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Webbed Collection

Background imageWebbed Collection: Otter standing on hind legs

Otter standing on hind legs
An otter (Lutra lutra) standing on hind legs on a riverbank. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageWebbed Collection: Rhacophorus, Tree frog

Rhacophorus, Tree frog
Tree Frog from Sarawak. Drawing of a tree frog by Alfred Russel Wallace - hand coloured. Drawn looking down onto the back of the frog spread out showing webbed feet

Background imageWebbed Collection: Booby

Booby
A pencil sketch from the Drawings Collection of Thomas Malie (1726-42)

Background imageWebbed Collection: Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber

Eurasian beaver, Castor fiber
Eurasian beaver or European beaver, Castor fiber, with webbed rear paw 1, and smaller front paw 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Background imageWebbed Collection: BORELLOS SWIM DEVICE

BORELLOS SWIM DEVICE
Borellos device gives the swimmer the benefit of an airbag and webbed feet. Date: 1683

Background imageWebbed Collection: Freak Birth of 1547

Freak Birth of 1547
Alleged birth of creature with human head and trunk-like nose, and heads of dogs, sheeps and monkeys over its body and webbed hands and feet Date: 1547

Background imageWebbed Collection: Stercorarius pomarinus, Pomarine skua

Stercorarius pomarinus, Pomarine skua
Plate 253 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageWebbed Collection: Puffinus puffinus, Manx shearwater

Puffinus puffinus, Manx shearwater
Plate 295 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageWebbed Collection: Puffinus lherminieri, Audubons shearwater

Puffinus lherminieri, Audubons shearwater
Plate 299 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageWebbed Collection: Strange bird squawks at a man

Strange bird squawks at a man
A strange bird with webbed feet squawks at a man

Background imageWebbed Collection: FROG / 1857 (BUCKLAND)

FROG / 1857 (BUCKLAND)
A common frog

Background imageWebbed Collection: Blunt / Cetus / Plate 53

Blunt / Cetus / Plate 53
The constellation of Cetus: the animal is based on a whale, but has elements of a quadruped, with webbed feet and a broad tail


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