Falcon Collection (page 19)

Falconer, lady and troubadour: street scene in Strasbourg in the Middle Ages
LSE4093435 Falconer, lady and troubadour: street scene in Strasbourg in the Middle Ages. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Falconer)

Couple of hawks. 18th century drawing
LSE4112342 Couple of hawks. 18th century drawing. by Unknown artist, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Couple of hawks. 18th century drawing.); Photo eLeonard de Selva; out of copyright

Equestrian portrait of Marie Leszczynska, wife of Louis XV by Martin Jean Baptiste
LSE4319544 Equestrian portrait of Marie Leszczynska, wife of Louis XV by Martin Jean Baptiste (Martin Des Battailles) (1659 - 1735)

Birds of prey (coloured engraving)
997419 Birds of prey (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From A Bilderbuch fAor KinderA (Picture Book for Children) 1790-1830

Saker Falcon, (pencil and watercolour)
824062 Saker Falcon, (pencil and watercolour) by Wolf, Joseph (1820-99); 54.3x36.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Saker Falcon. Joseph Wolf (1820-1899). Pencil and watercolour

Murdoch Stuarts son kills his fathers falcon, 1920s (litho)
832982 Murdoch Stuarts son kills his fathers falcon, 1920s (litho) by Payne, Henry A. (Harry) (1868-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation)

Iceland Falcon (Hierofalco islandus), 1856-67 (w / c & pencil on paper)
780825 Iceland Falcon (Hierofalco islandus), 1856-67 (w/c & pencil on paper) by Wolf, Joseph (1820-99); Zoological Society of London; eZoological Society of London; German, out of copyright

Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga), 1856-67 (w / c on paper)
780811 Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga), 1856-67 (w/c on paper) by Wolf, Joseph (1820-99); Zoological Society of London; eZoological Society of London; German, out of copyright

Letter F (chromolitho)
3626569 Letter F (chromolitho) by Zweigle, Walter (1859-1904); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter F. Illustration from Welt-ABC (Gustav Weise, Stuttgart, c1894).); © Look and Learn

Furniture plaque: hawk, c. 18th century BC (hippopotamus ivory)
3525780 Furniture plaque: hawk, c.18th century BC (hippopotamus ivory) by Anatolian School; 11.2 wide cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Anatolia)

Cippus of Horus, 360-343 BC (meta-greywacke)
3526108 Cippus of Horus, 360-343 BC (meta-greywacke) by Egyptian 30th Dynasty (380-343 BC); 83.5 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: From Egypt)

The Singer of Amun Nanys Funerary Papyrus, c. 1050 BC (papyrus, paint)
3525819 The Singer of Amun Nanys Funerary Papyrus, c.1050 BC (papyrus, paint) by Egyptian, Third Intermediate Period (c.1069-664 BC); 521 long cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Plaque with falcon-headed Re wearing crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, c
3525784 Plaque with falcon-headed Re wearing crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, c.8th-7th century BC (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (7th century BC); height: 7.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Senwosret III as a Sphinx, c. 1850 BC (gneiss)
3493055 Senwosret III as a Sphinx, c.1850 BC (gneiss) by Egyptian 12th Dynasty (1991-1786 BC); 73 long cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: From Egypt, possibly Upper Egypt)

The Huntsman (engraving)
3646646 The Huntsman (engraving) by Amman, Jost (1539-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Huntsman. Illustration for Kulturgeschichtliches Bilderbuch aus drei Jahrhunderten by Georg)

Mary of Burgundy, first wife of the future Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (coloured engraving)
3646258 Mary of Burgundy, first wife of the future Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (coloured engraving) by European School

Hunters using Falcons to hunt Geese, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium
747002 Hunters using Falcons to hunt Geese, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish), engraved by Jan Collaert (1566-1628), pub

Hunting with falcons, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium
746996 Hunting with falcons, illustration from Venationes, Ferarum, Avium, Piscium (Of Hunting: Wild Beasts, Birds, Fish), engraved by Jan Collaert (1566-1628), pub

Queen Elizabeth hawking (engraving)
2775871 Queen Elizabeth hawking (engraving) by English School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Elizabeth hawking. Published in Turbervilles Booke of Faulconrie, 1575)

St Francis of Assisi and the animals (colour litho)
2967767 St Francis of Assisi and the animals (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Equipment for Falconry, from Traite de Fauconnerie by H. Schlegel & A. H
SC17073 Equipment for Falconry, from Traite de Fauconnerie by H. Schlegel & A.H. Verster de Wulverhorst, 1844-53 (colour litho) by Portman & Van Wouw (fl.1844-53); Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Richard Cavendish with Spot, the 6th Duke of Devonshires Italian greyhound
CTS336368 Richard Cavendish with Spot, the 6th Duke of Devonshires Italian greyhound, c.1828 (oil on canvas) by Landseer, Edwin (1802-73); 55.5x66.8 cm; eThe Devonshire Collections

Border of a backgammon board depicting a pair of lovers, 1415 (ivory)
XOT361230 Border of a backgammon board depicting a pair of lovers, 1415 (ivory) by French School, (15th century); Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; French, out of copyright

Heidelberg (servants and courtiers on the marble porch of a castle), 1850 (colour litho)
WAG451540 Heidelberg (servants and courtiers on the marble porch of a castle), 1850 (colour litho) by Haghe, Louis (1806-85); 39x28 cm; Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands

A Falconer with his Bird, 1827-35 (colour litho)
478551 A Falconer with his Bird, 1827-35 (colour litho) by Burnouf, M.E. (fl.1827-35); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fauconnier, illustration from L Inde Francaise, Paris: Chabrelle)

View of the Roman and Ptolemaic Double Temple of Sobek and Haroeris on the River Nile
GDG383005 View of the Roman and Ptolemaic Double Temple of Sobek and Haroeris on the River Nile (photo) by Egyptian; Kom Ombo

Falcon (granite)
CH463024 Falcon (granite) by Egyptian Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BC); 52x37 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Egyptian, out of copyright

The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of the Sardar of Yerevan, Armenia
STC92670 The Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of the Sardar of Yerevan, Armenia, plate 17 from a book on the Caucasus, engraved by Charles Claude Bachelier and Celestin Francois Nanteuil (1813-73) pub

Chair, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (c. 1370-1352 BC) depicting the spirit of
XBP227983 Chair, from the Tomb of Tutankhamun (c.1370-1352 BC) depicting the spirit of millions of years, New Kingdom (cedarwood) (see also 148192) by Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC)

Falconry (ceramic)
XIR215008 Falconry (ceramic) by Persian School, (19th century); Golestan Palace, Tehran, Iran; (add.info.: falcon hunting; ); Persian, out of copyright

Saker Falcon (Falco sacer), 1856-67 (w / c on paper)
1065167 Saker Falcon (Falco sacer), 1856-67 (w/c on paper) by Wolf, Joseph (1820-99); Zoological Society of London; (add.info.: Taken from Original water-colour drawings by Joseph Wolf, Esq, FZS)

One of a pair of Louis XVI pastoral tapestries, Aubusson, c
693803 One of a pair of Louis XVI pastoral tapestries, Aubusson, c.1775 (silk & wool) (see also 693811) by French School, (18th century); 280x148 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Mummy of a young man, with encaustic portrait, from El-Hibeh
FIT62532 Mummy of a young man, with encaustic portrait, from El-Hibeh (linen wrapped human remains with painted wood panel) by Egyptian

Birds of prey (chromolitho)
5226753 Birds of prey (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Birds of prey. Illustration for unidentified childrens picture book)

The Young Falconer, from the picture in the Royal Collection (engraving)
5198982 The Young Falconer, from the picture in the Royal Collection (engraving) by Tayler, F. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Young Falconer)

Portrait of Sir Thomas Monson, half-length, in a slashed white doublet
5959872 Portrait of Sir Thomas Monson, half-length, in a slashed white doublet, girdled with a sword, holding a falcon and his wand of office (oil on panel) by English School

Rider with a falcon (oil on panel)
5972818 Rider with a falcon (oil on panel) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); Goteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden; Bildarchiv Foto Marburg

La Chasse detail in "Influence de mars": hunting and court. Miniature made by Cristoforo de Predis (v)
VEN5028009 La Chasse detail in " Influence de mars" : hunting and court. Miniature made by Cristoforo de Predis (v. 1440-v. 1486) - in " De Sphaera" d Este. Around 1470

Shallow bowl, 4th-5th century (silver & gilt)
5907011 Shallow bowl, 4th-5th century (silver & gilt) by Sasanian School; 4.3A--19.2 cm; (add.info.: Greek culture was introduced to Central Asia following the conquests of Alexander the Great around)

Caucasian traditional dress par Gagarin, Grigori Grigorievich (1810-1893)
FIA5401432 Caucasian traditional dress par Gagarin, Grigori Grigorievich (1810-1893), 1840s - Lithograph, watercolour, 49, 5x34 - Private Collection by Gagarin

Two horsemen hunting with falcon, 1640s (ink & colour on paper)
5892472 Two horsemen hunting with falcon, 1640s (ink & colour on paper) by Iranian School (17th century); 13.4x21.7 cm; Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA; Freer Gallery of Art

Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); recto
5892471 Folio from a Khamsa (Quintet) by Nizami (d.1209); recto: Alexander and his army hunting on the plain of China, 1548 (ink)

Falcon on the Watch (litho)
1597195 Falcon on the Watch (litho) by Thorburn, Archibald (1860-1935); Private Collection; (add.info.: Falcon on the Watch. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 20 February 1897)

Portrait of Anne Marie de Chevreuse (1624-1652) daughter of the great falconer Claude de
JLJ4577642 Portrait of Anne Marie de Chevreuse (1624-1652) daughter of the great falconer Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Chevreuse Painting by Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), 1628 Sun

Gallant scene in the Middle Ages. Illumination of the songwriter Manesse, 1300
JLJ4602068 Gallant scene in the Middle Ages. Illumination of the songwriter Manesse, 1300. Heidelberg Library, Germany. by German School, (14th century); Bibliotheca Palatina, Heidelberg

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The majestic falcon, a symbol of power and grace, has captivated humans for centuries. From the Peregrine Falcon soaring through the Scottish winter skies to Captain Robert Falcon Scott endorsing Frys Cocoa in an iconic advert, these birds have left their mark on our culture. In falconry, a time-honored tradition dating back thousands of years, we see the intricate equipment used to train and handle these magnificent creatures. The Gyrfalcon, known as Falco rusticolus, stands out with its striking appearance and regal demeanor. Witnessing a Common Starling murmuration being pursued by a Peregrine Falcon is truly awe-inspiring. The sheer speed and agility displayed by this predator leaves us in wonderment at nature's perfect balance. A heartwarming sight unfolds as an adult Peregrine Falcon gracefully lands at its nest in Vaala, Finland, bringing sustenance to its hungry chicks. This display of parental care reminds us that even the mightiest hunters have tender moments too. The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) continues to enchant us with its beauty and prowess. Its presence can be felt not only in Scotland or Finland but also across borders like Yugoslavia during the Sokol Rally in Belgrade. As we delve into history, we encounter Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Antarctic Expedition aboard Terra Nova. His brave journey serves as a testament to human determination and exploration - qualities mirrored by the noble falcons themselves. Whether it's witnessing their breathtaking flights or admiring their role in art and literature throughout history, one thing remains certain: Falcons hold a special place in our hearts as symbols of freedom and untamed spirit.