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Arctic Fox searches for food, sniffing lemmings and other food under deep snow on Kara sea shore (Alopex lagopus). tundra of Taimyr peninsula, North of Siberia, Russian Arctic, winter
Hogarth Rake Plate 7The Rakes Progress 7. Scene in the Fleet prison
Lady and Blossom 1925A girl, wearing a straw cloche hat with a two colour double brim and ornamented with a broad hatband and ribbon bow, smells some apple blossom
Advertisement for Rigaud perfumes, featuring a semi-naked woman inhaling the aroma from a bottle of scent. 1924
The Sketch debutante number front cover 1956Front cover of The Sketch magazines debutante number, featuring the face of a woman wearing pink gloves, hiding partially behind a small posy of violets
Seaside Weather Forecasts - Strong smelling FishSeaside Weather Forecasts - Very Fresh - Strong Wind Blowing Some rather strong-smelling Fish causes a group of beachgoers to be blown-away by the asault of the pungent aroma encountered!
A Bear-faced steal - Wagon raided in the USA by a brown bear (another on the way...) - it is unclear what was contained within the barrels which piqued their excitement... Date: 1905
Pink FlowersA group portrait painting of two young women stood closely together, one of whom, wearing white, is smelling some pink flowers which she holds in her hand. Date: circa 1922
The Wasp StingReproduction of a painting by Margaret Mower White. Date: circa 1930
HMS Pinafore, Josephine Corcoran and Sir Joseph PorterHMS Pinafore. Pretty lady smelling a rose is admired by an older gentlemen who peers at her through a monocle. Sir Joseph Porter was one of the many people who had fallen a victim to the beauty of
Tatler Cover, Spring Fashions Number, 1943Beautifully illustrated Tatler cover for their Spring Fashions Number, 1954. An elegant woman with a chic hat, delicately sniffs a bunch of spring flowers although, considering shes in a park
The sweetness of spring. A woman dressed in a pink summer dress and sun hat, holds a bunch of freshly picked wild flowers. Date: C. 1920s
CHEMIST AT WORKA chemist, or perhaps a perfumier at work. Date: 1930s
Lady sniffing some bloomsLady sniffing some scented red blooms... Date: circa 1930s
Russian Desman - searches environment with its sense of smell after feeding on a fresh-water mussel, typical posture (Desmana moschata)
Mr Gennaro of Gennaros Rendezvous RestaurantA signed portrait of Mr V Gennaro of Gennaros Rendezvous Restaurant on Dean Street, Soho, London. Gennaros would later become the site for the Groucho Club
Advert for Carbolic smoke ball 1892Carbolic smoke ball, Hay Fever positively cured and prevented. Testimonials include It acted like magic! It is simply invaluable!. 1892
Weasel in white winter fur - adult (Mustela nivalis). common predator in taiga-forests, Russia
David Wright woman smelling yellow flowersElegant woman in a low-cut white dress, smelling yellow flowers in a garden. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
Lady and Smelling SaltsA lady faints and is revived with smelling salts
Susi - sniffing flowers. 1950s
Two women with smelling salts. 19th century
Lady smelling flowersEarly colour photograph of a lady in a wood smelling flowers. circa 1930
Boy and girl with a basket of flowers on a Victorian scrap. circa 1890s
Girl in romantic mood with roseGirl day-dreaming of love & romance smelling a rose alongside a statue of cupid. Date: circa 1890
Hippy man with flowers at Woburn ParkHippy man with flowers during the Love-In at Woburn Park, Bedfordshire. Date: August 1967
Smelling out a WizardNative african witchdoctor smells out the wizard who is working evil magic on his client Date: 1868
Medieval lady with liliesA lady of the Middle Ages wearing a form of wimple on her head breathes in the fragrance of a bunch of lilies. Date: 1934
Cartoon, Asphyxiating gases, WW1Cartoon, Asphyxiating gases, showing a French soldier standing in a hole and holding his nose. He says: They re not dead yet, but they already stink! Date: 1915
Russian Desman - adult - searches environment with its sense of smell - probing air with flexible nose - typical posture (Desmana moschata )
Bobak / Steppe Marmot - fat adult - observes and sniffs surroundings for a potential danger near a burrow (Marmota bobak). common in steppes of Orenburg region - South Russia - morning - July
Palawan Monitor Lizard - searches for food along a public path with its tongue outstretched (the tongue has a highly developed olfactory sense) (Varanus marmoratus)
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)
Russian Desman - pops its nose out of water to search the environment with its sense of smell for danger (desmans rarely come out of water) (Desmana moschata)
Russian Desman - adult on hind legs, searches environment with its sense of smell (Desmana moschata). Okskii Biospheric Nature Reserve; river Oka valley, Central Russia
Russian Desman - female, view from back (note the flat tail) (Desmana moschata). Okskii Biospheric Nature Reserve; river Oka valley, Central Russia
Russian Desman - female searches environment with its sense of smell, typical posture (Desmana moschata). Okskii Biospheric Nature Reserve; river Oka valley, Central Russia
Russian Desman - adult female - searches environment with its sense of smell after feeding on a fresh-water mussel, typical posture (Desmana moschata)
Siberian Lemming - adult sniffs air prior to crossing a puddle (Lemmings can swim). (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August
Dutch boy scouts training their sense of smellDutch boy scouts wearing blindfolds, training their sense of smell
Art Nouveau Girl smelling the scent of a red flowerAn Austrian art nouveau postcard (potentially by Raphael Kirchner?) of some style and grace, depicting a pretty girl smelling the scent of a small red flower. Date: circa 1900
Dubarry perfumes advertisementLovely illustration for Dubarry flower perfumes, exquisite examples of the perfumers art, featuring an illustration of a lady in a garden smelling roses. Date: 1918
Smelling fragranceAn elegant lady brings her nostrils close to a scent bottle proffered no doubt by a persuasive sales assistant at a beauty counter. Date: 1955
An illustration of a woman in a summer hat and dress looking at some Geraniums. By W. F. Briggs
A middle eastern princess smelling roses in a gardenPoster of a middle eastern princess smelling roses in a garden
The progression of romance in five senses - French Style - from initial sighting to the bedroom in five simple steps! Seeing - Hearing - Smelling - Touching and... Tasting! Date: circa 1910s
Little girl smelling a roseA young girl wearing a pretty dress and blue bow in hair, receives a box full of red roses from her sweetheart on Valentines Day. c. 1925
Girl Sniffing a RoseA little girl smelling a rose. Date: early 1930s
Silhouette of a pointer sniffing out a scent
Meadowsweet is a common fen plant, normally found growing amongst other tall herbs. From June to October it is covered in clumps of small, sweet- smelling white flowers. Date: 1930s
Young lady in black dress by Philippe et GastonYoung lady on a mild winter evening at Beaulieu, wearing a black dress with multicoloured hip detail by Philippe et Gaston. 1924
Advert for Gossard underwear 1948
Argument against ChunnelAn argument against the Channel Tunnel - being cooped up with a snoring Frenchman smelling of frogs legs and garlic for as long as it takes to pass from Calais to Dover ! Date: 1882
Primula Berninae (Berninae Primrose), a flowering perennial of the Primulaceae family with purple flowers, a cross between the Primula Hirsuta (Stinking Primrose)
Party Game - identifying by smellA boy in an Eton style suit takes a sniff at assorted muslin bags containing solids that must be identified by smell
Newgate Prison 1735Prisoners in Newgate prison
1911 Silhouette Gose 2Silhouette of 1911: kimono style evening mantle with eastern style embroidery & cocoon silhouette. These coats were based on Japanese Kabuki costumes
Fairy Smelling a FlowerA fairy enjoys the scent of a flower
Warren HastingsWARREN HASTINGS English colonial administrator in India impeached in 1788 for corruption stands before the Court of Peers in Westminster Hall. A lady spectator faints!
Bewick / Skunk(Mephitis mephitis) This mustelid inhabits north and south America, and is famed for the awful-smelling liquid it projects at predators from ducts at its rear end
Smelling a SorcererA Swaziland witch-doctor goes round the village smelling for the sorcerer who is using evil magic against his client
