Nature Collection

Z for Zoo. Chimpanzees tea-party
Z for Zoo. Which is the biggest zoo in the world? The Etosha Reserve in South-West Africa, home to this chimpanzees tea-party. From Treasure no. 215 (25 February 1967)

Robin Redbreast and Jenny Wren

Baby Elephant and Bird

Blue tits feeding on nuts

Pan, the Greek god of nature

Dragonflies
The Pond Patrol. Various types of dragonfly. From the Look and Learn Eighth Book of the Wonders of Nature (1974)

Boy watching an unidentified bird

Ducks in the rain

The Dead Tree. Things you might find in and around a dead tree include a dove, an owl, a bat, a pigeon or even a field mouse

By the Stream. From Once Upon a Time no. 135 (11 September 1971)

Nature Scene

Countryside walk
People You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Birds which weave

Giselle of the Woods

Animal railway station

Feeding ducks from a hammock

Horse riding in the country by the sea

Swallows. Detail from Treasure no. 66 (18 April 1964)

Dogs montage

Swan and cygnets

Smartly-dressed squirrel. Source unknown

Unidentified butterfly

Big-beaked Birds

Feeding the birds in winter

Woodland animals find an old car

Squirrel on a scarecrow. Source unknown

Pets and Their Homes: Rabbit, Pig and Budgerigar
Pets and Their Homes

The Tailor Bird

Duck and flying ducklings

Design for printed textile with animals
Design for printed textile with wild animals. Watercolour on tracing paper. Silver Studio. 1930

Design with trees. Watercolour on cartridge paper. Silver Studio. 1938

Business card design, man on windy autumn day
Business card design, depicting a man in a yellow coat walking along smoking on a windy autumn day. 20th century

Professor demonstrating a balloon
A Professor filling and explaining to an audience the nature of a balloon. 1784

Poster design for Southern Pacific travel

Flock of sheep, Burrawang Station, Australia
Flock of sheep, Burrawang Station, New South Wales, Australia. circa 1890s

Banyan trees, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). circa 1890s

Torii and park, Japan
Torii (wooden gateway) and park, Japan. circa 1890s

Found by Sergei Solomko -- a young couple in medieval costume look at a birds nest. circa 1915

Birds of Paradise

Parrots

Duck and ducklings

Gnu in a zoo. Cartoon

Foal sheltering from bad weather under another horse

Little Red Squirrel. From Jack and Jill Book 1979

Performing seal

Town Mouse and Country Mouse. From Once Upon a Time 9

Animals and Their Homes

Forest near Lake Kochel, Bavaria, Germany
Scene in a forest near Lake Kochel (Kochelsee) in Bavaria, Germany, on a sunny autumn day. Date: early 21st century

Dramatic landscape
A dramatic landscape with a cross on top of a rocky outcrop and a pathway with figures

Fox chasing rabbits
A fox chases a colony of rabbits through the snow and brings one down

Watercolour sketch of stream with rocks
Watercolour sketch of a stream with rocks

Drawing of various fish
A colour drawing of various fish -- three spined stickleback, minnow, millers thumb, loach, and char

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Italy. 1872

View onto Lake Como, Italy. late 19th century

Pine trees on Imaichi Road, Nikko, Japan
Pine trees lining Imaichi Road, near Nikko, Japan. circa 1890s

Kuring-Gai Chase, Berowra New South Wales, Australia
Kuring-Gai Chase, near Berowra, New South Wales, Australia. circa 1890s

Botanical tree specimens, India

Giant bamboo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). circa 1890s

Freshwater River, National Park, Australia
Freshwater River, National Park, Queensland, Australia. circa 1890s

City with palm trees

Waterfall, National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Waterfall in National Park, New South Wales, Australia. circa 1890s

Coastal scene, Clifton, Illawarra District, Australila
Coastal scene, Clifton, Illawarra District, New South Wales, Australia. circa 1890s

View from Reservoir, Ku-ring-gai Bay, Australia

New Road at Rogi, near Chini, Himalayas, India. circa 1890s

Botanical Gardens, Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India
Government Botanical Gardens, Ootacamund (Udhagamandalam, Ooty), Tamil Nadu state, India. circa 1890s

Bookmark with design and poem
Bookmark with design of trees and a poem by W H Davies. 20th century

Lake, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India

Jack Fruit tree, India
A Jack Fruit tree (Artocarpus Heterophyllus) in India, with the fruit hanging from the trunk. circa 1890s

Winding country road, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). circa 1890s

Label design for Peppermint flavouring. 20th century

Baleen whale
A baleen whale splashes out of the water on a rocky coastline while black-headed gulls flock around

Okapi chewing leaves
Okapi eating leaves from a tree branch drawn for Drawing at the Zoo published in 1949. The okapi is a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa

Flying fish from The Old Man and the Sea
Flying fish, an illustration by Raymond Sheppard to the Ernest Hemingway novella The Old Man and the Sea published in 1952

A vixen with her cubs
A vixen playing with her fox cubs

RMS Titanic and iceberg
Artists impression of RMS Titanic at the moment it hit the fatal iceberg on 15 April 1912. Date: April 1912

Wildlife scene
Countryside wildlife scene, with a variety of different animals, insects, plants and birds

Mammoth skeletons, Khanty Mansiysk, Russia
Two mammoth skeletons (female and young) on display in the museum at Khanty Mansiysk, Western Siberia, Russia. early 21st century

Wolves fighting
A pack of wolves circle two of their number who are fighting. One wolf appears to have the upper hand over his rival

Iceberg that sank the Titanic
The iceberg that sank RMS Titanic. This photograph was taken by Captain Wood of the SS Etonian on 12 April -- the Titanic struck the iceberg two days later. Date: 12 April 1912

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