Swallow Collection (page 2)

Mosque swallow, Cecropis senegalensis (Great Senegal swallow, Hirundo senegalensis). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardines Naturalists

Streamer-tailed tyrant, Gubernetes yetapa (Scissortail or swallow blackcap, Gubernetes forficatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir

Glossy swiftlet, Collocalia esculenta, pair on nest (Esculent swallow, Hirundo esculenta). Handcoloured engraving after an illustration by Samuel Howitt from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by

Pacific swift, Apus pacificus (New Holland swallow, Hirundo pacifica). From an illustration by John Lewin. Handcoloured engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward

French card, souvenir of first communion. circa 1890s

A Calendar of Birds by Pauline Baynes
Birds of the month in the UK pictured by Pauline Baynes. 1954

B. A. Swallow II VH-UUM
B.A. Swallow II VH-UUM (msn 409), at Mildura on 28 September 1962. Exported to R.H.F. Hickson, Maylands WA, Australia in 1935

B. A. Niagara Swallow II G-AFCL 10
B.A. Niagara Swallow II G-AFCL (msn 462), circa 1949, at White Waltham. G-AFCL is still currently registered in the UK. (B.A. - British Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd.) Date: circa 1949

B. A. Swallow II G-AFIH
B.A. Swallow II G-AFIH (MSN 500), circa 1950, at White Waltham. Exported to Eire on 9 June 1952. (B.A. - British Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd.) Date: circa 1950

British Aircraft Company - B. A. - Cataract Swallow 2 G-AELG
British Aircraft Company (B.A.) Cataract Swallow 2 G-AELG (msn 449), at Lympne for the 1946 or 1947 (it competed in both) Folkestone Aero Trophy air races

British Aircraft Company Swallow 2 G-ALEG
British Aircraft Company Swallow G-ALEG (msn 449), a Pobjoy Cataract III powered example, with race number 28. Date: circa 1950

Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own Natural History of British Birds, London, 1794-1819

SWALLOWS ON CARD
SWALLOWS ON A CARD (Hinundo rustica) Date: circa 1880

PLANTS / CHELIDONIUM MAJUS
GREATER CELANDINE, or SWALLOW WORT, or TETTERWORT Date: early 20th century

Gluttony
A SWALLOW AT CHRISTMAS satire on seasonal gluttony Date: 1841

1910s 1920s Flower Flowers Floral Plastic Card
1910s, 1920s, flower, flowers, floral, plastic, card, greetings, cutout, green, blue, forgetmenot, forget, me, white, red, pink, gold, sea, waves, water, transport, boat, boats, sail, sails, sailing

Four birds in a park on a Christmas card -- Cuckoo, Swallow, Goose and Robin, representing the four seasons. Date: circa 1890s

Robins and swallows on a cutout Christmas card
Robins and swallows with pink flowers on a cutout Christmas card. circa 1890s

Variety of birds eggs
1- swallow, 2- cuckoo, 3- rook, 4- crow, 5- jackdaw, 6- jay, 7- sparrowhawk, 8- kestrel, 9- ringed plover, 10- snipe, 11- black tern, 12- common tern. Date: 1894

Tachycineta bicolor, tree swallow
Plate 100 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Le Levrier et L Hirondelle Renault
The airship Swallow flies over a group of people playing tennis beside a Renault motor car

Printed chiffon dress and coatee
Illustration of a printed sleeveless chiffon frock and coatee, on sale at Mavis Murray, Swallow Street, London. 1930

Swallows migrating amongst the ruins, WW1 1915

Greetings from Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, showing the Police Station, Vermeulen Street and Mole Valley. Date: circa 1905

Greetings card in the shape of a violin, decorated with swallows. Date: circa 1890s

Swallows and rusty horseshoe on a Christmas card
Swallows and a rusty horseshoe on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Advertisement for the French Riviera, with recommended Gordon Hotels in Monte Carlo, Beaulieu and Cannes -- Follow the Swallows Southward. 1926

Christmas card in the shape of a lifebelt, with swallows in flight. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a pink parasol, with swallows and green foliage. Date: circa 1890s

Swallows in flight on a triangular New Year card
Swallows in flight over water on a triangular New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Girl sends a letter to her love
Victorian Christmas card. Girl sending or receiving a greeting, watches a swallow flying with a sealed missive. Date: circa 1885

Procne and Philomela
Tereus, king of Thrace, wed to Procne, rapes her sister Philomela : Procne serves their son to him for supper, becomes a swallow, Philomela a nightingale, Tereus a hawk

Swallow Street, Piccadilly, London, with the Swallow pub on the right. Date: circa 1910

Flying swallow on a greetings card with blue flowers in its beak. Date: circa 1890s

Pigeons - Burmese or Florentine, Starling and Spot Fairy
A portrait illustration showing three breeds of pigeon. At the top of the illustration is a Burmese pigeon, now commonly known as a Florentine

Sopwith Swallow monoplane, with standard Camel fuselage and parasol-mounted wings, serial no. B 9276 (the only one made), photographed in October 1918

Lousefly, Craeterina hirundinis, a parasite of the swallow.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London, 1799

Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London, 1795

Black kite, Milvus migrans, and swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris

Chimney swallow, Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Pacific Swallow (adult) in its nest, built in a niche, carved by sea waves, under a huge volcanic boulder on a beach (Hirundo tahitica). Tioman Island, Malaysia; June

BA Swallow G-AEVZ
Privately owned BA Swallow G-AEVZ was built in the 1930s and can now be found in a Spanish Air Museum at Cuatro Vientos, one of Madrids 3 civil airports. Date: circa 1957

Silhouette Calendar -- September, Farewell to the swallows. Showing a girl and a boy watching the swallows fly away to warmer climes. Date: 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- daffodil lady, giant on sea shore
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a lady dressed as a daffodil is pulled along by three white mice. Below -- an ugly giant stands on the sea shore

BA Swallow II at the 1957 Royal Aeronautical Society Gar?
BA Swallow II at the 1957 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 September

de Havilland DH60G Gipsy Moth, VH-UKO, Swallow

A model of the Swallow in flight

Sir Barnes Wallis HonFRAeS
Sir Barnes Wallis, HonFRAeS, with a model of his Swallow project

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