Bear Collection

Head of a Bear, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Head of a Bear, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

The Last Caravan by A. E. Bestall
A colour illustration by Alfred Bestall showing a fantasy scene where a group of travellers are being spied on from woodland by a centaur and female imps

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on Champ Island glacier above the sea, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic. Highly commended in Animals in their Environment Category of the Wildlife Photographer of

WALL STREET: BEARS & BULLS. Bulls and Bears in the Market. An allegorical painting by William H. Beard, 1879

Girl playing Nurse
A young girl in her nurses outfit, tends to her teddys injuries with copious bandaging, whilst a pet cat watches on. She seems to be getting her medical knowledge from the First Aid manual in her

Picture No. 10851646
Freshwater TARDIGRADE - Water Bear / Tardigrada (Macrobiotus macronyx) Date:

Coastal Grizzlies or Alaskan Brown Bears - fishing for salmon at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. July
TOM-1214 Coastal Grizzlies or Alaskan Brown Bears - fishing for salmon at Brooks Falls Katmai National Park, Alaska. July Ursus arctos horribilis Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for

Polar Bear - Parent with cubs
WAT-5751-c-m2 Polar Bear - parent with cubs Ursus maritimus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Brown Bear Ursos arctos Katmai Alaska August

Black Bear TOM 86 Adult male, Minnesota USA. Ursus americanus © Tom & Pat Leeson / ARDEA LONDON
TOM-86 North American Black BEAR - Adult male, close-up Minnesota USA. Summer Ursus americanus Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Red/Lesser Panda - Lying on moss. 4Mu67 Wolong Nature Reserve, China
TOM-806 Red / Lesser PANDA / Red cat-bear - Lying on moss Wolong Nature Reserve, China Ailurus fulgens Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Polar Bear Parent with cubs wearing Christmas hats
WAT-5751-c-m Polar Bear - Parent with cubs wearing Christmas hats Ursus maritimus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Steiff limited edition 1912 Titanic teddy bear

Save Me From My Friends! Amir Sher Ali of Afghanistan endeavors to stand between the Russian bear
SECOND AFGHAN WAR, 1878. Save Me From My Friends! Amir Sher Ali of Afghanistan endeavors to stand between the Russian bear and the British lion as each eyes the other with suspicion

Grizzly Bear WAT 4216 Standing Ursus arctos horribilis © M, Watson ARDEA LONDON
WAT-4216 GRIZZLY BEAR - standing and roaring USA Ursus arctos horribilis The Grizzly is a sub species of the North American Brown Bear Distribution: Alaska, Canada and United States. M

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on an iceberg, Baffin Bay, Canada. September

Beyond Mans Footsteps, 1894 (1909). Artist: Briton Riviere
Beyond Mans Footsteps, 1894 (1909). In the icy wilderness around the North Pole. From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 8, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A

PETALESHARO II (1823-1874). Also known as Man Chief. Chaui or Grand Pawnee Native American chief. Photographed at the James E. McClees studio in Washington, D.C. 1858

Picture No. 11049984
Polar Bear wearing Christmas hat Digital Manipulation Date:

Sculpture of a Polar Bear by Francois Pompon
The work " Ours blanc", also known as " the White Bear" by Francois Pompon (1855-1933) - probably his most famous work - exhibited at the Salon d Automne of 1922 when Pompon was

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) young bear rolling around in the snow, on newly formed pack ice during autumn freeze up, Beaufort Sea, off Arctic coast, Alaska

Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) female with cub riding on back, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA, August

American cartoon by Clifford Berryman, c1909, showing President Theodore Roosevelt slaying those trusts he considered
T. ROOSEVELT CARTOON, 1909. American cartoon by Clifford Berryman, c1909, showing President Theodore Roosevelt slaying those trusts he considered " bad" for the public interest while

An angry Grizzly Bear
Enraged Grizzly Bear snarling and raising a dangerous-looking paw. Pastel sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Giant Panda - female holding four month old young born in a Zoo. San Diago Zoo, California, USA
KF-11727 Giant Panda - female holding four month old young born in a Zoo. San Diago Zoo, California, USA. Ailuropoda melanoleuca Kenneth W Fink Please note that prints are for personal display

Sun bear - showing long tongue. Such a tongue may be advantageous in its diet of honey, colonial insects eg
AUS-1762 Sun bear - showing long tongue Range is tropical rainforest from Burma to Sumatra with smaller subspecies in Borneo

Man Proposes, God Disposes, 1864, (1912). Artist: Edwin Henry Landseer
Man Proposes, God Disposes, 1864, (1912). Painting held at the Royal Holloway College, University of London, London. From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

Teddy bear playing football. Date: circa 1900s

Polar Bear Road Sign - Longyearbyen, Svalbard (Spitsbergen) LA003889
COS-3965 Polar Bear Road Sign Longyearbyen, Svalbard (Spitsbergen) - Norway Bill Coster contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

VIEW OF LONDON, 1647. Detail of Wenceslaus Hollars Long View of London, England from the Bankside, 1647, showing the Globe Theatre and the Bear Garden, the labels of which buildings are reversed

Brown Bear riding a motorcycle at the Bertram Mills Circus
Photograph showing a large brown bear riding a motorcycle during a performance of the Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia in December 1951. That year was the Silver Jubilee of the Mills Circus at Olympia

Polar Bear - with babies Canada
WAT-6089 POLAR BEAR - cuddles baby in snowy woods Canada Ursus maritimus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Grizzly Bear - Catching salmon from river
SM-1729 Grizzly Bear - catching salmon from river Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA Ursus arctos horribilis Stefan Meyers Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Polar Bear
WAT-4623 POLAR BEAR - LYING ON SIDE Ursus maritimus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Victoria Cross Gallery & Fire Station, Market Place, Oxfords
Victoria Cross Gallery & Fire Station, Market Place, Wantage, near Grove, Oxfordshire, England. Showing Bear Hotel & Fire Station and Wolseley 15 Vintage Car Date: 1920s

Picture No. 11675656
Dog Teddy Bear dog wrapped in a towel wearing a shower cap. Digital Manipulation Date:

Sioux Indian Chief - Hollow Horn Bear (18501913) - a BruleIakota leader during the Indian Wars on the Great Plains of the United States. Date: 1906

Picture No. 11050315
Dog Bichon Frise puppy with teddy bears Date:

Picture No. 10865604
Red / Lesser PANDA / Red cat-bear - in tree (Ailurus fulgens) Date:

Dalis Decor
A stuffed goat is a decorative feature in the bedroom of the surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989). Elsewhere in his house at Port Lligat, a stuffed bear served as a hallstand. Date: 06/08/1958

Grizzly bear attacking a Pawnee hunter
Pawnee Indian and his horse attacked by grizzly bears, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Black Himalayan Bear
JR-145 Asiatic Black / Tibetan Black / Himalayan Black / Moon BEAR- CAPTIVE Selenarctos thibetanus (Latin also Ursus thibetanus)

Little Bear - Chief of the Cree - Montana, USA
Little Bear - Chief of the Cree Indian Tribe - Montana, USA

In the Famous Plug Street Wood by Matania
A relief party marching back to the trenches through Ploegstreet Wood (known as Plug Street), south of Ypres. The scarred trees lining the soldiers route bear the scars of shelling

No. 111, The Great Bear at Paddington Station, c. 1910
An image of the No 111 4-6-2 Pacific Locomotive, The Great Bear, in steam at Paddington station in c.1910. It was built in 1908 and withdrawn in 1924 and rebuilt as 4-6-0 Viscount Churchill

Giant Panda - Mother and Young Cub - Wolong Nature Reserve - Qionglai Mountains - China 4MA764P
TOM-1459 Giant Panda - Mother and Young Cub Wolong Nature Reserve - Qionglai Mountains - China Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Polar Bear - on ice Svalbard Spitzbergen
WAT-7426 Polar BEAR - on ice Svalbard Spitzbergen Ursus martimus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Grizzly Bear Fishing for salmon at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA
TOM-203 Grizzly BEARS - fishing for Salmon at Brooks Falls Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA Ursus arctos Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Giant Panda Wolong Nature Reserve, China
TOM-1 GIANT PANDA - close-up of head Wolong Nature Reserve, China Ailuropoda melanoleuca Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Brown Bear With cubs
LA-363 European BROWN BEAR - with cubs by water Ursus arctos Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Sloth Bear Ranthambhor National Park, India
JR-306 Sloth Bear Ranthambhore National Park, India Melursus ursinus Alternative spellings: Ranthambhor / Ranthambore / Ranthambor Jagdeep Rajput Please note that prints are for personal display

Brown Bear Catching a fish. Alaska, USA
SM-1046 Brown Bear - Catching a fish Alaska, USA. Ursus arctos Stefan Meyers Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) mother with triplets, Wapusk National Park, Churchill, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada, North America

Eve Before The Fall. By A. E. Bestall
A scene beside a waterfall of four girls in their bathing costumes. The girls are watching the waterfall, prehaps resting after swimming

Polar Bear - mother with two cubs Canada
WAT-6058 POLAR BEAR - huddled in snow, with two cubs Canada Ursus maritimus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Polar Bear - Parent with young
WAT-5180 POLAR BEAR & cubs x two sitting Canada Ursus maritimus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Polar Bears with pink hearts MA1574
TOM-1157-M Polar Bears with pink hearts Ursus maritimus Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Brown Bear - hugging tree, wearing Christmas hat. Finland
JD-17695-m Brown Bear - hugging tree, wearing Christmas hat. Finland Ursus arctos John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Polar Bear With cub
JS-480 POLAR BEAR & cub Ursus maritimus John Swedberg Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Jungle Book. Mowgli. Baloo
Baloo the bear, with Mowgli seated on his back, runs with wolves whilst Shere Khan the tiger watches in the background

Bear Waiter
Lord Suffield, having shot this bear in Russia, subjects it to the further indignity of being stuffed by Mr Ward and made to serve as a dumb waiter

No 111 The Great Bear
4-6-2 Pacific class locomotive. Built 1908. Rebuilt in 1924 to become Castle class 4-6-0

Picture No. 10900181
Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) Date:

Coastal grizzly bear with salmon in mouth. Alaska MA1378
TOM-1218 Coastal grizzly bear with salmon in mouth Alaska Ursus arctos horribilis Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

I had a Little Nut Tree
I had a little nut tree, nothing would it bear but a silver nutmeg & a golden pear The king of Spains daughter came to visit me, all for the sake of my little nut tree

Two Grizzly Bears

Female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on pack ice, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Arctic, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Large Letter Card - Greetings from Sacramento, California Date: circa 1940

Picture No. 11013714
Polar Bear standing on hind legs (Ursus maritimus ) Date:

The Dixieland Jazz Band, c. 1919 Date: c.1919

Ursa Major constellation, Bode Star Atlas
Ursa Major constellation. This star map shows the northern hemisphere constellation of Ursa Major (the Great Bear) as published by the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826) in 1805

Russia, Kamchatka, grizzly of Kronotska National Park

Giant panda babies (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Family: Ailuropodidae. Wolong China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda within Wolong Reserve. Sichuan Province. CHINA

Giant panda babies (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Family: Ailuropodidae. Wolong China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda within Wolong Reserve. Sichuan Province. CHINA

Panda cub on snow, Wolong, Sichuan, China

Polar Bear - mother & cubs sliding, Canadian Arctic
DOC-107 Polar BEAR - mother with cubs sliding from winter den Canadian Arctic Ursus maritimus Doc White Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Alaskan Brown Bear - lying on side - Katmai National Park, Alaska
SE-238 Alaskan Brown Bear - lying on side Katmai National Park, Alaska Ursus arctos middendorffi Suzi Eszterhas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Polar Bear WAT 5751 Parent with cubs Ursus maritimus © M. Watson / ARDEA LONDON
WAT-5751 POLAR BEAR and x two cubs walking alongside Ursus maritimus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Polar Bear - adult laying down, with two cubs cuddling Canada
WAT-7726 Polar BEAR - adult lying down with cubs, both on adults body cuddling. Canada Canada Ursus maritimus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Giant Panda - Hanging upside in tree - Wolong Reserve - Sichuan - China JPF36911
JPF-13439 Giant Panda - Hanging upside in tree Wolong Reserve - Sichuan - China Ailuropoda melanoleuca Jean-Paul Ferrero Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Kermode / Spirit Bear - hunting for Sockeye Salmon. The Tsimshian of northern British Columbia believed that
WAT-13275 Kermode / Spirit Bear - hunting for Sockeye Salmon. Island Princess Royal. British Columbia. Canada Ursus americanus kermodei The Tsimshian of northern British Columbia believed that

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"Exploring the Bear: A Captivating Journey through Art, Nature, and Culture" Head of a Bear, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci: Leonardo da Vinci's intricate portrayal of a bear's head captures the raw power and majesty of this magnificent creature. Mappa Mundi, c. 1290 (vellum): Even in medieval times, bears held a significant place in human imagination as depicted on ancient maps like the Mappa Mundi. WALL STREET: BEARS & BULLS. Bulls and Bears in the Market: William H. Beard's allegorical painting from 1879 symbolizes the constant battle between bears and bulls in Wall Street – representing market downturns and upswings respectively. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on Champ Island glacier above the sea: Witnessing a polar bear gracefully navigating its icy habitat is both awe-inspiring and humbling – reminding us of their resilience amidst changing environments. The Last Caravan by A. E Bestall: In this captivating artwork, A. E Bestall portrays a caravan passing through untamed wilderness where encounters with bears were not uncommon - highlighting their presence throughout history. Giant Panda - female holding four-month-old young born in a Zoo: The San Diego Zoo provides sanctuary for these adorable giant pandas, playing an essential role in conservation efforts to protect this endangered species for future generations to admire. Coastal Grizzlies or Alaskan Brown Bears - fishing for salmon at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska. July brings forth one of nature's most remarkable spectacles as coastal grizzlies showcase their incredible fishing skills during the annual salmon run at Brooks Falls – truly an unforgettable sight. PETALESHARO II (1823-1874). Also known as Man Chief. Chaui or Grand Pawnee Native American chief.