Vultures Collection

Lions and Dead Quagga, by Thomas Baines
Lions and Dead Quagga, Vultures and Adjutants, Zululand, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (3 of 5) Date: 1874

Jatayus Fights Ravana
Jatayus, king of the vultures, tries to rescue Sita from the demon Ravana who is carrying her off to Sri Lanka. Sita throws her jewellery to earth as a sign for Rama

The croupiers who showed signs of emotion 1927
Croupiers starts to sweat after giving all the casinos money to a lucky winner, who is disappearing under a pile of cash in front of him

The Alican Air Force
A WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image shows some grand vultures with spread wings, dressed in the Alican Land Air Force uniform

Undertakers regaling themselves at Death's Door, Battersea Rise, Surrey -- a satirical scene in the style of Hogarth, with lines from a serious long poem, The Grave

Cartoon, Now you have peace, WW1
Cartoon, a figure of death says: Your wishes are granted, now you have peace. A silhouette of Kaiser Wilhelm hangs from a gibbet, with a flock of vultures gathering around his body. Date: 1916

Tower of Silence, Bombay (Mumbai), India
Tower of Silence (Dakhmeh), Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1890s

Vultures at London Zoo by Charles Howard

India - Tower of Silence excarnation Bombay Mumbai
c.1880s India - Tower of Silence for air burial or excarnation near Bombay Mumbai

WW1 - Cartoon - As the eagle flies
WW1 - A cartoon personifying the German enemy as vultures. It waits on post to either prey on the crow or eagle. Date: 1914

Parsee Tower of Silence, Malabar Hill, Bombay, India
Parsee Tower of Silence, Malabar Hill, Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1905

White-backed Vultures - in tree (Gyps africanus). Africa

Pug Peter -- vultures, dog and rabbit
Pug Peter -- The Vultures smiled disagreeably. A dog comforts a rabbit in the face of four predators. Date: 1905

Dead Buffalo, by Thomas Baines
Dead Buffalo, King Vulture and Common Vultures, by Thomas Baines (1820-1875). (2 of 5) Date: 1874

Alexander the Greats army crossing Baluchistan, 325BC
Alexander the Greats army crossing the inhospitable coastal desert of Baluchistan, Mekran, while vultures swarm over head. Date: 325BC

Vultures. Engraving after a drawing by a F. Padr
Vultures. Engraving after a drawing by a F.Padr󮠠

A group of vultures waiting for the storm to Blow Over - Let Us Prey. Illustration shows William Boss Tweed and members of his ring, Peter B. Sweeny, Richard B. Connolly, and A

Zoroastrian Tower of Silence
A Parsi (Zoroastrian) Tower of Silence in India. These towers or Dakhma are circular, raised structures used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead and hence consumption by vultures

Afghanistan / Bolan Pass
Vultures swoop to feed on carrion. The Bolan Pass was one of the routes used by the British to invade Afghanistan in November 1878. Date: 1878

Tales / Poe / Imp Perverse
THE IMP OF PERVERSE (Page header). Date: First published: 1850

Humourous postcard - Foreign Tourists
A funny cartoon, lampooning tourists to Egypt as Pigeons plucked by Egyptian Vultures

Black Vultures scavenging - Mexico
Natures scavengers. Black Vultures scavenging in the street - Mexico Date: circa 1930s

The Vultures & Pigeons
THE VULTURES AND THE PIGEONS The vultures fight each other and tear with beak and talon; the pigeons attempt to be peacemakers and succeed, but then are themselves attacked

Owls and Falcons Zoo
Regents Park zoo, London Visitors admire owl, falcon, eagle, vultures and other birds

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