Sharp Collection (page 4)

Tupaia glis, common tree shrew
Teeth in the upper mandible of a male comon tree shrew, showing the fundamental mammalian triangle of sharp, pointed cusps. Scale is in millimetres

Sharks head and teeth
Page 333 from Metallotheca by Michele Mercati (1717). Sixteenth century drawing

Nymphaea sp. water lily: underside of leaf
Plate 3 from Victoria Regia 1854, by John Fisk Allen. Illustration by William Sharp

Geospiza difficilis, sharp-beaked ground finch with labels
A specimen of a sharp-beaked ground finch (Geospiza difficilis) collected by Dr. A. Habel in the Galapagos Islands

Hydrocynus sp. tigerfish
Specimen skull of a tigerfish (Hydrocynus sp.). Tigerfish are found in warm rivers and lakes throughout Africa, they are fierce and voracious feeding on whatever is most abundant

Melocactus caroli-linnaei, melocactus
Illustration from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is thought to have been made by Simon Taylor (1742-1796)

Black basalt lava
This basalt lave has cooled quickly and gas bubbles have formed into balls of fragile, needle-sharp crystals of zeolite minerals

Hand-Axes

Opunita fiscus-indica, prickly pear
An oil painting of a prickly pear (Opunita fiscus-indica). The artist and date are unknown. Original canvas held at the Natural History Museum, London

Centrostephanus longispina, echinoid
The echinoid (Centrostephanus longispina). A recent echinoid found in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic. Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ilex aquifolium, holly
View of holly with berries covered in snow, in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden, January 2003

Monodon monoceros, narwhal
The skull and a selecton of vertebrae specimens of the narwhal whale, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ilex aquifolium, English holly
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Flint nodule
This flint nodule originates from the Cretaceous rocks of the North Downs, England

Study of shark
Page 397 by Ulisse Aldrovandi from his De Piscubis et de Cetis, 1638

Jungles en route to Kalaw - Central Burma - Great sharp valleys and long ridges, dense with jungle. We fly at about 8, 000 feet and sometimes seem close over the endless green of lumpy tree tops

View of Pottsville Taken from Sharp Mountain & respectfully dedicated to the enterprising citizens of the Coal Region by J.R. Smith

John Sharp - exhibition, February 1-15, water colors, Ottumwa Art Center. Poster for exhibition of watercolors by John Sharp. Date between 1936 and 1941

A sharp pace from start to finish. Date c1884

Mary Sharp College, at Winchester, Tenn

Delcher & Hennessy present Miss Coghlan as Becky Sharp in Thackerays Vanity fair. Date c1900

Blind motor car driver, 1904
Despite the fact Mr Sharp of Watford is totally blind, he has obtained a licence to drive a motor car. To warn other motorists, his bowler hat is inscribed with the words, Blind. Thats alright then

Art Nouveau scene with Handwalking greek girl
An Art Nouveau picture depicting a young handwalking greek girl along with an accompanying musician, playing a set of pipes

Wandsworth Union Old Peoples Cottages, Tooting
Cottages for the elderly poor erected in 1902 at Church Lane, Tooting, by the Wandsworth and Clapham Union. The scheme was designed by C.A. Sharp. Date: 1902

Granpop Gets Down to Brass Tacks by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood featuring his orang utan character, Granpop, descending a ladder only to stand painfully on some brass tacks. His porcine companion seems to find this hilarious

Knives and Scissors to Grind Oh
Old Street Cries -- Knives and Scissors to Grind Oh!! 20th century

Kodak Camera 1930S
Smart cameras have striped fronts this year. At the Kodak works at Wealdstone, England, where these cameras are made, each is tested by a scientist to ensure a needle-sharp focus Date: 1930s

Conger Eel & Sharp Nosed
Two eels on a city riverbank: 1. conger eel 2. sharp nosed eel Date: circa 1860

Metropolitan Police sword and scabbard
A Metropolitan Police sword and its scabbard

Theatre, Maughams, The Moon And Sixpence 1925, Nerman
Eileen Sharp as Ata, the native girl, and Henry Ainley as Charles Strickland, in Somerset Maughams The Moon And Sixpence. Although and excellent play

Pedestrian safety / W H Robinson
Safety for pedestrians at sharp bends, with the help of a dressing table mirror attached to a lampost. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

Franz Joseph of Liechtenstein
Franz Joseph II of Liechtenstein (1906 - 1989). Ruled from 1938 until his death. He is wearing a sharp suit, clearly made in London. Date: 1956

Lear / Nonsense / Chin / Pin
There was a Young Lady whose chin, resembled the point of a pin; So she had it made sharp, and purchased a harp, and played several tunes with her chin

A CARD SHARP / C. 1850
A card sharp tries to con two naive country folk at an inn; they are using a barrel as a playing surface

The Eagle in Love
Commemorating Napoleon IIIs wedding to Eugenie -- she is clipping his sharp claws

Tug of War Cartoon
3rd Event - International Sports 1914- THE TUG OF WAR. " I Ain t seed Hun come up for the third time yet ave you Sargint?" - a sharp cartoon commentary on front line life

Cross Country Cartoon
2nd Event - International Sports 1914- CROSS COUNTRY RACE. Which is the crossest country? - a sharp satire depicting a Britsh soldier chasing his German foe

Sharp-Winged Hawk Moth
SHARP-WINGED HAWK MOTH with caterpillar

Granville Sharp Pattison
GRANVILLE SHARP PATTISON American anatomist and surgeon, often involved in controversy; bequeathed important Robert Burns collection to Maryland U

Becky Refuses a Proposal
A young lady turns down a propsal from an older gentleman. (Becky Sharp and Sir Pitt Crawley in " Vanity Fair" )

Trading / Stock Exchange
A trader passes a note from the exchange floor to a colleague in a booth, who will deliver the information on the deal

James Sharp, Bishop
JAMES SHARP Archbishop of Saint Andrews, murdered by Covenanters

Scythian War Chariots
Persian war chariots charge against Alexander the Great

Making of a Clerk / Satire
Victorian satire depicting the entry of a young man as an office clerk & the finished article, as an old man with a crooked back (" Making a sharp lad of him" )

Kingfisher / Morris
A kingfisher sitting on a thin branch. (Alcedo ispida)

MENs JACKETS FOR 1951
French male style for Spring- Summer 1951: trousers with a sharp crease & either a mustard yellow D-B jacket with long lapels or a maroon S-B jacket with rounded front borders

Charles I / Sharp
Charles I of England

John Sharp, Churchman
JOHN SHARP churchman, archbishop of York with his autograph

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