Prey Collection

Oiseaux - birds
Page of birds including birds of prey and tropical birds. Date: 1930

Tawny Owl
A Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) perched on a branch. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Lions and Dead Quagga, by Thomas Baines
Lions and Dead Quagga, Vultures and Adjutants, Zululand, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (3 of 5) Date: 1874

Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon
Plate 13 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 1 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Red kite, Milvus milvus. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History)

A Barn Owl (Tyto alba), perched on a gnarled old branch. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Peregrine Falcon
A Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched on a branch. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

A Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched on a fence post, above some barbed wire. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon
A peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in flight. The peregrine falcon can be seen in most parts of the UK except around london and the home counties. They breed in rocky cliffs and uplands

Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon
Plate from Hermann Schlegel and A.H. Verster de Wulverhursts Traite de Fauconnerie (1844-1853)

Phalcoboenus australis, striated caracara
Ff. 37. Watercolour painting by George Forster (1773) annotated Falco harpe mas junior and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

George Chapman / Anon Copp
GEORGE CHAPMAN English poet and dramatist, known especially for his verse translations of Homer Date: 1559 - 1634

Wild Hunt of Norsemen
A troop of Norse horsemen and their dogs gallop through the night sky in pursuit of their prey

Monkey-eating / Philippine Eagle - in tree (Pithecophaga jefferyi). Philippines

Eagle Owl - with prey - forest glade of Ural Mountains (Bubo bubo). Russia - winter snow

Mummified sacred ibis, partially unwrapped
The sacred ibis, as well as the baboon, was linked to Thoth, god of the moon and writing. He was often represented as a man with the head of an ibis

Falconry : Showing Off
A proud falconer shows off his falcon, holding it up in the air on his protective gauntlet glove. Date: 1930s

Origin Species, CH Bennett, banker - vulture
Vulturine. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of a vulture to a banker. Known for his beak and bald head the vulture has exchanged his feathers for a broadcloth

Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, adult with rabbit prey. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of

VOS, Paul de (1596-1678). The Fable of the Dog and the Prey. Baroque art.; Flemish art. Oil on canvas

Golden Eagle
A Golden Eagle. Date: 1960s

Pterodactyl / Dragonfly
A Pterodactyl of the Lassic Period, chasing a giant dragonfly

Advertisement Illustration, Bird Of Prey
An illustration, most likely used for advertisement purposes, featuring a magnificent bird of prey with spread wings. Date: circa 1939

Woodpecker Tapestry
A tapestry designed by William Morris, inspired by a story from Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses, in which a sorceress transforms King Picus into a woodpecker, having refused to become here lover

Tower of Silence, Bombay (Mumbai), India
Tower of Silence (Dakhmeh), Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1890s

A farm cat gets ready to pounce on his prey. Date: circa 1887

Comic postcard, Hungry lions - For what we are about to receive... Date: early 20th century

Falconer
A painting of a medaeval falconer. A falconer is a hunter of wild animals in their natural state and habitat by means of a trained bird of prey

Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis, American goshawk, adult with prey 1, young 2. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report

Merlin and peregrine falcon
Merlin, Falco columbarius 1, and peregrine falcon with duck, Falco peregrinus 2. Pigeon hawk 1, and duck hawk or great-footed hawk 2

American golden plover and ruddy turnstone
American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica 1, 2, and ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres turnstone 3. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry

Horned grebe, Podiceps auritus, adult male 1, and female in winter plumage. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds

Northern harrier, Circus hudsonius. Marsh hawk, male 1, female with prey 2. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds

Northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus. Bob-white or quail, male 1, female 2, young 3. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report

Customs of Native American peoples
Interpreter Sacagawea reunited with the Shoshone people on Lewis and Clarkes Expedition 49, a Native American presents a tobacco pipe to the Medicine Stone 50

Titlepage with vignette of Guinea turaco and violet turaco
Titlepage with vignette of Guinea turaco, Tauraco persa buffoni, and violet turaco, Musophaga violacea. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart

Northern black-flycatcher, Melaenornis edolioides. (Walking drongo shrike, Melasoma edolioides.) Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his

Head of the violet turaco, Musophaga violacea
Head of the violet turaco, Violet plantain eater, Musophaga violacea. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William John Swainson from his Birds of Western Africa in

Illuminated calendar for September 1846
Calendar for September with figures of Micah and St. Matthew, quote from Timothy, disciple, woman with scales, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou

Ash-coloured harrier, Circus cineraceus. Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1842

Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos (Aquila chrysaeta). Handcoloured steel engraving from Georg Friedrich Treitschkes Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig

Hawking scene, 14th century
Nobles and ladies on horseback hawking with falcons, while the falconer frightens birds at the river edge, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Hawking scene, 9th century
Hawking scene: Saxon nobleman on horseback with falconer releasing birds near a river bank, 9th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports

Ladies hawking, 14th century
Ladies hawking with falcons and hunting dogs in the 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876

Hawking scenes, 9th and 14th century
Hawking scenes: Saxon noble and falconer from the 9th century (middle), and ladies and men hawking with falcons and prey from the 14th century (top, bottom)

Lion, Panthera leo, hunting an antilope. Vulnerable
Lion, Panthera leo, hunting an antilope while a female lion watches. Vulnerable.Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Susemihl from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Harvest mouse, Micromys minutus (Mus messorius), with worm. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Dorcas gazelle running from a cheetah
Dorcas gazelle, Gazella dorcas (vulnerable), running from a cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus (vulnerable). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

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