Images Dated 5th August 2005

Yellow Canary - on perch
LA-5484 Yellow Canary - on perch Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway.

Guinea Pig
LA-5166 Guinea Pig Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way.

Thomas Nortons laboratory, c1477 (1652). Engraving after a manuscript in the British Museum, London, which is probably the earliest illustration of a balance in a glass case

Canary - in cage with seeds
LA-5320 Canary - in cage with seeds Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way.

Development of Mesmeric Science, 1883. Artist: George du Maurier
Development of Mesmeric Science, 1883. The fatal Mesmeric Duel in the Bois de Boulogne, between the Chevalier Lenoir, of Paris, and Professor Schwartz, of Berlin

Doncaster Rovers - 1966 / 67
Football - 1966 / 1967 season - Doncaster Rovers Team Group Back (left to right): F. Marshall (trainer), G. Ricketts, B. Kelly, R. Dawson, H. Ferarnley, J. Wylie, A. Jeffrey, Mr. J. Bestall

X-ray of healthy human hands
Healthy hands. X-ray of healthy human hands. The bones are white and the tissue is pale grey. There are two phalanges bones in each of the thumbs and three in each finger

SEM of bed bugs
Bed bugs mating. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a pair of bed bugs mating. Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius)are blood sucking insects, so called because they live in the beds of humans

Interior of a coal mine, 1862. Underground scene in a mine, showing a miner winning coal, while a wagon full of coal is being hauled along rails to the bottom of the pit shaft by a pony

Collieries, c1805. Pithead scene at a coal mine. At the bottom a horse whim is raising coal from the pit and a man is breaking coal with a pick

Tapping blast furnace, and casting iron into pigs, Siemens iron and steel works, Wales, 1885

Arsenal Ladies Photocall. Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London, 4 / 8 / 05. Credit : Arsenal
Arsenal Ladies Photocall. Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London, 4/8/05. Credit : Arsenal Football Club / Stuart MacFarlane

Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton, early 19th century

The Nightmare, c1790. Artist: Henry Fuseli
The Nightmare, c1790

Marco Polo sailing from Venice in 1271, (15th century)

Common Skate - Egg Case / Mermaid's purse
DWG-657 Common Skate - Egg Case / Mermaid's purse Raja batis D. W. Greenslade Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway.

Rinaldo and Armida
Artist: Francois Boucher, 1734

Wilhelm Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist and physicist, c1871
Wilhelm Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist and physicist, 1871. In 1840 Haidinger (1795-1871) was appointed Counsellor of Mines, in Vienna

The Dog, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Dog, c1850. The central image shows a typical collie sheepdog

The Mur de la Cote, c1855. Artist: George Baxter
The Mur de la Cote, c1855. From the mid 19th century, the British professional and leisured classes travelled to the Alps for health and recreation

Title page of A Discourse Concerning a New World & Another Planet by John Wilkins, 1683. Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler are represented in the bottom corners. (London, 1683 (Ist edition 1640))

Alchemical symbolism, 1652. A toad and serpent representing two basic types of element; fixed and earthy (toad) and the volatile (serpent). The flying eagle represents sublimation

Jean Martin Charcot demonstrating hypnosis, 1879. Charcot (1825-1893), French neurologist and pathologist, demonstrating the production of hypnosis using beam of light from a magic lantern

The Sorcerer, Medicine Man, or Shaman

James Jeans, English mathematician and physicist

Solar corona and prominences 1860 (1870)
Solar corona and prominences 1860. Observations made by the English astronomer Warren de la Rue ( 1815-1889) at Rivabellosa in Spain during the total solar eclipse, 18 July 1860

Longhair calico kitten in golden grass

Aeroplane Wing Flying London To Glasgow

A Pretty White Church

Distillation, 1500
Distillation 1500. Three alembics stand on top of a furnace. The distillate condenses in caps on top of the vessels and flows down into collecting bottles

Gustave Hamel, British aviation pioneer, 1913. Hamel (c1884-1914) disappeared over the English Channel on 23 May 1914 on a flight from France piloting a new aircraft

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, c1900
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, German physicist and physiologist, c1900

John Russell Hind, Hermann Goldschmidt and Robert Luther, astronomers, c1900. Medal commemorating the work of these three men on the discovery of planetoids (asteroids or minor planets)

Medal commemorating Pierre Janssen and Norman Lockyer
Medal commemorating Pierre Janssen and Joseph Norman Lockyer, French and English astronomers, 1868

Pierre Janssen and Joseph Norman Lockyer, French and English astronomers, 1868. Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen (1824-1907), left, and Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920)

Julius Ferdinand Hann, Austrian meteorologist, c1921
Julius Ferdinand Hann, c1921. Portrait of Hann (1839-1921) from a commemorative medal issued by the Austrian Meteorological Society

Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford, 1862

Manuel John Johnson, English astronomer, 1862. Johnson (1805-1859) observed the total solar eclipse of 27 July 1832 while in charge of the St Helena observatory

Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, German physicist and physiologist, 1907

Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz, German motor industry pioneers, 1961

Merino sheep, c1860. Originating in Spain as long as 3000 years ago, the Merino was improved by the Moors in the Middle Ages

Black Faced Ram, mid 19th century. Artist: William Home Lizars
Black Faced Ram, mid 19th century. The Black-faced or Heath sheep was a hardy breed with good wool and well flavoured meat

Making silk hats, 1867. The hatter is covering a hat frame with black silk. To his left on the bench is an iron for smoothing out the fabric

Cobbler mending boots, 1867. A cobbler sitting on his bench with a tray of tools and materials at his side. On his lap is a boot he is mending. Illustration from a childrens book. (London, 1867)

Coal miner working a narrow seam, c1864. The miner is crouching on the floor and, with a pickaxe, is holing out or scuffling out the coal

Early 19th century coal miner working a narrow seam, c1868. The miner, stripped to the waist, is lying on his side and, with a pickaxe, is holing out or scuffling coal

Ironer, 1822. An Indian using an iron filled with hot charcoal to press clothes. (London, 1822)

Gout and the Spider, c1835. Physician attending a clerical patient suffering from a case of gout. Illustration for Gout and the Spider from Fables by Jean de La Fontaine. (Paris, c1835)

The Five Senses, late 16th century. Artist: Adriaen Collaert
The Five Senses, late 16th century

Tamar giving birth to Pharez and Sarah, 16th century. Tamar had twins by her father-in-law Judah Pharez (Peres) whose descendants include King David and Jesus of Nazareth and Sarah (Zera)

Knife grinder, 1808. Artist: William Henry Pyne
Knife grinder, 1808. An itinerant knife grinder using a treadle to turn his grindstone mounted on a barrow. His dog lies patiently at front right

Water carrier, 1808. Artist: William Henry Pyne
Water carrier, 1808. Registered water carrier number 198 carrying wooden buckets of water which have been filled at the water source behind him where hackney cab drivers are watering their horses

Rabbit seller, 1808. Artist: William Henry Pyne
Rabbit seller, 1808. A woman in a town street hawking rabbits and ducks which she carries on a pole slung over her shoulder. From The Costume of Great Britain by William Henry Pyne. (London, 1808)

Rat Hunting, 1823. It was important to control rats in both town and country as they spread disease and contaminated and consumed grain and other food supplies

Matlock Spa, Derbyshire, late 18th century

Lincolnshire Duck Decoy, c1845. Front and end views of the netted tunnel. Wild duck were decoyed into the mouth of the net covering a curving ditch or pipe

Tailor, c1845. In the centre the tailor is using a flat iron to press a jacket on an ironing board. At the bottom is a sheep, source of the wool from which the cloth for the jacket was woven

Advertisement for Shaker Family Pills, 1891

The Swan, Goose and Duck, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Swan, Goose and Duck, c1850. The central image is of the three different birds

The Pig, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Pig, c1850. The central image shows a sow and piglets

The Elephant, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Elephant, c1850. The central image shows the Indian elephant in front and African elephant behind

Crustacea and Reptiles, c1850. Artist: Robert Kent Thomas
Crustacea and Reptiles, c1850

Domestic Fowl, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Domestic Fowl, c1850. The central image shows a cockerel, hens and chicks

The Bee, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Bee, c1851. The central image shows bee skeps and plants on which bees forage, and Indian, American and South European bees

The Goat, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Goat, c1850. The central image is of a goat and kid

The Ass, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Ass, c1850. The central image shows the ass or donkey (Equus asinus)

The Rein Deer, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Rein Deer, c1850

The Camel, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Camel, c1850. The central image shows the Arabian Camel or Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) with a single hump, and the Asian or Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) with two humps

The Hare and the Rabbit, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Hare and the Rabbit, c1850. The central image shows wild and domesticted rabbits

The Sheep, c1850. Artist: Day & Haghe
The Sheep, c1850. The central image is of sheep of the Black Faced breed

Fire in London, 1808. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Fire in London, 1808. Albion Mills, on the south side of Blackfriars Bridge, London, burning, on 3 March 1791, after the mills were set alight by arsonists

Making beaver hats, 1841. Although called beaver hats, a certain amount beaver fur was only used in the most expensive examples. In most others, rabbit fur was used

The Postmans Knock c1855. A postman in General Post Office uniform knocking on a front door

Paying for letter delivery, c1870 Artist: Oskar Pletsch
Paying for letter delivery, c1870. A postman waits while a young man delves in his pocket for money to pay for his letter

There is the Postmans knock!, 1867. A postman in Royal Mail uniform knocking at a front door. Illustration from a childrens book. (London, 1867)

Shoemaker, c1845. A shoemaker sits by his bench working on a boot or shoe, his tools on a tray beside him. On the bench stand the leather and the sole for a boot

Making beaver hats, 1835. Although called beaver hats, a certain amount of beaver fur was only used in the most expensive examples. In most others, rabbit fur was used

Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen, German physicist, 1902. In 1895, while professor of physics at Wurzburg, (Rontgen (1845-1913) discovered X-rays, originally called Rontgen rays

Finnish or Russian bath, 19th century. Men and women in a steam bath or sauna

Silk weaver, Bethnal Green, East London, 1893. A weaver at work on a hand loom in his cottage at Bethnal Green

Hoxton Division, 1899. Artist: Stuff
Hoxton Division, 1899. James Stuart (1843-1913) British mathematician and engineer, champion of university education for women

The Railway Interest, 1875. Artist: Carlo Pellegrini
The Railway Interest, 1875. Edward William Watkin (1819-1901), English railway promoter and politician

The Bottom of the Shaft, 1862. Wagons of coal are being wheeled to the pit shaft, placed in a cage and hauled to the surface. From The Popular Encyclopaedia. (Glasgow and London, 1862)

Syntax Star-gazing, c1815. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Syntax Star-gazing, c1815. Dr Syntax showing a young woman the stars with a small refracting telescope typical of this date, while a manservant trips over a dog and falls headlong down the stairs

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