Rats Collection

Hairless Animals - Sphinx cat, rodent & rat
LA-7110 Hairless Animals - Sphinx cat, guinea pig & rat Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Pet Rat In house / bed
JD-16908 Pet RAT - in bed in cage John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Dog and Rat - West Highland Terrier watching rat and mouse-trap. Manipulated Image
LA-2093 Dog and Rat - West Highland Terrier watching rat and mouse trap. Also known as: Westie / Westies. Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Hairless Animals - Mexican Hairless Dog, Sphinx Cat, rodent & rat
LA-7107 Hairless Animals - Mexican Hairless Dog, Sphinx Cat, guinea pig & rat Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

BROWN / COMMON / NORWAY RAT- Front view of young rat eating brea
ANZ-100 BROWN / COMMON / NORWAY RAT- Front view of young rat eating bread Rattus norvegicus Andrey Zvoznikov Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Female Chartists Cartoon
How to treat the female Chartists Cockroaches, rats and mice should see off the most ferocious crowd of females

The Frog and the Rat. circa 1900

Malagasy giant rat
PM-8551 Malagasy / Madagascan giant jumping RAT Hypogeomys antimena Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Southern Railway Ratcatcher
Official Rat catcher for Southern Railway with Terriers and quarry. Date: 1924

Brown Rat
JD-13556 Brown / Common / Norway RAT - facing. In studio, against white background Rattus norvegicus John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

The Council Held by the Rats, by Gustave Dore
THE COUNCIL HELD BY THE RATS, BY GUSTAVE DORE. Dore, 1832 - 1883, French. Engraving for Fables by Jean de la Fontaine, engraved by Antoine Valerie Bertrand, French, born 1823, Art, Artist

Suffolk Rats protecting their cheese or the County fencibles called to arms

Yellow Rat Snake - with rat prey in mouth
CAN-1517 Yellow Rat Snake - with rat prey in mouth Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

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AUS-294 Kowari / Crest-tailed Marsupial Rat - with three young, sixteen days old attached to teats Dasyuroides byrnei Jim Frazier-Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints

Pet Rat In a retreat
JD-16909 Pet RAT - in toy in cage John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

The rat and the oil-bottle (engraving)
6002572 The rat and the oil-bottle (engraving) by Weir, Harrison William (1824-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: The rat and the oil-bottle)

RATS IN THE BARN C1910
Rats in a barn nibble on some apples. Date: circa 1910

Rat - in studio in carrying / travel basket
LA-8620 Rat - in studio in carrying / travel basket Jean-Michel Labat contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Dick Whittington by Arthur Rackham
Dick Whittington arrives on the coast of Barbary, and everyone from the ship is entertained by the Moors. When they are invaded by rats and mice

Paramyxovirus particles, TEM
Sendai virus. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Sendai virus particles (virions, orange). The protein coat (capsid) of one of the particles has split

London Rat Catcher
A rat-catcher at work in the London sewers

Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) adult, standing in shaft of light, England, august (captive)

Siege of Arras on August 10, 1640: the great defeat of the Spaniards, represented in cats
7110184 Siege of Arras on August 10, 1640: the great defeat of the Spaniards, represented in cats, besieged to the French (in rats)

King Olav the Saint breaking the Image of the God Mor, 1020 (litho)
8661105 King Olav the Saint breaking the Image of the God Mor, 1020 (litho) by Valda, John Harris (1874-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Olav the Saint breaking the Image of the God Mor)

King Olav the Saint breaking the Image of the God Mor, 1020 (litho)
8661332 King Olav the Saint breaking the Image of the God Mor, 1020 (litho) by Valda, John Harris (1874-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Olav the Saint breaking the Image of the God Mor)

The Fables of La Fontaine: The Council held by the Rats (engraving)
8669338 The Fables of La Fontaine: The Council held by the Rats (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Council held by the Rats)

And the Rat, Wore a Feather in his Hat (litho)
8670631 And the Rat, Wore a Feather in his Hat (litho) by Brooke, Leonard Leslie (1862-1940); Private Collection; (add.info.: And the Rat, Wore a Feather in his Hat)

Letter R: rat, c.1920 (print)
DUV4206019 Letter R: rat, c.1920 (print); 15.5x24.5 cm; (add.info.: image from "The alphabet of Mimi" Illustrations by J. M. Porta. 8 pages.); Photo © Duvallon

Letters Q and R: quarrel and rat, c.1920 (print)
DUV4206005 Letters Q and R: quarrel and rat, c.1920 (print); 15.5x24.5 cm; (add.info.: image from "The alphabet of Mimi" Illustrations by J. M. Porta. 8 pages.); Photo © Duvallon

Chief-Superintendent Williamson
5616180 Chief-Superintendent Williamson; (add.info.: Caricature of Chief-Superintendent Williamson, a member of a Victorian police force. Dated 19th Century)

Hazards of a 19th Century household, 1850
3359129 Hazards of a 19th Century household, 1850; (add.info.: Hazards of a 19th Century household, including taxes, rats, black beetles, cockroaches, arsenic fumes, stinking drains)

The Fables of La Fontaine: The Rat and the Elephant (engraving)
8669297 The Fables of La Fontaine: The Rat and the Elephant (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Rat and the Elephant)

Obtaining tetanus serum from horse blood, Marburg, Germany (colour litho)
8663554 Obtaining tetanus serum from horse blood, Marburg, Germany (colour litho) by Gehrke, Fritz (1855-1916); Private Collection; (add.info)

Letter Q and R: discharge, keels, four, tail and rake, tap, rat, roses, wheel, c.1920 (print)
DUV4202585 Letter Q and R: discharge, keels, four, tail and rake, tap, rat, roses, wheel, c.1920 (print); 16x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: ABC de Guignol by Griff (French illustrator)

The revolution of 1831, 1831
1574915 The revolution of 1831, 1831; (add.info.: The revolution of 1831. As prophesied by that learned astrologer General Ikey Wether-Bridge)

The Fables of La Fontaine: The League of the Rats (engraving)
8669267 The Fables of La Fontaine: The League of the Rats (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: The League of the Rats)

There was an Old Person of Shields, who frequented the valleys and fields (coloured engraving)
8634344 There was an Old Person of Shields, who frequented the valleys and fields (coloured engraving) by Lear, Edward (1812-88) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from Proverbs with Pictures by Charles H Bennett, 1859 (engraving)
8638773 Page from Proverbs with Pictures by Charles H Bennett, 1859 (engraving) by Bennett, Charles Henry (1828-67) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Engraving depicting the different methods of exterminating rats, 19th century
5308696 Engraving depicting the different methods of exterminating rats, 19th century; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the different methods of exterminating rats)

Black rat (coloured engraving)
8677194 Black rat (coloured engraving) by Donovan, Edward (1768-1837) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Black rat.); Look and Learn / Valerie Jackson Harris Collection

The Rat-Catcher of Hamelin (chromolitho)
8664016 The Rat-Catcher of Hamelin (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Rat-Catcher of Hamelin)

Preventing the spread of diseases carried by rats on ships (b/w photo)
8635906 Preventing the spread of diseases carried by rats on ships (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Pup, Ram, Rat, Ray, Rip, Rod, Row, Rug, Run, Saw, Sea, Sew (engraving)
8649981 Pup, Ram, Rat, Ray, Rip, Rod, Row, Rug, Run, Saw, Sea, Sew (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pup, Ram, Rat, Ray, Rip, Rod, Row, Rug, Run)

A female Whittington, a little girl saved from rats by a favourite cat (engraving)
8643287 A female Whittington, a little girl saved from rats by a favourite cat (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A female Whittington)

The Fables of La Fontaine: The Lion and the Rat (engraving)
8669335 The Fables of La Fontaine: The Lion and the Rat (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Lion and the Rat)

Naked mole rat in tunnel {Heterocephalus glaber} Kenya, East Africa

Party rats
Juan Luis Duran

Proudhon, 1849. Creator: Honore Daumier
Proudhon, 1849. Caricature portrait of French journalist, economist, socialist politician and philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865)

Pas engageant pour les autres (Unenticing for the Others), 1868. Creator: Honore Daumier
Pas engageant pour les autres (Unenticing for the Others), 1868

Grande révolte des rats de montfaucon... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Grande revolte des rats de montfaucon... 19th century. Great Revolt of the Rats of Montfaucon

"Cinderella" - painted by George Cruikshank - from the Exhibitionn of the Royal Academy, 1854. The admirers of Mr Cruikshank - and he has many, and none warmer than ourselves

Yorktown, 1781. Creator: Anon
Yorktown, 1781

Ganesh, the Elephant God (gouache on paper)
DND111540 Ganesh, the Elephant God (gouache on paper) by Indian School; Mumbai, India; Dinodia

Ratcatchers, 1821 (oil on board)
NGW185771 Ratcatchers, 1821 (oil on board) by Landseer, Edwin (1802-73); National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

Snoozy and ladybirds
Ellen van Deelen

The Cad to the Man wot Drives the Sovereign, cartoon
The Cad to the Man wot Drives the Sovereign, political cartoon caricature of Sir Robert Peel as a ratcatcher with rats in a cage - hand coloured engraving, 1829 Date: 1829

WW2 - Home Front - Land Girl hunting rats with ferrets and the results of one day's offensive in a Hereford Barn. Date: circa 1942

Cartoon, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, by James Gillray. Depicting Napoleon (ironically in the role of John Bunyan's pilgrim, Christian) having to confront an array of problems

Colony of Yersinia pestis, 1906 (litho)
3501917 Colony of Yersinia pestis, 1906 (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms)

The Rat Stinker, 1632 (Etching)
7393372 The Rat Stinker, 1632 (Etching) by Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-69); 14 x 12, 5 cm; Fondation Glenat, Grenoble, France; © Fonds Glenat

An ebahi fish watches a rat pass through a wooden hoof floating on the water
7309658 An ebahi fish watches a rat pass through a wooden hoof floating on the water." A gondola ride", 1936 (illustration) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939); 7 x 10

A rat takes shelter under the tail of a squirrel. " For shelter from the rain", 1936 (illustration)
7309655 A rat takes shelter under the tail of a squirrel." For shelter from the rain", 1936 (illustration) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939); 7 x 10

A rat asks a spleen to shelter it under a mushroom. "Let me shelter you under my umbrella
7309653 A rat asks a spleen to shelter it under a mushroom. "Let me shelter you under my umbrella!", 1936 (illustration) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939); 7 x 10

Various rodents, agouti, Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum), hamster, lemming
7279444 Various rodents, agouti, Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum), hamster, lemming by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Various rodents, Aguti)

At the Turnspit, Quakers Alley (colour litho)
3095686 At the Turnspit, Quakers Alley (colour litho) by Concanen, Alfred (1835-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: At the Turnspit, Quakers Alley)

A Favourite Sport in Paris, A Rat-killing Competition (litho)
1040842 A Favourite Sport in Paris, A Rat-killing Competition (litho) by Scott, Georges Bertin (1873-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Favourite Sport in Paris, A Rat-killing Competition)

A Little Game of Bagatelle, 1864. Creator: John L Magee
A Little Game of Bagatelle, Between Old Abe the Rail Splitter & Little Mac the Gunboat General, 1864

Child seriously ill from an infection caused by a rat bite in her home... Washington, D.C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Child seriously ill from an infection caused by a rat bite in her home in the Southwest section

Fables of La Fontaine: The battle of the rats and the weasels (litho)
6002120 Fables of La Fontaine: The battle of the rats and the weasels (litho) by Billinghurst, Percy James (1871-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: The battle of the rats and the weasels)

The Rat that withdrew from the world, circa 1870 (drawing)
6438135 The Rat that withdrew from the world, circa 1870 (drawing) by Bachereau-Reverchon, Victor (1842-1885); Private Collection; (add.info.: Litterature)

Studies of rats, circa 1870 (drawing)
6438137 Studies of rats, circa 1870 (drawing) by Bachereau-Reverchon, Victor (1842-1885); Private Collection; (add.info.: Science. Zoology. Studies of rats)

Illustration for Robert Brownings Pied Piper of Hamelin (colour litho)
5998188 Illustration for Robert Brownings Pied Piper of Hamelin (colour litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info)

Frontispiece illustration for A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine (litho)
6002116 Frontispiece illustration for A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine (litho) by Billinghurst, Percy James (1871-1933); Private Collection; (add.info)

17th century Dutch itinerant rat-catcher with tray and rat trap. 1803 (engraving)
7233058 17th century Dutch itinerant rat-catcher with tray and rat trap. 1803 (engraving) by Deuchar, David (1743-1808); Private Collection; (add.info)

Chums: Ratting (colour litho)
5999141 Chums: Ratting (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ratting. Illustration for Chums by John Hassall (Thomas Nelson, c 1906).); © Look and Learn

Illustration for Robert Brownings Pied Piper of Hamelin (colour litho)
5998201 Illustration for Robert Brownings Pied Piper of Hamelin (colour litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info)

Fables of La Fontaine: The two rats, the fox and the egg (litho)
6002196 Fables of La Fontaine: The two rats, the fox and the egg (litho) by Billinghurst, Percy James (1871-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: The two rats, the fox and the egg)

Fables of La Fontaine: The council held by the rats (litho)
6002195 Fables of La Fontaine: The council held by the rats (litho) by Billinghurst, Percy James (1871-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: The council held by the rats)

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"Billy The Rat Catcher: A Tale of Hairless Animals, Pet Rats, and Unexpected Encounters" In the world of rodents, Billy The Rat Catcher reigns supreme. With his trusty hairless companions - the Sphinx cat, rodent, and rat - he fearlessly tackles any infestation that comes his way. From the cozy corners of a pet rat's house to an unexpected visitor in someone's bed, Billy is always ready for action. But it's not just rats that catch our attention; hairless animals like the Mexican Hairless Dog and Sphinx Cat also captivate us with their unique appearance. They stand proudly alongside their rodent counterparts as symbols of diversity in nature. In one intriguing image, we witness a West Highland Terrier keeping a watchful eye on a mischievous rat near a mouse-trap. It seems as though even dogs can't resist being fascinated by these cunning creatures. But don't worry. This image is nothing more than clever manipulation. Speaking of rats' eating habits, we get an up-close view of a young Brown/Common/Norway Rat indulging in some bread. Their insatiable appetite knows no bounds. They have even made appearances throughout history and literature. In a female Chartists cartoon from yesteryears or "The Frog and the Rat" fable passed down through generations, they continue to leave their mark on our collective imagination. Even railways had their own dedicated Southern Railway Ratcatcher at one point. These unsung heroes worked tirelessly to keep trains free from unwanted guests during journeys across vast landscapes. And let's not forget about Suffolk Rats protecting their precious cheese or serving as County fencibles – guardians against potential threats lurking around every corner. So whether you find yourself marveling at the resilience of Brown Rats or chuckling at tales involving rats big or small, there's no denying that these creatures hold a special place in our hearts and minds.