Wild Life Gallery

Okapi chewing leaves

Okapi eating leaves from a tree branch drawn for Drawing at the Zoo published in 1949. The okapi is a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa, and is most closely related to the giraffe

© Mary Evans/Raymond Sheppard Collection

1949, Animal, Chewing, Drawing, Eating, Historical, History, Leaves, M Ammals, Mammal, Nature, Okapi, Okapis, Wild Life, Zoo

Z for Zoo. Chimpanzees tea-party

Z for Zoo. Which is the biggest zoo in the world? The Etosha Reserve in South-West Africa, home to this chimpanzee's tea-party. From Treasure no. 215 (25 February 1967)

© Mary Evans Picture Library/Look & Learn

Chimpanzees, Illustration, Nature, Wild Life, Zoo

A witch sits by her cauldron surrounded by wildlife

A witch sits by her cauldron surrounded by wildlife: a raven sit on top of her armchair, an owl perches in the beams, a tortoise and fish (presumably alive no more) dangle from the ceiling, to be used in one of her potions no doubt, and her black cat stands in the foreground, looking timidly out at the viewer.
1925

© Mary Evans / The Watts Collection