Rook Collection

Farmer and team of working horses plough a field
A team of two heavy horses plough a field, watched by a large crow and a pet springer spaniel. Watercolour painting by Malcom Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Cock Robin 1
After the unfortunate death of Cock Robin, the Rook reads the burial service

Misfitz - Qua-Qua. early 20th century

Rook (Morris)
(Corvus frugilegus)

Rook (Somerset)
(Corvus frugilegus)

Colonies of rooks fly above Harlech Castle, north Wales, before roosting for the night Date: 2019

The Man With The Rook
A portrait painting of a cheerful looking man, wearing a blue shirt, feeding a rook which is perched on his arm, he is standing in a field with sheep in the background. Date: circa 1917

Variety of birds eggs
1- swallow, 2- cuckoo, 3- rook, 4- crow, 5- jackdaw, 6- jay, 7- sparrowhawk, 8- kestrel, 9- ringed plover, 10- snipe, 11- black tern, 12- common tern. Date: 1894

Chess board with pieces on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Two kittens on a New Year card, playing with chess pieces. circa 1890s

Rook, Corvus frugilegus.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own Natural History of British Birds, London, 1794-1819

Two Black Birds

Rook Castle - Birthplace of Sir George White VC, Portstewart, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Date: circa 1903

Fable - The Tortoise and the Hare
The complacent hare takes a nap under a tree while the Tortoise romps home in this cautionary tale advocating the slow and steady over the fast and flippant. Illustration by Malcolm Greensmith

Rook in flight
A rook about to land on a branch

Rooks in a Cage

Caxton / Rook
THE ROOK - who represents a legate of the king

Caxton / First Pawn
THE FIRST PAWN - representing the common man and labourer without whose work the nobles cannot rule. He stands on the board before the Rook (officer of the king) whom he serves

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