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Solitaire Collection

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Solitaire

Solitaire. Illustration shows the Republican elephant labeled GOP. sitting on a stool with the US Capitol and the White House within view

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Tibia and metatarsus of the extinct Rodrigues

Tibia and metatarsus of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, in the Parisian Collection and Andersonian Collection

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Cranium and sternum of the extinct Rodrigues

Cranium and sternum of the extinct Rodrigues
Cranium 1-4 and part of sternum 5, 6 of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, in the Parisian Collection. Lithograph by Joseph Dinkel after Werner from Hugh Edwin Strickland

Background imageSolitaire Collection: RMS Titanic - signet ring recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett

RMS Titanic - signet ring recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett
RMS Titanic - from inventory of items recovered from bodies by cable ship Mackay-Bennett - an 18 carat gold and small old-cut diamond solitaire band/signet ring, slightly tapering (1/4ins)

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Solitaire palm, Ptychosperma elegans

Solitaire palm, Ptychosperma elegans
Solitaire palm or Alexander palm, Ptychosperma elegans (Seaforthia elegans). Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Humerus and femur of the extinct Rodrigues

Humerus and femur of the extinct Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, in the Parisian Collection and Andersonian Collection

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria

Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria
Illustration of a Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, by Francois Leguat from his Voyage, published 1708. Wood engraving from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Melvilles The Dodo

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Rodrigues solitaire and domed Rodrigues giant

Rodrigues solitaire and domed Rodrigues giant
Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria and domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis peltastes, both extinct. Facsimile of the frontispiece of Francois Leguats Voyage, published 1708

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Images of a male Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps

Images of a male Rodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, from Francois Lequats Voyages, 1708. Heliotype by Van Leer from Dr. Anthonie Cornelis Oudemans Dodo Studies, Amsterdam, Johannes Muller, 1917

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Tenor opera singer Louis Fereol as Charlot

Tenor opera singer Louis Fereol as Charlot in Le Solitaire by Michele Carafa, Theatre Royal de l Opera Comique, 1822. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Philippe as Charles de Bourgogne in Solitaire

Philippe as Charles de Bourgogne in Solitaire
French actor Philippe or Philippe-Amedee Roustan (1785-1847) as Charles de Bourgogne in Solitaire at the Theatre Porte St. Martin

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1896 Advert for Oetzmann & Co

Advert for Oetzmann & Co. Victorian furniture 1896 Advert for Oetzmann & Co
Selection of late Victorian household items furniture. Date: 1896

Background imageSolitaire Collection: LADIES PLAYING SOLITAIRE

LADIES PLAYING SOLITAIRE
Four fashionable ladies play solitaire. Date: Early 19th century

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Solitaire tea service and coffee service

Solitaire tea service and coffee service.. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste Porcelain of Sevres, Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Lunch service called Solitaire, 1779

Lunch service called Solitaire, 1779.. Chromolithograph by Gillot of an illustration by Edouard Garnier from The Soft Paste Porcelain of Sevres, Maison Quantin, Paris, 1891

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Ptychosperma elegans, solitare palm

Ptychosperma elegans, solitare palm
Plate 223 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Background imageSolitaire Collection: Pezophaps solitaria, Rodrigues solitaire

Pezophaps solitaria, Rodrigues solitaire
Plate number 512 c by Richard Owen drawn from a male skeleton specimen at Cambridge university.This giant flightless pigeon was the closest relative of the dodo, it was native to Rodrigues Island


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