A Common Pheasant alarmedA Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) flies up in alarm. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
A Swallow in flightA swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flight. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Cheshire Cat / TreeCHESHIRE CAT " I growl when I m pleased, and wag my tail when I m angry"
Monkey puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana. EndangeredMonkey puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana (Araucaria imbricata). Endangered. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaires Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe
Halleys Comet as it appeared in 1910The course of Halleys Comet across the night sky through April and May, 1910. The next predicted perihelion of Halleys Comet is 28 July 2061 Date: 1910
British Mark IV tank with Tadpole Tail, WW1British Mark IV tank with Tadpole Tail, introduced in 1917 and used during the latter part of the First World War. The Tadpole Tail was an elongation of the rear horns to increase trench-crossing
Graf Zeppelin airship in flightThe German Graf Zeppelin airship in flight, viewed from directly below
More Rugger TrialsCartoon, More Rugger Trials. Good head and tail work and clever footwork in the scrum. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evan"
Men Evening Dress 1893Three variations of evening dress for 1893-4: dress tail coats with roll collar or step collar & a dress jacket. One man wears a black waistcoat & pumps the others wear white
Hush-A-Bye, Baby by Lawson WoodA colour illustration by artist Lawson Wood showing a monkey using her tail to rock her baby to sleep
Chesterfield ChurchThe spire of Chesterfield Church, Derbyshire. The Devil wound his tail around the spire, but the incense from a Mass service made him sneeze and bent the spire!
Humanised turkey in the role of a bankerA humanised turkey dressed in a suit, cast in the role of a fat banker, surrounded by bags of money
Polish poster for a film, The Warsaw Mermaid, directed by Tadeusz Makarczynski, based on a local legend. 1956
Chung Ling Soo (real name William Robinson). The other side of the previously shown circular flyer showing a portrait of Soo in the centre of a Willow Pattern Plate
Muffed Flying Tumblers, PigeonsA portrait of four sub-variants of the Flying Tumbler pigeon breed. The Flying Tumblers shown is the Black Rose-Wing, the Red Rose-Wing, the Red-Badge and the Black Saddle
Gipsy girl plaiting horses tail at an encampment in SurreyA gipsy girl plaiting the tail of the family horse as she sits on the step of their caravan at an encampment in Surrey. (2 of 2)
Helen Duncan showing ectoplasmUndated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan showing " ectoplasm" bunched around Duncans mouth and twisted into a tail between her legs. HPG/1/4/2 (iv)
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, second wife to Henry VIII 1501-1536. Depicted as she appeared in France with Mary Tudor. She wears a gable hood chaperon with hanging tail, low-cut bodice
Male Lyrebird - huge tail fanned out in courtship displayMale Lyrebird in full display - a ground-dwelling Australian bird most notable for their superb ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment
Boeing 707-436 G-APFD first BOAC 707 LAP 1960Tail of Boeing 707-436 G-APFD first BOAC 707 delivered LAP 29 April 1960, 2 days after delivery Date: 1960
Pavo cristalus, peacockSpecimen on display in Gallery 40 at the Natural History Museum, London
Dinosaur tail bonesFrom a Palaeontology field trip in Niger, West Africa
Animals and birds singing round a piano on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Jim, a bobtail sheepdogIllustration by Cecil Aldin -- Jim, a bobtail sheepdog, owned by the actress Fabia Drake. The dog was a perfect actor, taking part in a childrens play called The Happy Family
Zeppelin-Lindau Rs II German long range flying boat, seen here in its initial form with biplane tail. It first flew in June 1916, after which modifications were made
Snapper fishDrawing no 54 by George Raper, 1790. Illustration labelled snapper of Norfolk Island
Picoides borealis, red-cockaded woodpeckerPlate 389 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Starry Gazey Pie, Mousehole, CornwallA mouthwatering example of a Starry Gazey Pie, served up on Tom Bawcocks Eve (23 December) at Mousehole in Cornwall. The dish, with fish heads and tails sticking out of it, is unique to Mousehole
British Earthworms 20CLongworm Earthworm Blueworm Gilt-Tail Brandling Greenworm
Gipsy girl plaiting horses tail, SurreyA gypsy girl plaiting the tail of the family horse as she sits on the step of their caravan at an encampment in Surrey. (1 of 2)
Running SalukiOnce known as the Persian Greyhound. This Saluki runs with his ear and tail hair flowing
Game / Pin Tail DonkeyTemplate for the game
Comet August 1921The Earth passes through the tail of an unknown comet, with spectacular aerial effects
World War II B25 bomber attacks Japanese shipWorld War II vintage photograph - B25 bomber attacks Japanese ship in China Sea
Miss Libbys Fruits - PeachesLibbys Happy Families Card Game, Miss Libbys Fruits - Peaches. circa 1950s
Cyanoramphos unicolor, Antipodes parakeetPlate 25 from Edward Lears Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots (1832). Hand coloured lithograph. Date: 1832
Avro 685 York transport used the Lancasters wings, modified tail unit and engines One used by Winston Churchill as his personal aircraft
Plate 133 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 127 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Neophema pulchella, turquoise parrotWatercolour 132 by Thomas Watling from the Watling Collection titled Turcosine Parrot
Prodigal Son ReturnsA ne er-do-well son, obviously the apple of the mothers and sisters eye, returns home. The dog greets him tail wagging, but his stern father doesn t look best pleased
Duties of a large bombers crew by G. H. DavisThe duties of a large bombers crew of seven during the Second World War. Every man has a special task allotted to him. Showing a 27-ton heavy bomber over its target in Germany. Date: 1942
Dog and British WaspDog (Germany) with the British Navy on its tail : I should like to wag it about but I think I d better keep it still... Date: circa 1914
Water Babies -- two little children, a boy and a girl, in a pool of water surrounded by rocks (left), and a little boy who has turned into a merman, with a fishs tail
Studies of a harePencil studies of a hare by Raymond Sheppard
Turkish Women and FlagPatriotic postcard with four veiled women set in window shapes, and a sabre hanging from the Crescent Moon Date: circa 1912
German Tail-Gunner 1918A German tail-gunner seated behind his machine gun
BLUNT / CAPRICORN / 47 / 1849The constellation of Capricorn, this version has the head, shoulders and fore- legs of a goat and the hind body and tail of a fish
