Skull Collection (page 4)

Comparative anatomy of the heads of men, apes and birds. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Chapman from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, London, 1803

Comparisons of man and ape
Representation of the analogy betwixt man and brute. Child and monkey with fruit, portrait of man and ape, skulls of man and ape. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J

Native man of Nuku Hiva with spear and skull
Native of Nuku Hiva with spear and skull. Young man of the Marquesas Islands not completely tattooed. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature

Chinese pangolin, Manis pentadactyla. Critically endangered. Illustration by Jacques de Seve, engraved by Bischoff. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers Animal

Chinese pangolin, Manis pentadactyla. Critically endangered. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Valentin Bischoff after an illustration by Jacques de Seve from Johann Christian Daniel Schrebers

Painting of an angel, verses, castle towers
Painting beneath the assassination of St. Thomas a Becket showing an angel, verses, castle towers and a corpse in winding robes

Fossil teeth, skull and jaw of the extinct Deinotherium giganteum. Engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Fossil skull of extinct Palaeotherium crassum. Engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary of Natural History)

Anatomy of the human nose, mouth and finger
Anatomy of the human nose, mouth, tongue, jaw and teeth, showing the senses of taste, smell and touch. Lithograph from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History

Anatomy of the human skeleton. Lithograph from Lorenz Okens Universal Natural History, Allgemeine Naturgeschichte fur alle Stande, Stuttgart, 1839

Two Skeletons of Death lead an Old Woman to her fate as she prays on her rosary. One has a wreath on its skull and beats her, and the other plays a dulcimer

Frontispiece with skull, hourglass and sacred heart
Frontispiece of noble man and woman in 16th century Swiss costume standing beside an allegorical escutcheon with skull, helmet, Times hourglass, skeleton and sacred heart. Mortalium Nobilitas

Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Chimpanzee and orangutan heads
Young chimpanzee head, Pan troglodytes 1, young orangutan head 2, adult orangutan head 3, and skull of orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus 4. Endangered

Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Madame de Sevigne, French epistolary writer famous for her letters to her daughter Madame de Grignan, 1626-1696

Skull of a Buru babirusa, Babyrousa babyrussa. La tete d un Sanglier-Cerf des Indes, Babyroussa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Sebastian Leitner after an illustration by Johann Ludwig

Human sacrifice in a sacred marae, Tahiti
Human sacrifice in a sacred marae (Morai) or cemetery, Tahiti. Drummers at left, a hog-tied victim and two grave diggers digging a grave before a pile of human skulls and quivers of arrows

Skulls of pigeons and dodo
Skulls of tooth-billed pigeon, Didunculus strigirostris, critically endangered 1, 7, 8, 9, 10 dodo, Raphus cucullatus 2, yellow-footed green pigeon, Treron chlorigaster 3, 6, crowned pigeon

Head of a dodo in the Ashmolean Museum
Side view of the head of a dodo in the Ashmolean Museum and restored head in the British Museum. Illustration drawn and lithographed by Joseph Dinkel from Hugh Edwin Strickland

Illustration, Merry Wives of Windsor, William Shakespeare
Illustration by Kenny Meadows to The Merry Wives of Windsor, by William Shakespeare. Cast list with decorative skull and antlers. Date: 1840

The Alamo Monument in Austin, Texas
A monument to the battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. A small obelisk sits on plinth decorated with a skull and cross bones, with the name Crockett engraved on it. Date: 1836

Evening dress by Lanvin
An evening dress in red faille falling softly in points to the feet with a simplicity that veils consummate art. The evening cap is in brilliants. Date: 1929

Kayan men in long house with skulls, Borneo, SE Asia
Kayan men sitting on the floor of a long house with war trophy skulls on display, Borneo, SE Asia (then part of the British Empire). Date: 1922

Cartoon, Phrenology - a popular pseudo-science at the time. early 19th century

Dr Deijmans Anatomy Lesson
Engraving after a painting by Rembrandt, showing a physician looking in detail at deceased mans brain

Womens clothing 1929
Loose weaves a feature of new woollen. Early spring womens frocks made from trelya wool. 1929

Advert for Madame Thea - wedding gowns 1929
Advert for a three quarter length wedding gown with large bouquet. 1929

BIG BOSS
Democracy - Depicting a vulture over looking workers while sitting upon a human skull 1941

Crown Prince Wilhelm (1882 - 1951), son of Kaiser Wilhelm II, seen here in uniform during the First World War. Date: 1916

Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat. Catalogue number NHM 1850.11.30.6

Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat (holotype). Catalogue reference NHM 1897.12.26.1)

Gallimimus
An omnivorous dinosaur from Mongolia which lived during the Upper Cretaceous period, 74 to 70 million years ago It grew up to 6 metres in length making it the largest ornithomimid yet

SPORTSWEAR 1940S
Sports or leisure wear worn on the bowling green includes white shorts, blouse and white sandals or mini-skirt, striped top and a skull cap with a large tassel. Date: early 1940s

MARY MAGDALEN REPENTS
MARY MAGDALEN She repents of her evil life, and goes out into the wilderness where she meditates on a skull Date: 1st century

Harry Prices investigations into the mediumship of Duncan
Photographs from Harry Prices investigations into the mediumship of Helen Duncan and of Ms Esson Maule, who was involved with the exposure of Helen Duncan during a seance in Edinburgh

The Skull, Shaftesbury Theatre, London
The Skull, a comedy mystery thriller, at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. With John Deverell, John Gielgud and Alison Leggatt. 1928

A False Wife, by F Marriott Watson, Opera House, Torquay
A False Wife, by F Marriott Watson, at the Opera House, Torquay. 1908

Winter sun highlights a skull & crossbones on a tomb
The low winter sun highlights a skull & crossbones on a tomb beneath cemetery gates. Kirkcudbright graveyard, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland Date: 2009

Man with marijuana
A Muslim man holds a bunch of wild cannabis, or marijuana plant in the Kashmir Valley near Srinagar, Kashmir. He wears a kufi Islamic hat and a big smile Date: 1986

Java Man or Pithecanthropus erectus (Homo Erectus erectus). Early human fossills discovered on island Java (Indonesia). Paleolithic

Medicine. Study of anatomy by Leonardo Da Vinci. 15th centur
Study of anatomy by Leonardo Da Vinci. 15th century. Skeletal structure. National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy

Skull of a young girl. 18-20 years old. 3500-3400 BC. Sigersdal Mose, Northern Zealand. National Museum of Denmark. Copenhagen. Denmark

Anatomy skeleton
Diagram of the human skeleton from front and back

Andrewsarchus mongoliencis, Skull cast
Cast of the only known cranium of Andrewsarchus mongoliensis from the Eocene of Irdin Manha, China (original is in the AMNH)

Barbary lion skull
Oldest UK skull of a North African Barbary lion, Panthera leo leo, dated to 1280-1385. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ago

Anarhichas lupus, wolf eel
The skull of a wolf eel (Anarhichas lupus) whose teeth are specially adapted for crushing and eating spiny sea urchins. The wolf eel is native to British waters

Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337). Crucifix. 1317. Renaissance art. Trecento. ITALY. VENETO. Padua. Municipal Museum of Padua. Proc: ITALY. VENETO. Padua. Scrovegni Chapel

Occipital bone of horse skull (Arab racing pony, NHM reference NHMADAR.H40)

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