Sparrows Collection

Sparrows Nest, Lowestoft, Suffolk - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Comic postcard, man gardening, two sparrows Date: 20th century

A portrait of the film star Mary Pickford during filming of Human Sparrows, 1926 Date: 1926

Sparrows, towhee and waterthrush
White-throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis 1, eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus 2, white-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys 3, and northern waterthrush, Parkesia noveboracensis 4

The Year of the Poets -- Cuckoo in sparrows nest
The Year of the Poets -- a cuckoo in a nest of hedge sparrows, to illustrate a range of poems about cuckoos and other birds. Date: 1845

Chinese dwarf sparrows and vervain hummingbird
Chinese dwarf sparrows 1, 2, 3 and vervain hummingbird, Mellisuga minima 4, on a tea bush, Camellia sinensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Java Sparrow. Date: 1933

HOLBORN, LONDON
High Holborn including Sparrows Tea Establishment. Date: 1838

Jugend front cover, naked woman feeding birds
Front cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting a naked woman feeding birds. She holds food in her hands, and the birds swoop down. Date: 1898

Man feeding a sparrow in a park
Unusual Friends - smartly dressed man feeding a sparrow in a park. 1950s

Sparrow and tortoise
Unusual Friends - sparrow and tortoise. 1950s

Flying sparrow on a bird-shaped greetings card (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Two sparrows on a plate-shaped New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Two sparrows on a plate-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Five birds on a branch in the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

House Sparrows Nest in an Ivy Wall - a close in view of a birds nest. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Birds and flowers in a boat on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Snow scene with birds and cottage on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Nesting birds and pink flowers on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Flowers and birds on a New Year card
Flowers and birds on a colourful New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Three birds on a branch on a Christmas card
Three birds on a branch with white blossom on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Gambetta as Marksman
LEON MICHEL GAMBETTA French statesman, shooting sparrows from his window by way of preparation for his forthcoming duel with Fourtu. (He survived...) Date: 1838 - 1882

Birds with pink blossom on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Birds perched on crescent moon on a Christmas card
Five birds perched on a crescent moon on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Six sparrows on a Christmas card, nesting inside a wickerwork box decorated with silver tinsel. Date: circa 1890s

Man feeding sparrow in a Balham park, SW London
Man feeding bread to a sparrow in a Balham park, SW London. Date: circa 1960s

The Birdman - Hyde Park Corner Date: circa 1900

Sparrows in London
Sparrows (and one pigeon!) on two fold-up wooden chairs in Kensington Gardens, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Three schoolboys on desert island shoot at sparrows using makeshift bows and arrows made out of laces, bones and saplings. Date: 1898

Sparrows in snow on a dish-shaped Christmas card
Three sparrows pecking at snow on a dish-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Birds perched on crescent moon on a Christmas card
Five birds perched on a crescent moon on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Sparrows and camellias in snow. Print shows two sparrows near a camellia branch covered with snow. Date between 1830 and 1858, printed later

Bird charmer of the Tuileries Gardens
The bird charmer of the Tuileries Gardens, Paris - Henri Pol. Date: circa 1908

Mrs Bobbity in her garden, looking up at the sparrows and their nest. Date: 1937

Two sparrows collecting grass seeds
Two sparrows, Jack and Jennie, collecting grass seeds to feed their five chicks. Date: 1937

Jack and Jennie Sparrow on the roof above their nest, discussing the problem of the cat preventing them from getting to the crust. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow, Jennie and the chicks are reunited, in the knowledge that there will be more crumbs later. Date: 1937

Birds / Hedge Sparrow
Young Hedge Sparrows in the nest. Date: 1960s

Two sparrows perched on a branch at night
Two sparrows, Jack and Jennie, perched on a branch at night. Jennie is wide awake, worrying about where they should build their nest. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow finds Jennie and the chicks on Mrs Bobbitys bedroom window sill. In his absence Mrs B has shooed away the cat, Jennie has retrieved the crust, and the babies have eaten it. Date: 1937

Two sparrows perched at the top of the first page
Two sparrows, Jack and Jennie, perched at the top of the first page of the story. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow shocked to find the nest empty
Jack Sparrow returns to the nest, and is shocked to find it empty. Date: 1937

Bird charmer of the Tuileries Gardens, Paris
The bird charmer of the Tuileries Gardens, Paris - Henri Pol

Lion cubs and sparrows
Lion cubs and (two rather brave) sparrows in a zoo enclosure. Pastel drawings by Raymond Sheppard

Face Powder / Sparrows
The sparrows don t seem to mind that they are feeding on face powder dropped by this lady who sits crossed legged on a chair

Yvette Guilbert / Trottins
YVETTE GUILBERT French singer and diseuse with her famous song Les Trottins

Birds / Sparrows 1837
HOUSE SPARROW (Passer domesticus)

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