Spotted Collection

Blacksmith at work in his forge
An elderly blacksmith hammering a horseshoe on his anvil. The owner of the horse awaiting a new set of shoes looks in at the window, while the blacksmiths cat scratches an ear on the work bench

Rock N Roll Dance
Rock and roll enthusiasts, dressed in 1950s clothes, including DA hairstyles, Teddy Boy jackets and spotted dresses which swirl to reveal stocking-tops!

Paleolithic. France. Cabrerets. Pech Merle cave. The dotted
Prehistory. Paleolithic. France. Cabrerets. Pech Merle cave. The dotted horse. His head is drawn in the natural cut of the rock. On his back, a large red fish. Six black hands all around the horses

Heavy shire horse pulls an old hay rake
A farmer and his heavy horse take a break from working to gather hay on a field

Plants bearing fruits and seeds
Plants bearing berries and seeds including guava, membrillo, brazil nut, mistletoe, spotted laurel, cannonball tree, cactus, eucalyptus, myrtle, clove, caraway, coriander, hemlock, cumin, etc

Salmo stomachicus, or Gillaroo, also known as Gizzard Trout, a variety of trout inhabiting Lough Melvin, Ireland. Date: 1879

WW2 poster, Per Ardua Ad Astra, Winston Churchill speech
WW2 poster, Per Ardua Ad Astra. Never in the field of human conflict have so many owed so much to so few. Winston Churchill speech, 20 August 1940. Date: 1940

Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon
A peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in flight. The peregrine falcon can be seen in most parts of the UK except around london and the home counties. They breed in rocky cliffs and uplands

Falco rusticolus, gyrfalcon
Plate from Hermann Schlegel and A.H. Verster de Wulverhursts Traite de Fauconnerie (1844-1853)

David Wright woman in black and pink
Elegant woman in a black top, with a pink and black bow in her hair and gold jewellery. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Costume / Boy on Tricycle
Picturesque foppish French boy in a pleated skirt in spotted fabric, floppy striped necktie & falling collar, checked socks, pumps with large ribbon bows & long flowing hair

Sea otter, capybara (capibara) cavy, guinea pig and spotted cavy.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Photograph of Old Spotted Dog PH, Neasden, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1929

Great and lesser spotted woodpeckers
Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major, and Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor

Young people at a Rock and Roll dance, Cornwall. Date: 1985

Turdus philomelos, song thrush
Plate 19 from Henry Eeles Dressers A History of the Birds of Europe.. (1871-96)

Victor Stiebel / Day Dress
Design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a pink linen and silk surah summer dress. Scooped-out bodice is filled with a lilac spotted scarf & large knot tied to the belt

Rock N Rollers
Rock and roll enthusiasts, dressed in 1950s clothes, including DA hairstyles, Teddy Boy jackets and spotted dresses which swirl to reveal stocking-tops!

Possible UFO sighting in Ireland
Was it an Irish flying saucer or merely an airborne leprechaun? A double-page spread relating to an incident that occurred in County Waterford, Ireland on the 26th December 1965

Teeny Weeny Bikini 1950S
A rather experienced looking blonde model poses in an itsy bitsy teeny weeny red & white polka dot bikini & white high heeled slingback shoes. She holds the straps of the top

(The Morning After of a Faun) Le Lendemain d un Faune (or, What an Afternoon ) - The Great success of the new ballet L Apres-Midi d un Faune in which the faun, failing to abduct the nymph herself

Salmo fario, or Common Trout
Salmo fario (Salmo trutta morpha fario), or Common Trout, also known as Brown Trout. Date: 1879

Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos minor.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Cat / African Civet 1860
The African civet (civettictis civetta)

Sea lamprey, Petromyzon marinus (Marine or spotted lamprey). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Invited guests at the bird-table by Neave Parker
A variety of British birds at a bird-table on a snowy winters day. 1. Robin, 2. starlings, 3. Redwing, 4. Chaffinch, 5. Nuthatch, 6. sparrow, 7. great spotted woodpecker, 8. blackbird, 8, thrush, 10

Salmo ferox, or Ferox Trout, also known as Lake Trout, or Great Lake Trout. Date: 1879

Gaidropsarus vulgaris, or Three-Bearded Rockling, also known as Whistler and Whistle-Fish. Date: 1864

1950S Woman & Make-Up
A brunette woman in a pink and black spotted dress sits at her dressing table going through her beauty routine. Products include nail varnish, lipstick and perfume

Funghi / Mushrooms 1869
Seven varieties of mushroom: beef-steak, latticed, boletus, hedgehog, fly agaric, clavaria, birds-nest, and sporangium (magnified)

A Devon beauty gets a film contract - Patsy Scantelberry becomes Patsy Drake for her new career

Model for a ridicule or small drawstring bag. In painted taffeta a la giraffe, with classical scenes of women with embroidered screens, sheep, laurel wreath, etc. Copperplate engraving by D

Hybrid spotted scarlet and pink quill chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum

Regency mother and child playing on a sofa, 1810

Louis Wain cats
Cat in spotted bow tie and feathered hat. Postcard. Artist: Louis Wain Date: 1920s

Harry Baur - French Comedian and Movie Actor
Harry Baur (1880-1943) - French Comedian and Movie Actor Date: late 1930s

John Gilbert - American actor, screenwriter and director
John Gilbert (1897-1936) - American actor, screenwriter and director. Gilbert ose to fame during the silent film era and became a popular leading man known as The Great Lover. Date: circa 1920s

Weather Report - Illustrated - Breezy

Spotted burrfish, porcupinefish and birdbeak burrfish
Spotted burrfish, Chilomycterus reticulatus 45, Porcupinefish, Diodon hystrix 46, birdbeak burrfish, Cyclichthys orbicularis 47

Sawfish, angular rough shark, spotted catshark, and young
Largetooth sawfish, Pristis pristis 18, young sawfish 19, angular rough shark, Oxynotus centrina 20, small spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula 21, and young dogfish 22-24

White admiral, gold-spotted sylph and pathfinder butterflies
White admiral butterfly, Limenitis camilla 1, 2, gold-spotted sylph, Metisella metis 3, 4, and common pathfinder, Catuna crithea 5, 6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Small spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula (Lesser spotted shark, Squalus catulus)

Comic Postcard - Golfing Humour - One Down
Comic Postcard - " Wasn t I two up at the last hole, Caddie?" " Yes, but yer one down now, Lady!" circa 1930s

Micro Bikini Top 1950S
A fresh faced model with chestnut curls and a beaming smile adjusts the narrow spaghetti straps to her red & white polka dot bikini top which she wears with shorts

Men's Wear Advertisement Illustration
An advertisement illustration promoting men's wear, the image portrays a man relaxing in his armchair wearing a spotted bath robe, casually blowing smoke rings into the air. Date: circa 1939

The Winner
A portrait painting of an older gentleman standing proudly, with a smile on his face, wearing a fine top hat and suit, with a spotted bow tie, described as The Winner

Tea
A painting of a rather frail and ill looking older woman, wearing a green spotted blue jumper, having a cup of tea at the table. Date: circa 1914

Fishing
A painting depicting a mother, wearing a pink spotted white dress and holding a parasol, with her daughter, who is fishing in a calm river, sided with reeds, under the shade of some trees

Spotted Hyena
A spotted hyena, photographed at a waterhole in the African bush. Date: circa 1925

The Tetrarch, a Racehorse
The Tetrarch (1911-1935), also known as Spotted Wonder, was a celebrated thoroughbred racehorse. Undefeated in his racing career, he was retired to stud in 1913. Date: circa 1925

Mrs Leo d'Erlanger, studio fashion portrait in hat and gloves. With description, Mrs Leo d'Erlanger, who is an American by birth, is easily one of the most beautiful women in London to-day

Some ideas and instructions for home knitting projects - a twin set, and woollen stockings. Date: 1943

Designs for women's summer dresses. The patterns were available to order for home dressmakers. Date: 1932

LYCOPERDON COELATUM LYCOPERDON GEMMATUM (edible) Date: 1876

AGARICUS MELLEUS (edible) Date: 1876

AGARICUS COLUBRINUS (edible) Date: 1876

Agaricus Muscaricus mushrooms (poisonous). Date: 19th century

Great Spotted Woodpecker by David Parry

Comic postcard, Large woman sliding into the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman in red swimsuit in the sea - arthritis Date: 20th century

Noel Coward, playwright, composer, director, performer
Noel Coward, English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, in a bowtie. Date: 1950

Photograph of Spotted Dog PH, Wandsworth, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Greater yellow-legs, semipalmated sandpiper and spotted
Greater yellow-legs, Tringa melanoleuca 1, semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla 2, and spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius 3

Fish hawk or osprey, Pandion haliaetus. Chromolithograph after an ornithological illustration by John James Audubon from Benjamin Harry Warrens Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania, E.K

The Striped Hyena and Spotted Hyena
The Striped Hyena, Hyaena hyaena, and Spotted Hyena, Crocuta crocuta, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by W

The Caracal or Lynx
The Caracal, Caracal caracal, or Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by W

Spotted drum, Equetus punctatus Eques punctatus, Cavaliere punteggiato

Threadfin bream, Pentapodus fasciuola. Pentapodo fasciuola

Dotted agate, spotted agate, eyed agate, etc
Dotted agate 1, spotted agate 2, eyed agate 3, 4, 5, agate 6. Agata punteggiata, Agata macchiata, Agata occhiuta, Agata

Agate stones, Agata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837

Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius
Nest and eggs of the spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentrys Nests and Eggs of the Birds of the United States, J.A

Red-eyed vireo Vireo olivaceus. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentrys Nests and Eggs of the Birds of the United States, J.A

Red-necked footman, four-spotted footman and buff footman
Red-necked footman, Atolmis rubricollis 1, , four-spotted footman, Lithosia quadra 2-6, and buff footman, Katha depressa 7, 9

Miller moth and cinnabar moth
Miller moth, Acronicta leporina 1-5, and cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae 6-8

Double dart, pale shoulder, four-spotted moth and druid moth
Double dart or soothsayer, Graphiphora augur 1, pale shoulder, Acontia lucida 2, 3, four-spotted moth, Tyta luctuosa 4, 5, and druid moth, Aedia funesta 6

Passenger moth, dun-bar and soothsayer
Passenger moth, Dysgonia algira 1, dun-bar, Cosmia trapezina 2-3, double dart or soothsayer, Graphiphora augur 4, larvae 5-6

Old lady, eastern alchymist, etc
Old lady or black underwing, Mormo maura 1, eastern alchymist, Aedia leucomelas 2, and Dypterygia scabriuscula 3, 4

Spotted clover, Guernsey underwing, straw underwing, etc
Spotted clover, Schinia scutosa 1, 2, Epilecta linogrisea 3, Guernsey underwing, Polyphaenis sericata 4, and straw underwing, Thalpophila matura 5, 6

Mr Goodnight, performing horse at the London Hippodrome
Mr Goodnight, the performing horse at the London Hippodrome who undressed and put himself to bed, much to the delight of the audience. Date: 1900

Babylon turrid shell, Turris babylonia (Spotted pleurotoma, Pleurotoma babylonica)

Spotted skipper and painted skipper
Spotted skipper, Hesperilla ornata, and painted skipper, Hesperilla picta (Adorned and painted skippers, Hesperia ornata, Hesperia picta)

Slaty antshrike, Thamnophilus punctatus (Spotted shrike, Lanius naevius)

Giant wood spider or spotted nephila, Nephila maculata

Red mullet, spotted goatfish and gurnards
Red mullet, Mullus barbatus 58, spotted goatfish, Pseudupeneus maculatus 59, tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna 60, flying gurnard, Dactylopterus volitans 61, and armed gurnard

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