Shrew Collection

Socrates & Xanthippe (1)
SOCRATES with his wife Xanthippe, a notorious shrew

Talpa europaea, European mole
Plate 123 Common Mole. Original watercolour drawing from The Naturalists Library, Mammalia, Vol. 3, 1833-1843, by Sir William Jardine (1800-1874)

Shrews and moles
Water shrew, Neomys fodiens, Etruscan shrew, Suncus etruscus, common shrew, Sorex araneus, star-nosed mole, Condylura cristata, European mole, Talpa europaea, and eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus

Lily Brayton as Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew
Lily Brayton as Katharina in Shakespeares comedy, The Taming of the Shrew at the Kings Theatre, Hammersmith, West London, with Oscar Asche. The couple were also performing in Othello. 1900s

Three varieties of British shrew -- Oared Shrew (Sorex remifer), Water Shrew (Sorex fodiens) and Common Shrew (Sorex araneus). Date: 1843

Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens (Sorex ciliatus, fringe-tailed water shrew-mouse). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new

Common shrew, Sorex araneus, and Cape golden mole, Chrysochloris asiatica. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Water shrew, Neomys fodiens (Sorex remifer, Sorex fodiens). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Common shrew, Sorex araneus. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Greater white-toothed shrew, grey musk shrew
Greater white-toothed shrew, Crocidura russula 1, grey musk shrew, Suncus murinus 2 and dusky musk deer, Moschus fuscus, endangered 3. Musaraigne musette, Musaraigne montjourou, Musc

Illustration, Christopher Sly, The Taming of the Shrew. 19th century

TAMING OF THE SHREW / SLY
Act I Scene I Christopher Sly and the hostess

Mr & Mrs Benson and Company, Theatre Royal, Halifax
Mr & Mrs Benson and their Company, at the Theatre Royal, Halifax, with a programme of Shakespeare plays (The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet)

Cartoon, The Censor at Work, WW1
Cartoon, The Censor at Work as he is seen by the Press, with a quotation from The Taming of the Shrew: Heres snip, and nip, and cut, and slish, and slash, Like to a censer in a barbers shop

Christopher Sly by Giovacchino Forzano (19 November 1884 28 October 1970) translated by H. B. Cotterill and starring Matheson Lang (May 15, 1879 April 11, 1948)

Sir Laurence Olivier aged 15 playing Kate in Taming of Shrew
Sir Laurence Olivier in his first leading Shakespearian role - Katharine in Taming of the Shrew at All Saints Choir School, Margaret Street, London and Stratford-on-Avon in April 1922

Water shrew, adult, on alert while devouring a water beetle (a predatious diving beetle pictured(Dytiscidae spp.) (Neomys fodiens )

Water shrew, adult, searches for food; (Neomys fodiens). valley of river Pra, a tributary of river Oka; near Ryasan town, european Russia, Nature Reserve Okskii ; autumn (September)

Elephant Shrew
Macroscelides typicus. In most ways this cute creature is easily distinguished from the elephant, but its true its nose is rather long

Scene from Shakespeares Taming of the Shrew
A scene from Shakespeares comedy, The Taming of the Shrew (Act IV, Scene i), in which Petruchio insists that the food isn t good enough for poor hungry Kate to eat

Shakespeare - The Taming of the Shrew - Hostess (to Sly): You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? circa 1830

Scene from Taming of the Shrew
Scene from Taming the Shrew at the Haymarket theatre, directed by Benjamin Webster. Date: 1844

The Taming of the Shrew - title page - Petruchio and his servant Grumio. 1862

Lily Brayton as the Shrew
Lily Brayton (1876 30 April 1953), English actress and singer, as Katherina confronts the camera with a suitably shrewish expression. Date: 1905

Phyllis Thomas & Ralph Richardson as Katherine & Petruchio Date: Twentieth century

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Promotional postcard for The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. Starring Oscar Asche as Petruchio, and his wife, Lily Brayton, as Katherine in a production at the Adelphi Theatre

Chimarrogale varennei, lateral view

Chimarrogale varennei, mandible

Chimarrogale varennei, dorsal view

Chimarrogale varennei, dorsal, ventral

Lemming, hamster, songar rat, blind mole-rat, perfuming shrew (muskrat), and elephant shrew.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Eurasian water shrew, Neomys fodiens.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Water shrew, (Neomys fodiens ). Russia

Water shrew, adult, devours a water beetle (a predatious diving beetle pictured, Dytiscidae spp.) (Neomys fodiens). on the bank of river Pra, a tributary of river Oka; near Ryasan town

Water shrew, adult, inquisitively sniffs air (Neomys fodiens ). bank of river Pra, a tributary of river Oka; near Ryasan town, european Russia, Nature Reserve Okskii ; autumn (September)

Water shrew, adult, rests after a meal (as it consumes a few of its own weights worth of food a day, its rests often but briefly) (Neomys fodiens)

Tupaia glis, common tree shrew teeth

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

Shakspeare--Taming of the shrew, Act III, Scene II. Date 1795

Tameing i. e. taming a shrew. Or Petruchios patent family be
Tameing i.e. taming a shrew. Or Petruchios patent family bedstead, gags & thumscrews. Cartoon showing woman restrained in a bed fashioned like a pillory

Petruchio & Katharina
Act IV, Scene I Petruchio finds fault with everything the servants provide Date: 1911

France as a Shrew
France depicted as a shrew, impatient with every would-be leader

Shakespeare illustrated title page
An illustrated title page, showing vignette scenes from the Comedies, with Shakespeare himself above and below in youth and old age

Ralph Richardson / Shrew
RALPH RICHARDSON English actor with Phyllis Thomas in The Taming of the Shrew (Vic Wells)

Taming of the Shrew
Edward H. Sothern as Petruchio

Socrates & Xanthippe (2)
SOCRATES with his wife Xanthippe, a notorious shrew

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