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Louis Wain - A Christmas catastrophe : please, sir, the rat entree has escaped and eaten the turkey, cats eating and drinking Date: circa 1906
Ivor Novello star of The Rat (1925)Ivor Novello the star of The Rat on stage and screen Date: 1926
Wind in Willows / Rat SnowRat & Mole in the Wild Wood: " The Rat pondered awhile, and examined the humps and slopes that surrounded them." Date: First published: 1908
Wind in Willows / GrahameThe Water Rat & Mole picnicking: " The Mole begged as a favour, to be allowed to unpack it all by himself." Date: First published: 1908
The Frog and the Rat. circa 1900
Willows / Rat & BeerRat & Mole: " He presently reappeared somewhat dusty, with a bottle of beer in each paw & another under each arm." Date: First published: 1908
Southern Railway RatcatcherOfficial Rat catcher for Southern Railway with Terriers and quarry. Date: 1924
Ivor Novello and Mae Marsh in The Rat (1925) directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1926
A Barn Owl hunting a rat. Pen & ink illustration by Raymond Sheppard
Rat-Tat-Tat by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl opens a door. Date: 1931
Rat / Egyptian Sun GodRAT - the female principle of the sun-god Re
RATS IN THE BARN C1910Rats in a barn nibble on some apples. Date: circa 1910
London Rat CatcherA rat-catcher at work in the London sewers
Gunter Grass / MorganGUNTER GRASS German writer rides a rat
Cancer ResearchCancer research at Gratwick Laboratory, Buffalo, New York, which achieved striking results with rats in 1909. Date: 1909
Town & Country MouseLE RAT DE VILLE ET LE RAT DES CHAMPS (the Town Mouse and the Country Mouse) - The country mouse alarmed by the sounds of the town house
Pied Piper / Greenaway / RatThe Pied Piper leads the rats away from the town
Ivor Novello - Welsh composer and actorIvor Novello (1893 1951), born David Ivor Davies - a Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century
Dame Trot and Her Cat - eight scenes Date: 1820s
Alican Land, Roland RatA WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image depicts Roland Rat speaking with the businessman Sam Squirrel. Date: circa 1940s
The House That Jack BuiltA photograph of a toy displaying figurines from the nursery rhyme, The House That Jack Built, including a windmill, the bags of malt, a cat, the rat, the cow with a crumpled horn
British Productions films 1929 and 1930 - The Bondman, The First-Born, The Wrecker, The Burgomaster of Stilemonde, The Woman in White, The Blue Peter, Albino the Outcast, When Knights Were Bold
Ivor Novello and Isabel Jeans in film, The Return of the RatIvor Novello and Isabel Jeans in Gainsborough Pictures film, The Return of the Rat, directed by Graham Cutts Date: 1929
WW2 - Home Front - Land Girl hunting rats with ferrets and the results of one day's offensive in a Hereford Barn. Date: circa 1942
Precautions taken against the plague in Japan, 1908An example to India: exterminating the microbe-carrying rat. Remarkable precautions taken against the plague in Japan. Photographs include sorting
Merlin and peregrine falconMerlin, Falco columbarius 1, and peregrine falcon with duck, Falco peregrinus 2. Pigeon hawk 1, and duck hawk or great-footed hawk 2
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
Indian chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum, Crisantemo indiano, Matricale della China. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali
Rat catcher with a wooden leg. 17th century
Pampas fox or aguarachay, Lycalopex gymnocercus, and spiny rat or casiragua, Proechimys guairae. After Felix de Azaras Voyages dans l Amerique Meridionale
Red acouchi and crab-eating raccoonRed acouchi or wood rat, Myoprocta acouchy, and crab-eating raccoon, crabbodago or grisson, Procyun cancrivorus. Copperplate engraving by Barlow after an original illustration by Captain John Gabriel
The balloon man, caricature of the balloonist MontgolfierThe balloon man, l homme aux ballons, caricature of the balloonist Montgolfier by Jean-Baptiste Letourmy of Orleans, 18th century
Ray, shark, sturgeon, lamprey, etcMarine creatures: hagfish, Myxine glutinosa 1, river lamprey eel, Petromyzon fluviatilis 2, torpedo ray, Raja torpedo ocellata 3, great white shark, Squalus carcharias, vulnerable 4, rat fish
Rat fish, elephantfish and American paddlefishRat fish, Chimaera monstrosa, elephantfish, Callorhinchus callorynchus, and American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula (vulnerable)
Water vole, Arvicola amphibiusWater vole or black water rat, Arvicola amphibius. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836
Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus (Mus decumanus). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836
Black rat, Rattus rattus (Mus rattus), caught in a mousetrap. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836
Amazon bamboo rat, Dactylomys dactylinus (Long-toed spinous rat, Echimys dactylinus). From a specimen in Berlin Museum. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by Col
Long-toed spiny rat, Dactylomys dactylinusLong-toed spinous or spiny rat, Amazon bamboo rat, Dactylomys dactylinus, (Echimys dactylinus? Geoff.) From a specimen in Berlin Museum
Figures representing Aztec kings of Mexico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843
Eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridanaEastern woodrat or Florida rat, Neotoma floridana. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward, from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker
Coypu, Myocastor coypuCoypu or river rat, Myocastor coypu (Coypou, Hydromys coupus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by the Baron Cuvier, London, Whittaker, 1825
Cayenne spiny rat, Proechimys guyannensis (Red echimys or spiny rat of d Azara). Illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Basire from Edward Griffiths The
Long-nosed potoroo or kangaroo rat, Potorous tridactylus. (Tufted tailed or mountain kanguroo, Kanguroo pencillatus.) Illustration by John Lewin
Scorpion fish, rat fish, cowfish and firefishRed scorpion fish, Scorpaena scrofa 1, rat fish, Chimaera monstrosa 2, scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis 3, and broadbarred firefish, Pterois antennata 4
Kangaroo rat beside rocks. Artist: Thomas Bewick
Emigration - Fleas and Rats. 19th century
Terrier racing in Juan les PinsA terrier racing contest in the French Riviera resort of Juan les Pins, organised by Captain and Mrs Russell Roberts on the terrace of the Casino