Wing Collection (#31)

Illustration, Papilionidae -- Parnassius Apollo, Parnassius Phoebus, Parnassius Mnemosyne. The plants are Orpine (Sedum Telephium) and Musk Thistle (Carduus Nutans). Date: 1898

Illustration, Details of the perfect insect. Date: 1898

Frontispiece, Papilionidae -- Papilio Podalirius, Papilio Alexanor, Papilio Machaon, Thais Hypermnestra, Thais Rumina, Doritis Apollinus

Egyptian designs, Weldons Beautiful Needlework
Egyptian designs for home furnishings, an insert page from Weldons Beautiful Needlework magazine. Date: circa 1920s

Pigeons - Archangels and Swifts, Fancy Breeds
A portrait of two breeds of fancy pigeon, as seen the illustration, there are two Archangels and two Swifts, also known as Egyptian Swifts

Pigeons - Shield, Hyacinth, Suarbian, German Toy Breeds
A portrait of three varieties of pigeon from the German Toy breed. The illustrations of the Shield, Hyacinth and Suabian show their unique features

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

Pigeons - Black Capuchins and Damascenes
An illustration showing two Black Capuchins, also known as Syrian Wammentauben Beirut pigeons, and two Damascenes in an outdoor scenery

Pigeons - A portrait of four Homing Pigeons
The pictured Racing Homing Pigeons were the property of J. Oliver Esq. of Bexhill, and were trained by The Brighton and County of Sussex Society

Pigeons - Short and Long-Faced Antwerps, Fancy Breed
A portrait of two Short-Faced and two Long-Faced Antwerps which are a breed of fancy pigeon. The illustration presents their distinctive colouration and markings

Pigeons - Show and Flying Antwerps, Fancy Breed
A portrait of two Show Antwerps, and two Flying Antwerps which are breed of fancy pigeon. The illustration shows the short-faced features of the show antwerp

Pigeons - Young and Old, Blue and Silver Dun Dragoon
A portrait of three young and old, Blue and Silver Dun Dragoons, who are a member of the Fancy Breed of pigeon, most commonly found in London

Pigeons - Three Dragoons, Birmingham Fancy
A portrait of a Silver-Brown Bar, a Silver-Black Bar, and a Blue Dragoon, breeds of the fancy pigeon. The pigeons are also are in common with Birmingham, UK

Pigeons - Clean Legged Flying Tumblers
A portrait of three sub-variants of the Clean Legged Flying Tumbler pigeon breed. The variants shown are a Yellow-Mottled, Red-Mottled, a Black-Mottled, or a Rosewinced

Two Pigmy Pouters and Two Isabel Pigeons
A group portrait featuring one cream and one white Pigmy Pouters, with one yellow, and one red Isabels standing in their coop

Wight Quadruplane single-seat fighter, completed in August 1916, serial no. N546 (the only one ever made). It underwent several modifications before being rejected. Date: circa 1917

Sikorsky Ilya Mourometz long range heavy bomber
Sikorsky Ilya Mourometz, the worlds first long range heavy bomber, designed for Russia by Igor Sikorsky. It was first used in February 1915, initially with a six-man crew

Sopwith 2FR2 Bulldog now with bigger wing seen going aloft

Sablatnig SF 2 German two-seater advanced trainer seaplane (serial no. 580), photographed at Warnemunde on the German Baltic coast

Pfalz Dr I German fighter triplane, first flown in autumn 1917. Date: circa 1917-1918

Nieuport Ni 28 single-seat fighter, first flown in June 1917, used by the American Expeditionary Forces from early 1918. Seen here is a development machine with dihedral on the upper wings only

Gotha G I German long range reconnaissance bomber
Gotha G I German long range three-seater reconnaissance bomber 9/15, completed and first flown in early 1915. Seen here is the prototype, with three-man crew. Date: circa 1915

Friedrichshafen G III German heavy bomber
Friedrichshafen G III German three-man heavy bomber, initially deployed in mid-1917, and continuing into 1918. Date: circa 1917-1918

Friedrichshafen FF37 or CI two-seat biplane
Friedrichshafen FF37 or CI two-seat pusher-engined experimental German biplane. It did not reach the production stage. Date: circa 1916

Fokker F Dr I German triplane fighter, serial no. 102/17, with von Richthofen seated in the cockpit, chatting with fellow-pilots of his fighter wing, JG I. Date: circa 1917-1918

Fokker DrI produced to counter the Sopwith Triplane, it initially had fatal weak wing

Handley Page V / 1500 four-man bomber
Handley Page V/1500 four-man bomber, first flown 22 May 1918, with production coming too late for it to be used during the First World War

Fairey Hamble Baby single-seat floatplane, a development on the Sopwith Baby formula via the addition of wing edge flaps. They were used as anti-submarine patrollers from the summer of 1917

DFW Dr I German fighter triplane. Date: circa 1917-1918

Caproni Ca42 triplane bomber
Caproni Ca42 five-man triplane bomber, delivered in early 1918. Seen here is serial no. N 527 (British), operated by the RNAS. Date: circa 1918

Austrian Aviatik G II three-man bomber, the only one made, completed in July 1917. Date: circa 1917-1918

Albatros Dr I German single-seat fighter triplane. Date: circa 1917-1918

Airco DH 10 Amiens three-man bomber. Seen here is the second of four prototypes, serial no. C 8659. The production phase came too late for the planes to take part in the First World War

Wing oyster, Pteria hirundo.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Yellow and brown flowered wing-stalked Ammobium alatum.. Handcolored illustration by Edwin Dalton Smith engraved by F.W. Smith from Charles McIntoshs Flora and Pomona 1829

Studio portrait, young man with his dog
Studio portrait, young man with his collie dog. Date: circa 1910s

South Africa - Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town
Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Showing the East Wing Date: 1927

Astor Wing Cottages, Hever Castle, Kent
Astor Wing Cottages, Hever Castle, Edenbridge, near Lingfield, Kent, England. Showing the moat Date: 1950s

Large House Under Construction, Unknown location, England. Showing new wing under construction Date: 1900s

Man and boy holding a dachshund. Date: circa 1910s

Family group studio portrait with small dog
Family group studio portrait with a small dog on a pedestal. Date: circa 1920s

Studio portrait, family of three with two dogs, photo by E Tranter, Cape Hill, Smethwick. Date: circa 1920s

Two men with four dogs, North London suburbs
Two men with four dogs on a piece of open grass in the North London suburbs. Date: circa 1910s

Two men, two women and dog in garden
Two men, two women and a dog in a garden. Date: circa 1910s

Cartoon, The civilian husband, WW1
Cartoon, The pacific (ie civilian) husband. He says after the war he will regret not having seen anything. His wife replies that he will regret not having done anything. Date: 1915

Louis Napoleon, Prince Imperial of France
Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France (1856-1879), son of Napoleon III. Date: circa 1880s

Lockheed C-141A Starlifter 40628 USAF
Lockheed C-141A Starlifter of 437th Military Airlift Wing, USAF, probably at Charleston Air Force base in South Carolina Date: 1969

Paris, France - Place du Chatelet. Date: 1830

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