Swallow Collection (#10)

Ellen Swallow Richards (1842-1911), 1910. Private Collection

East India Companys Packet Swallow, 1937. From The Story of Navigation. [The Imperial Tobacco Co. (Of Great Britain & Ireland), Ltd. 1937]

Yes I Will Go With Thee! Said Tommelise, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
Yes I Will Go With Thee! Said Tommelise, and She Seated Herself on the Birds Back, c1930. An illustration from Tommelise by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

The Swallow Soared High Into The Air, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
The Swallow Soared High Into The Air, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

She Understood the Speech of Birds, c1930. Artist: W Heath Robinson
She Understood the Speech of Birds, c1930. An illustration from The Marsh Kings Daughter by Hans Christian Andersen. From Hans Andersens Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen

View of Dorchester, 19th century

Sand-Martin - Cot ile ripa ria, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Sand-Martin - Cot ile ripa ria, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

Swallow - Hirun do rus tica, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Swallow - Hirun do rus tica, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R. Chambers, Limited, London & Edinburgh, 1910]

Swallows in the Banks of the River Mole, Surrey, 19th century. Artist: J Archer
Swallows in the Banks of the River Mole, Surrey, 19th century. View near Burford Bridge, with people observing swallows burrows in the riverbank

A representation of March, 1757. Artist: Bernard de Montfaucon
A representation of March, 1757. A man in the skin of a she-wolf, with a swallow and a goat symbolising the beginning of spring

Embroidered Hanging, 1896. Artist: Godfrey Blount
Embroidered Hanging, 1896. Godfrey Blount set up The Haslemere Peasant Industries in I896 in Surrey. It was an umbrella organisation for a number of small craft workshops employing local skilled

Swallow detail, Egyptian hieroglyphic on inner wall of coffin, c2000 BC. Coffin texts of Steward and Chief of Physicians, Seni. From Bersha, Middle Kingdom, 1991-1783 BC

Swallow and Sparrow, Roman wall painting from Boscoreale near Pompeii, 1st century. There are at least four Roman villas that have been excavated in Boscoreale, Italy

Swallow in flight at the nest
Swallow (Hirunda Rustica) in flight at the nest

Swallows at a nest
Swallows (Hirunda Rustica) at a nest

Jonah being spewed up by the whale, 1557. In the middle of the picture he is shown falling overboard and being swallowed. From Prodigiorum ac Ostentorum Chronicon by Conrad Lycosthenes. (Basel 1557)

Egyptian papyrus showing Ani as a swallow, 13th century BC
Egyptian papyrus showing Ani as a swallow, as a detail from the papyrus of Ani, from the British Museums collection, 13th century BC

True Love, American Valentine card, 1908. Cupid, his bow held aloft, rides a swallow, a bluebird of happiness. In Roman mythology Cupid was the son of Venus

Steve Swallow, 2008. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Steve Swallow, Gary Burton Quartet (Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Antonio Sanchez), Barbican, July 2008

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Swallow-tailed Gull - Perched on a rock - Epanola Island - Galapagos Islands Swallow-tailed Gull - Perched on a rock - Epanola Island - Galapagos Islands Date:

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Swallow-tailed Gull - Flying - off Suarez Point - Espanola Island - Galapagos Islands Swallow-tailed Gull - Flying - off Suarez Point - Espanola Island - Galapagos Islands Date:

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Welcome Swallow - An adult feeding a chick on the wing - Teal Valley - Nelson - New Zealand. Date:

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White-winged Swallow, Los Llanos, Colombia Date:

Printed chiffon dress and coatee
Illustration of a printed sleeveless chiffon frock and coatee, on sale at Mavis Murray, Swallow Street, London. 1930

Swallows migrating amongst the ruins, WW1 1915

Greetings from Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, showing the Police Station, Vermeulen Street and Mole Valley. Date: circa 1905

Greetings card in the shape of a violin, decorated with swallows. Date: circa 1890s

Swallows and rusty horseshoe on a Christmas card
Swallows and a rusty horseshoe on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Advertisement for the French Riviera, with recommended Gordon Hotels in Monte Carlo, Beaulieu and Cannes -- Follow the Swallows Southward. 1926

Christmas card in the shape of a lifebelt, with swallows in flight. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a pink parasol, with swallows and green foliage. Date: circa 1890s

Swallows in flight on a triangular New Year card
Swallows in flight over water on a triangular New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Girl sends a letter to her love
Victorian Christmas card. Girl sending or receiving a greeting, watches a swallow flying with a sealed missive. Date: circa 1885

Swallow Street, Piccadilly, London, with the Swallow pub on the right. Date: circa 1910

Flying swallow on a greetings card with blue flowers in its beak. Date: circa 1890s

Pigeons - Burmese or Florentine, Starling and Spot Fairy
A portrait illustration showing three breeds of pigeon. At the top of the illustration is a Burmese pigeon, now commonly known as a Florentine

Sopwith Swallow monoplane, with standard Camel fuselage and parasol-mounted wings, serial no. B 9276 (the only one made), photographed in October 1918

Lousefly, Craeterina hirundinis, a parasite of the swallow.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London, 1799

Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, London, 1795

Black kite, Milvus migrans, and swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croixs Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris

Chimney swallow, Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica.. Handcolored copperplate drawn and engraved by George Graves from his own British Ornithology, Walworth, 1821

Pacific Swallow (adult) in its nest, built in a niche, carved by sea waves, under a huge volcanic boulder on a beach (Hirundo tahitica). Tioman Island, Malaysia; June

BA Swallow G-AEVZ
Privately owned BA Swallow G-AEVZ was built in the 1930s and can now be found in a Spanish Air Museum at Cuatro Vientos, one of Madrids 3 civil airports. Date: circa 1957

Silhouette Calendar -- September, Farewell to the swallows. Showing a girl and a boy watching the swallows fly away to warmer climes. Date: 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- daffodil lady, giant on sea shore
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a lady dressed as a daffodil is pulled along by three white mice. Below -- an ugly giant stands on the sea shore

Swallow Rain Meiji period 1868-1912 ca 1891-92
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Avila Ancient Medieval City Walls Castle Castile Spain
Avila, Ancient Medieval City, Castile, Spain. Avila is described as the most 16th century town in Spain. Walls created in 1088 after Christians conquered and take the city from the Moors

Convent Santa Maria, Convento de Santa Maria de Gracia Red Poppies Swallows Avila
Convent Santa Maria, Red poppies swallows, Avila, ancient medieval city, Castile, Spain. Convent was founded in the 1500s by Lady Maria Mencia de San Agustin Avila is described as the most 16th

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