, (1885) Annotated Spermophila superciliaris. This science name is no longer valid
Dacela novaeguineae, laughing kookaburraWatercolour 159 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Great Brown Kingfisher, Goo-ge-na-gan
Glossopsitta pusilla, little lorikeetWatercolour 129 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Small Parakeet
Trichoglossus haematodus moluccanus, rainbow lorikeetWatercolour 125 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Red-breasted or Blue-bellied Parrot, Goeril
Anthus novaeseelandiae, New Zealand pipitWatercolour 270 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled New-Holland Lark
Aquila audax, wedge-tailed eagleWatercolour 95 by the Port Jackson Painter from the Watling Collection titled Bold Vulture, Boo-ro-ma-rang
Pardalotus punctatus, spotted pardaloteWatercolour 287 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled New Holland Manakins
Platycercus eximius, eastern rosellaWatercolour 37 by the Port Jackson Painter from Banks Manuscript 34, (c. 1790)
Cacatua sulphurea, yellow-crested cockatooPlate from William Hayes Portraits of Rare and Curious Birds, With Their Descriptions, From the Menagery of Osterley Park, London, (1794)
Leiothrix argentauris, silver-eared mesiaPlate 221, a watercolour by Rajman Singh, from Brian Houghton Hodgsons collection of birds and mammals of Nepal
Trogon melanurus macroura, black-tailed trogonHand coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould, from John Goulds A Monograph of the Trogonid, or Family of Trogons, (1838)
Muscicapa striata, spotted flycatcherPlate 120 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Loxia curvirostra, red crossbill, Loxia scotica, Scottish crPlate 27 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Pernis apivorus, European honey buzzardPlate 11 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Cinclus cinclus, white-throated dipperPlate 122 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Lonchura maja, white-headed munia, Amandava amandava, red avPlate 77, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Petroica macrocephala, New Zealand titFf. 149. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Turdus minutus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)
Pluvalis squatarola, grey plover and other owlsLarge Series plate 6, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Turnix sylvaticus, Common buttonquailPlate 16 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Regulus regulus, goldcrestPlate from Paul Jerrards Gems for the Drawing Room:(British) Birds (1852). Hand coloured lithograph
Phoenicurus ochruros, black redstartPlate 52 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Aratinga solstitialis, sun parakeetPlate 19 painting by Louis Bourquet from Francois Le Vaillants Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, Vol. 1, (1801). Annotated La Perruche Ara Guarouba, femelle
Leptocoma zeylonicus, purple-rumped sunbirdPlate 56, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Pericrocotus flammeues, scarlet minivetPlate 40, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Pycnonotus aurigaster, sooty-headed bulbulPlate 45, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Cynoramphus zealandicus, black-fronted parakeetPlate 8, (1:8) a watercolour by Sydney Parkinson from Sir Joseph Banks commission of natural history drawings from Captain James Cooks first voyage (Endeavour 1768-1771). Annotated Psittacus varieatus
Aratinga strenua, Pacific parakeetPlate 26 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph
Sturnus roseus, rosy starlingPlate 56 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Ara macao, scarlet macawPlate 7 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph
Prunella modularis, dunnockPlate 55 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Psittaculirostris sp. fig parrotPlate 11, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Aegithina tiphia, common ioraPlate 58, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Arenaria interpres, ruddy turnstone and other birdsLarge Series plate 15, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus, red-faced malkohaPlate 24, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Lorius lory, black-capped loryPlate 17, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)
Anthus campestris, tawny pipitPlate 9 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph