Ring Collection (page 17)

Azidirachta indica, neem tree
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge (1858-1949). From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Natural History Museum in 1952. Hindus use these leaves to bury their dead

Larus delawarensis, ring-billed gull
Plate 212 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Aythya collaris, ring-necked duck
Plate 234 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Agate
A cut and polished section of brown banded agate from Brazil. Agate (silicon dioxide) is a cryptocrystalline quartz

Green demantoid garnet in ring from the collection of Sir Arthur Herbert Church. Dementoid is the green variety of andradite garnet

Strix nebulosa, great grey owl
Close-up photograph of a great grey owl (Strix nebulosa), which can be found from Scandinavia across Siberia to Sakhalin, Alaska, Canada, and parts of the nothwestern United States

Spanish ring-shaped fibula of the Second Iron Age (6th-3rd c. BC). Iron Age. Decorative Arts. SPAIN. Burgos. Burgos Museum. Proc: SPAIN. CASTILE AND LEON. Villanueva de Teba. Necropolis

SPAIN. Madrid. Spain (1930). Madrid. Building of the Ventas bullfighting ring. Photo by Ferriz

America. Malaspinas expedition (1789-1794). Peru. View of Lima from the surroundings of the bullfighting ring. Drawing by Fernando Brambila. Drawing. SPAIN. Madrid. Americas Museum

RING, Ludwig Tom, the Old (late 15th c. -1st half
RING, Ludwig Tom, the Old (late 15th c.-1st half 16 c.). Portrait of his wife. Renaissance art. Painting. GERMANY. Cologne. Wallraf-Richartz Museum

Gold nose ring. Calima art. Jewelry. Proc: COLOMBIA. Restrepo

Manly courage of the celebrated Nicolasa Escamilla
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Manly courage of the celebrated Nicolasa Escamilla (La Pajuelera) in the ring at Saragossa

(Martincho, probably Antonio Ebassum) throws a bull in the r
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The same man (Martincho, probably Antonio Ebassum) throws a bull in the ring

The daring of Martincho in the ring at Saragossa
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The daring of Martincho (probably Antonio Ebassum) in the ring at Saragossa. Plate

The agility and audacity of Juanito Apinani in the ring at M
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The agility and audacity of Juanito Apinani in the ring at Madrid. Plate 20

The Moors make a different play in the ring with their burno
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). The Moors make a different play in the ring with their burnous. Plate 6

Spending money 1918
Various scenes of women and men spending money. Date: 1918

Children dancing in fancy dress

Painter

Loung Suits Photo 1890S
Dapper young men in lounge suits, shirts with all-round stand collars, side buttoning boots & pinkie rings, also a tie fastened with a ring, a bowler hat, cane & a monocle. Date: 1890s

Roman Husband & Wife
" The wife & husband equally conspire, To work by night & rake the winter fire; He sharpens torches in the glim ring room

Virgil / Georgics / Vines
I teach thee next the diff ring soils to know, the light for Vines, the heavier for the Plow. Date: First published: 29 BC

Joseph Edgar Boehm / Photo
JOSEPH EDGAR BOEHM British sculptor astride a chair with his head in his hands Date: 1834 - 1890

LCC-MFB Shand Mason steamer
Shand Mason steamer ready for the turnout from Manchester Square Fire Station. This is a more powerful two-cylinder model. Water in the boiler was kept warm by a small gas ring

The great Wallace shows: colossal 3 ring circus, 2 elevated stages. Poster shows the portraits of B. E. Wallace, Mlle. Norada French, and Mlle. Frenchs circus act. Date c1898

Curfew shall not ring to-night

Ring Street, Budapest, Hungary, Austro-Hungary. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Le printemps or spring

Der Deutsche Ring, Cologne, the Rhine, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The arena, bull ring, Nimes, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Children playing ring around a rosie in one of the better neighborhoods of the Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois. Date 1941 Apr

The Sketch Christmas Number front cover 1940
Stylised graphic cover of The Sketch magazine, for the Christmas number 1940 featuring a bejewelled hand holding some mistletoe against a backdrop of holly. Date: 1940

King of the opium ring big scenic sensation : by Chas. E. Blaney & Chas. A. Taylor. Date c1899

The Peace Celebrations, 1856
Bell ringers ring the church bells in celebration of the end of the Crimean war. Date: 1856

Maid answering the door
Did You Ring Sir? Maid answering the door Date: ca. 1847

The Evolution of the engagement ring
Humorous postcard showing the The Evolution of the engagement ring from Ring... to Wrung... then Sting... to Stung! An engagement ring transforming swiftly into a screaming baby! circa 1904

Spanish Bullfighting Series (8 / 12)
Spanish Bullfighting Series. The matador aims his sword at the bull. Date: 1913

Spanish Bullfighting Series (2 / 12)
Spanish Bullfighting Series. Entrance of all the participants. Date: 1913

Metropolitan Police officers at showjumping event
Three Metropolitan Police officers on horseback jump through rings of fire at a showjumping event. Date: circa 1990s

France, Wimereux - Pas de Calais. A lovely souvenir card featuring a fetching young female bather resting on a large rubber ring

Spanish Bullfighting Series (12 / 12)
Spanish Bullfighting Series. The dead bull is dragged away. Date: 1913

The shore of Lake Baikal, Russia Date: circa 1910s

Universal Ring Sundial
A Universal Ring Sundial, a French sundial which indicates the time by light passing through the pin hole onto a graduated ring parallel to the earths equator. Date: 18th century

Lambeth Doorknocker
The ancient ring door-knocker at Lambeth Palace, London. Date: 1950s

Bull Ring Market Stalls
A roof pattern, a view overlooking the market stalls in the Bull Ring shopping complex, Birmingham, England. Date: May 1966

Four boys dancing on a beach, with boats on either side, and more boats out at sea. first published 1879

Boxing, Landskrona, Sweden 1961. Date: 1961

Picador fighting at the Bullring in San Pedro Tlaquepaque
A good jab by Arcadio Reyes (" El Zarco" ) - a picador fighting at the Bullring in San Pedro Tlaquepaque, also known as Tlaquepaque or simply San Pedro - a city

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