Eggs Collection (#4)

Ostrich feathers ready for packing and dispatch on an ostrich farm
3740724 Ostrich feathers ready for packing and dispatch on an ostrich farm; (add.info.: Illustration depicting ostrich feathers ready for packing and dispatch on an ostrich farm near Grahamstown)

A man discovering an ostrich's nest
3740723 A man discovering an ostrich's nest; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a man discovering an ostrich's nest on an ostrich farm near Grahamstown, South Africa)

Green (Edible) turtles - Chelonia mydas - and Loggerhead turtles captured on coast of Cuba as the females came ashore
530274 Green (Edible) turtles - Chelonia mydas - and Loggerhead turtles captured on coast of Cuba as the females came ashore to lay their eggs

Nest, Nice, Norwegian and water lilies (chromolitho)
8677367 Nest, Nice, Norwegian and water lilies (chromolitho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: N for nest, Nice, Norwegian and nenuphars (water lilies)

Flamingo colony (litho)
8663867 Flamingo colony (litho) by Weczerzick, Alfred (1864-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flamingo colony. Illustration for Der Mensch und die Erde by Hans Kraemer)

New Zealand, 1890s: Maori Curios (b/w photo)
8662436 New Zealand, 1890s: Maori Curios (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Maori Curios)

Another prize-winning window (b/w photo)
8647475 Another prize-winning window (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Another prize-winning window)

Young boy gathering eggs from a nest set in a rocky cliff face in the mid 19th century
2638474 Young boy gathering eggs from a nest set in a rocky cliff face in the mid 19th century. From Bibby's Annual published 1910.; Private Collection; Photo © Hilary Morgan

Smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris: female 1, male 2, female depositing eggs on an aquatic leaf 3, egg 4
FLO4569151 Smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris: female 1, male 2, female depositing eggs on an aquatic leaf 3, egg 4, development of the young 5-12

Page from Proverbs with Pictures by Charles H Bennett, 1859 (engraving)
8638761 Page from Proverbs with Pictures by Charles H Bennett, 1859 (engraving) by Bennett, Charles Henry (1828-67) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Dictionary: Gadfly (engraving)
8636624 Dictionary: Gadfly (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gadfly. Illustration for A Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Crabb (3rd edn)

Dictionary: Ichneumon (engraving)
8636617 Dictionary: Ichneumon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ichneumon. Illustration for A Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Crabb (3rd edn)

Women's costume of Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine (colour litho)
8677232 Women's costume of Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women's costume of Vitre, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France)

A straightforward show of eggs (b/w photo)
8647479 A straightforward show of eggs (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A straightforward show of eggs)

Illustration for Tom Brown's School-Days (litho)
8642873 Illustration for Tom Brown's School-Days (litho) by Sullivan, Edmund Joseph (1869-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: "All right - four eggs!" shouted he)

Example of an animated display (b/w photo)
8647476 Example of an animated display (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Example of an animated display)

A traditional English breakfast (b/w photo)
8655282 A traditional English breakfast (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A traditional English breakfast)

Inviolable
Aleksandrova Karina

Ear, Eat, Eel, Egg, Elk, Eye, Fan, Fig, Fin, Fly, Fop, Fox (engraving)
8649978 Ear, Eat, Eel, Egg, Elk, Eye, Fan, Fig, Fin, Fly, Fop, Fox (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ear, Eat, Eel, Egg, Elk, Eye, Fan, Fig, Fin)

Quail eggs in vintage Indian bowl
Aleksandrova Karina

Human invention anticipated: Barometer (engraving)
8657914 Human invention anticipated: Barometer (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Barometer)

Preparing lamb cutlets (b/w photo)
8657670 Preparing lamb cutlets (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Preparing lamb cutlets)

Toad-in-the-hole (b/w photo)
8657654 Toad-in-the-hole (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Toad-in-the-hole)

Historical Geography
5314783 Historical Geography by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Historical Geography. 1900. Ireland. Having seen that her old man is decently arrayed this capable old lady slips one)

The collection of young sea birds and eggs on the Shetland Islands
5310331 The collection of young sea birds and eggs on the Shetland Islands; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the collection of young sea birds and eggs on the Shetland Islands)

Title page with vignette of nest and eggs. Steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardine's
FLO4650464 Title page with vignette of nest and eggs. Steel engraving by William Lizars from Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Ornithology: Hummingbirds, Edinburgh, W.H

Goat moth, Cossus cossus, moth, caterpillar, eggs and pupa (Phalaena cossus)
FLO4681704 Goat moth, Cossus cossus, moth, caterpillar, eggs and pupa (Phalaena cossus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Four hummingbird species with a nest and two eggs. (Three hummingbirds with a nest and two eggs)
FLO4652738 Four hummingbird species with a nest and two eggs. (Three hummingbirds with a nest and two eggs). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration drawn from nature by Georg

A yachting trip, 1850
3478476 A yachting trip, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a yachting trip, with two gentlemen and gentlewomen. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Young crocodile hatching from the egg, Crocodylus niloticus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an
FLO4694868 Young crocodile hatching from the egg, Crocodylus niloticus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London

Surinam toad, Pipa pipa, male 1 and female with eggs on its back 2, and Surinam horned frog, Ceratophrys cornuta 3
FLO4574254 Surinam toad, Pipa pipa, male 1 and female with eggs on its back 2, and Surinam horned frog, Ceratophrys cornuta 3

An ostrich sitting in an ostrich farm
3740728 An ostrich sitting in an ostrich farm; (add.info.: Illustration depicting an ostrich sitting in an ostrich farm near Grahamstown, South Africa)

Nursery rhyme: Bandy Legs (colour litho)
8648882 Nursery rhyme: Bandy Legs (colour litho) by Wright, Blanche Fisher (1887-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bandy Legs)

A prize-winning window (b/w photo)
8647478 A prize-winning window (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A prize-winning window)

There was an Old Man of Thermopylae, who never did anything properly (coloured engraving)
8634326 There was an Old Man of Thermopylae, who never did anything properly (coloured engraving) by Lear, Edward (1812-88) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Preparing lamb cutlets (b/w photo)
8657668 Preparing lamb cutlets (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Preparing lamb cutlets)

Monsieur de la Palisse (coloured engraving)
8635220 Monsieur de la Palisse (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Monsieur de la Palisse)

Phylloxera (b/w photo)
8674238 Phylloxera (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Phylloxera. Illustration for The World's Commercial Products by W G Freeman)

Who-Whoop! I've done it - Raiding the Rookery from Nimrod's "The Life of a Sportsman, 1874"
SC27854 Who-Whoop! I've done it - Raiding the Rookery from Nimrod's "The Life of a Sportsman, 1874"; Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

Egyptian tomb wall painting
3119203 Egyptian tomb wall painting; (add.info.: Egyptian tomb wall painting from Thebes, Luxor. Dated 11th Century BC.); Universal History Archive/UIG

still life 10
Alice Sheng

From the series "Almost monochrome composition"
Evgeniy Popov

Farm
Margareth Perfoncio

Flower dream
Saskia Dingemans

Bird on the nest
Saskia Dingemans

#KEEPDISTANCE
Aleksandrova Karina

Ultramel Okeetee corn snake, with recently laid eggs, an interspecies hybrid between a Corn snake, (Pantherophis guttatus), and a Grey rat snake (Pantherophis spiloides)

Female Peacock-mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus) carrying her eggs, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

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