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Sucking Collection

"Sucking: A Multifaceted Act of Nature and Nurture" From the adorable image of a cute baby sucking its thumb to the intricate feeding habits of various creatures

Background imageSucking Collection: Fair Exchange by George Studdy

Fair Exchange by George Studdy
Bonzo and the baby find fair exchange is no robbery. A rather alarming scene where the comic canine creation of George Studdy, Bonzo

Background imageSucking Collection: Cimex lectularius, bed bug

Cimex lectularius, bed bug
Scanning electron microscope image of a bed bug (x 17). The sucking mouthparts enable the feeding bedbugs to pierce the hosts tissues and siphon out a blood meal

Background imageSucking Collection: Emperor Swallowtail -Papilio ophidicephalus-

Emperor Swallowtail -Papilio ophidicephalus-

Background imageSucking Collection: Ringlet -Aphantopus hyperantus- sucking nectar, Lower Saxony, Germany

Ringlet -Aphantopus hyperantus- sucking nectar, Lower Saxony, Germany

Background imageSucking Collection: Barbary Ape JPF 7000 Licking dew from a young Atlantic Cedar. Morocco, Northern Africa

Barbary Ape JPF 7000 Licking dew from a young Atlantic Cedar. Morocco, Northern Africa
JPF-7000 Barbary Macaque / Barbary Ape / Rock Ape - Licking dew from a young Atlantic Cedar Morocco, Northern Africa. Macaca sylvana Calling this species an ape is misleading

Background imageSucking Collection: Chad - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise

Chad - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise
Chad, Central Africa - Cupping - Indigenous medicinal practise. Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a local suction is created on the skin; practitioners believe this

Background imageSucking Collection: Client: Monsanto Textiles - Girl's Knitwear dress

Client: Monsanto Textiles - Girl's Knitwear dress - Shoot date: July 24, 1969 Date: 1969

Background imageSucking Collection: Le triomphe du sucre d'orge, 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier

Le triomphe du sucre d'orge, 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le triomphe du sucre d'orge, 1855. Vue prise aux Folies nouvelles. (The triumph of barley sugar. - View taken at the new Folies). From Le Charivari, 7 April 1855

Background imageSucking Collection: Picture No. 10854233

Picture No. 10854233
Papua New Guinea - Huli woman breast feeding child & piglet Date:

Background imageSucking Collection: Cow Goddess Hathor nursing Pharaoh Horemheb

Cow Goddess Hathor nursing Pharaoh Horemheb
Fragment of a granite statue depicting cow goddess Hathor nursing Pharaoh Horemheb. Reign of Horemheb. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1319-1292 BC. Date: 13th century BC

Background imageSucking Collection: Cute baby sucking its thumb, with toy duck

Cute baby sucking its thumb, with toy duck Date: 1930s

Background imageSucking Collection: Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats

Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats, or, the new Litter of hungry Grunters Sucking John Bull's Old Sow to death, by James Gillray

Background imageSucking Collection: Sapphic Love, (pencil and pen and brown ink)

Sapphic Love, (pencil and pen and brown ink)
651806 Sapphic Love, (pencil and pen and brown ink) by Fuseli, Henry (Fussli, Johann Heinrich) (1741-1825); 17.2x12.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sapphic Love)

Background imageSucking Collection: DDE-90039611

DDE-90039611
USA, Mt. Rainier National Park, Washington. Townsend's Chipmunk sucking nectar from Red Columbine flower. Date: 29/11/2010

Background imageSucking Collection: DDE-90022954

DDE-90022954
Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Juvenile Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) hanging from tree branch Date: 19/02/2005

Background imageSucking Collection: Government Surveying in New Zealand (engraving)

Government Surveying in New Zealand (engraving)
1594679 Government Surveying in New Zealand (engraving) by Begg, Samuel (fl.1886-1916) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Government Surveying in New Zealand)

Background imageSucking Collection: The Nightclub Hostess; Die Animierdame, 1938 (oil on canvas)

The Nightclub Hostess; Die Animierdame, 1938 (oil on canvas)
824355 The Nightclub Hostess; Die Animierdame, 1938 (oil on canvas) by Kleinschmidt, Paul (1883-1949); 115x75.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Nightclub Hostess; Die Animierdame)

Background imageSucking Collection: 13131736

13131736
Maine Coon Cat, kitten standing on hind legs drinking from Halloween bucket with Halloween pumkin straw Date: 05-10-2014

Background imageSucking Collection: Dr Samuel Rabbeth (engraving)

Dr Samuel Rabbeth (engraving)
1045799 Dr Samuel Rabbeth (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dr Samuel Rabbeth)

Background imageSucking Collection: Breastfeeding Infant; Enfant au Sein, c. 1900 (pastel and black chalk on buff paper)

Breastfeeding Infant; Enfant au Sein, c. 1900 (pastel and black chalk on buff paper)
825769 Breastfeeding Infant; Enfant au Sein, c.1900 (pastel and black chalk on buff paper) by Cassatt, Mary Stevenson (1844-1926); 56.2x44.8 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageSucking Collection: Types of hydraulics systems and pumps

Types of hydraulics systems and pumps: Persian wheel or sakia, Tantalus or Pythagorean cup, Ctesibiuss ancient pump, and sucking, forcing, lifting and chain pumps

Background imageSucking Collection: The tax on property, ie the costs of being rich (engraving)

The tax on property, ie the costs of being rich (engraving)
5997832 The tax on property, ie the costs of being rich (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: The tax on property, ie the costs of being rich)

Background imageSucking Collection: One drunk sucking alcohol via a straw from another drunks red nose (colour litho)

One drunk sucking alcohol via a straw from another drunks red nose (colour litho)
2800788 One drunk sucking alcohol via a straw from another drunks red nose (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageSucking Collection: Notes at a Christmas Dinner (engraving)

Notes at a Christmas Dinner (engraving)
1107410 Notes at a Christmas Dinner (engraving) by Lorimer, John Henry (1856-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Notes at a Christmas Dinner)

Background imageSucking Collection: Breast feeding, The Fashional Mamma, or The Convenience of Modern Dress (coloured engraving)

Breast feeding, The Fashional Mamma, or The Convenience of Modern Dress (coloured engraving)
5198799 Breast feeding, The Fashional Mamma, or The Convenience of Modern Dress (coloured engraving) by Gillray, James (1757-1815) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Breast feeding)

Background imageSucking Collection: Egyptian siphon (chromolitho)

Egyptian siphon (chromolitho)
1094303 Egyptian siphon (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Egyptian siphon. French educational card)

Background imageSucking Collection: Illustration for Cranford by Mrs Gaskell (colour litho)

Illustration for Cranford by Mrs Gaskell (colour litho)
3651207 Illustration for Cranford by Mrs Gaskell (colour litho) by Wheelhouse, Mary V. (1895-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: Miss Jenkyns and Miss Matty used to rise up)

Background imageSucking Collection: Young child, with teddy bear, sucking thumb (colour litho)

Young child, with teddy bear, sucking thumb (colour litho)
3656266 Young child, with teddy bear, sucking thumb (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Young child, with teddy bear, sucking thumb)

Background imageSucking Collection: Dr Parke sucking the Poison from the Wound in Lieutenant Stairss Side

Dr Parke sucking the Poison from the Wound in Lieutenant Stairss Side, received from a Poisoned Arrow at Abousheeba
1046942 Dr Parke sucking the Poison from the Wound in Lieutenant Stairss Side, received from a Poisoned Arrow at Abousheeba (engraving) by English School

Background imageSucking Collection: 638290

638290

Background imageSucking Collection: The liar

The liar
Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a deer ked (Lipoptena cervi). L. cervi lives as an ectoparasite on deer, moose and other cervids

Background imageSucking Collection: Njonja and Tuan, Chessington Zoo, five year old orangutans provide quite a comedy act for

Njonja and Tuan, Chessington Zoo, five year old orangutans provide quite a comedy act for the visitors. Njonja Squeezes her big mouth against the glass and her mate Tuan bursts into laughter

Background imageSucking Collection: Children: Drink. Study picture taken of a four year old boy making the most of his

Children: Drink. Study picture taken of a four year old boy making the most of his orangade by drawing through two straws. He is David Kynaston of Lewisham, London. November 1953 D6742

Background imageSucking Collection: Njonja and Tuan, Chessington Zoo, five year old orangutans provide quite a comedy act for

Njonja and Tuan, Chessington Zoo, five year old orangutans provide quite a comedy act for the visitors. Njonja Squeezes her big mouth against the glass and her mate Tuan bursts into laughter

Background imageSucking Collection: The Giant Tries to Drink the Stream, from Europas Fairy Book, pub. 1916. Creator

The Giant Tries to Drink the Stream, from Europas Fairy Book, pub. 1916. Creator
The Giant Tries to Drink the Stream, from Europas Fairy Book, pub. 1916 (engraving, 1916

Background imageSucking Collection: Butterfly on thistle

Butterfly on thistle
Butterfly sucking the nectar from a thistle

Background imageSucking Collection: Two drunken men in a bed, 1906

Two drunken men in a bed, 1906

Background imageSucking Collection: Medicinal leech

Medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis). Leeches are parasites that feed on blood. They attach themselves to the skin using suckers and create a wound with three sharp jaw plates

Background imageSucking Collection: Common Vampire Bat - feeding on neck of horse Sao Paulo state Brazil

Common Vampire Bat - feeding on neck of horse Sao Paulo state Brazil
NG-1416 Common Vampire BAT - feeding on neck of horse Farm in Sao Paulo State, Brazil Desmodus rotundus Nick Gordon Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageSucking Collection: Baby camel sucking 1934 Middle East

Baby camel sucking 1934 Middle East
Baby camel sucking 1934, Middle East

Background imageSucking Collection: There Was A Crucial Moment When The Sucking Bog Clutched At The Wheel Of The First Car

There Was A Crucial Moment When The Sucking Bog Clutched At The Wheel Of The First Car. From The Book Buffalo Jim By William Hatfield Published Circa 1930 s

Background imageSucking Collection: The Vacuum - A Masterpiece by H. M. Bateman

The Vacuum - A Masterpiece by H. M. Bateman
Page 1 of 4. Brilliant sequential cartoon by H. M. Bateman depicting a man asking his maid to have a go at a vacuum cleaner, only to find he sucks up everything in his path. Date: 1920

Background imageSucking Collection: Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Baby / Calf nursing

Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Baby / Calf nursing / feeding from Mother immediately after birth (Tursiops truncatus). Part of a sequence of imagesDolphin gestation / pregnancy lasts approx

Background imageSucking Collection: Digital illustration of Spiny Anteater (Echidna) puggle sucking from pores on milk patch in pouch

Digital illustration of Spiny Anteater (Echidna) puggle sucking from pores on milk patch in pouch

Background imageSucking Collection: Remoras suck the the hull of a shipwreck in Fiji

Remoras suck the the hull of a shipwreck in Fiji
Remoras suck the the hull of a shipwreck, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji

Background imageSucking Collection: Honey bee on flower

Honey bee on flower
Macro shot of honey bee collecting some pollen from lavender flower



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"Sucking: A Multifaceted Act of Nature and Nurture" From the adorable image of a cute baby sucking its thumb to the intricate feeding habits of various creatures, a fascinating phenomenon that transcends species boundaries. In George Studdy's artwork "Fair Exchange, " we witness an endearing scene where a playful dog receives affectionate licks from his feline friend. This innocent act symbolizes the mutual exchange of love and companionship between animals. However, not all instances are as heartwarming. The notorious bed bug, Cimex lectularius, uses its piercing mouthparts to suck blood from unsuspecting victims during their sleep. These tiny pests remind us that nature can sometimes be less than pleasant. On a more enchanting note, the Emperor Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio ophidicephalus) showcases its elegant beauty while delicately sipping nectar from flowers in Lower Saxony, Germany. Its graceful movements and vibrant colors make it a true spectacle in nature's grand tapestry. Moving away from insects to mammals, Chad introduces us to cupping—a traditional indigenous medicinal practice involving suction cups placed on the skin for therapeutic purposes. This ancient technique has been passed down through generations and continues to be valued by many cultures worldwide. Meanwhile, in Morocco's Northern Africa region, Jean-Paul Ferrero captures an intimate moment between a Barbary Ape (Macaca sylvana) known as JPF 7000 and a young Atlantic Cedar tree. As this intelligent primate licks dew off the leaves with precision and care, it highlights their resourcefulness in utilizing available resources for sustenance. Underwater scenes also demonstrate unique forms behavior; the Lumpsucker or lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) attaches itself firmly onto rocks using specialized suction discs on its belly while Zoarces viviparus feeds by vacuuming up small prey with its mouth. In the realm of art and cartoons, H.