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Black Faced Collection

"Embracing the Beauty of Black-Faced: From Ireland's Dingle Peninsula to the Yorkshire Moors" Venture into Western Ireland's enchanting Dingle Peninsula

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Western Ireland, Dingle Peninsula, broad landscape with a patchwork of green pastures

Western Ireland, Dingle Peninsula, broad landscape with a patchwork of green pastures

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Scottish black faced sheep ewe with lamb North Yorkshire Moors UK

Scottish black faced sheep ewe with lamb North Yorkshire Moors UK
MAB-650 Scottish black-faced sheep - ewe with lamb North Yorkshire Moors UK Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Scottish black faced sheep ewe chewing cud North Yorkshire Moors UK

Scottish black faced sheep ewe chewing cud North Yorkshire Moors UK
MAB-657 Scottish black-faced sheep - ewe chewing cud North Yorkshire Moors UK Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Close up of the traditional black faced Swaledale sheep found throughout the Yorkshire Dales

Close up of the traditional black faced Swaledale sheep found throughout the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Scottish black faced sheep ewe with lamb standing North Yorkshire Moors UK

Scottish black faced sheep ewe with lamb standing North Yorkshire Moors UK
MAB-656 Scottish black-faced sheep - ewe with lamb standing North Yorkshire Moors UK Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Scottish black faced sheep ewe North Yorkshire Moors UK

Scottish black faced sheep ewe North Yorkshire Moors UK
MAB-649 Scottish black-faced sheep - ewe North Yorkshire Moors UK Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced ibis, Theristicus melanopis

Black-faced ibis, Theristicus melanopis (Tantalus melanops). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1824

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced ram or Norfolk Horn, Ovis aries

Black-faced ram or Norfolk Horn, Ovis aries. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Cheetah hunting gazelle and impala

Cheetah hunting gazelle and impala
Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, (vulnerable) and its prey, dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas (vulnerable) and black-faced impala, Aepyceros melampus. Europeans hunting cheetahs in Africa

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Playbill for Christys Minstrels, 1849 (engraving)

Playbill for Christys Minstrels, 1849 (engraving)
PNP248858 Playbill for Christys Minstrels, 1849 (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Sheep in Staffordshire

Sheep in Staffordshire
A flock of Suffolk sheep and lambs stare at the camera on a cold winter day. The image has been blurred with a time exposure to exaggerate the movement and mist in the farmers field Date: 1990

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Bunting feeding on the ground, Emberiza spodocephala

Black-faced Bunting feeding on the ground, Emberiza spodocephala

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Bunting foraging on the ground in citypark Tokyo, Emberiza spodocephala

Black-faced Bunting foraging on the ground in citypark Tokyo, Emberiza spodocephala

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced sheep - Lamb with twig in mouth - Isle of Mull - Scotland

Black-faced sheep - Lamb with twig in mouth - Isle of Mull - Scotland
GET-1542 Black-faced sheep - Lamb with twig in mouth Isle of Mull - Scotland Geoff Trinder Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Scottish black faced sheep ewe North Yorkshire Moors UK

Scottish black faced sheep ewe North Yorkshire Moors UK
MAB-659 Scottish black-faced sheep - ewe North Yorkshire Moors UK Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Sheep - Ewe suckling two lambs on meadow, Northumberland UK

Black-faced Sheep - Ewe suckling two lambs on meadow, Northumberland UK
USH-2118 Black-faced Sheep - Ewe suckling two lambs on meadow, Northumberland UK Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Picture No. 11992717

Picture No. 11992717
Black-faced Woodswallows - mutual preening - Papunya Aboriginal Community - Northern Territory - Australia Black-faced Woodswallows - mutual preening - Papunya Aboriginal Community - Northern

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Picture No. 11992716

Picture No. 11992716
Black-faced Woodswallows - Four birds roosting - Papunya Aboriginal Community - Northern Territory - Australia Black-faced Woodswallows - Four birds roosting - Papunya Aboriginal Community - Northern

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Picture No. 11992715

Picture No. 11992715
Black-faced Woodswallows - eleven birds roosting - Paunya Aboriginal Community - Northern Territory - Australia Date:

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Picture No. 11992714

Picture No. 11992714
Black-faced Cuckooshrike - Perched on a twig - Papunya Aboriginal Community - Northern Territory - Australia Black-faced Cuckooshrike - Perched on a twig - Papunya Aboriginal Community - Northern

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Picture No. 11066628

Picture No. 11066628
Black-faced Monarch in rainforest. Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia. Date:

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Recently shorn sheep in English pasture in high summer. credit: Marie-Louise Avery

Recently shorn sheep in English pasture in high summer. credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Grassquit (Tiaris bicolor marchii) immature male, perched on twig, Marshalls Pen

Black-faced Grassquit (Tiaris bicolor marchii) immature male, perched on twig, Marshalls Pen, Jamaica, December

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala personata) Masked Bunting, adult female

Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala personata) Masked Bunting, adult female, non-breeding plumage, perched on twig, Long Valley, New Territories, Hong Kong, China, November

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) flock, in flight, landing at night roost site

Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor) flock, in flight, landing at night roost site, Mai Po Marshes Reserve, New Territories, Hong Kong, China, December

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface, flock, feeding on big bale silage from ring feeder

Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface, flock, feeding on big bale silage from ring feeder, near Cow Ark, Whitewell, Clitheroe, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England, January

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface, adult, calling, standing amongst long grass, Lammermuir Hills

Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface, adult, calling, standing amongst long grass, Lammermuir Hills, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, Scotland, August

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Sheep farming, loading Scottish Blackface ewes onto livestock trailer, Grimsargh, Lancashire

Sheep farming, loading Scottish Blackface ewes onto livestock trailer, Grimsargh, Lancashire, England, March

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis) adult, walking on grass, Torres del Paine N. P

Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis) adult, walking on grass, Torres del Paine N. P
Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis) adult, walking on grass, Torres del Paine N.P. Southern Patagonia, Chile, November

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis) adult pair, mutual preening

Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis) adult pair, mutual preening, standing on calcium carbonate rocks, Torres del Paine N.P. Southern Patagonia, Chile, November

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) adult pair, Swanage Pier, Swanage Bay, Isle of Purbeck

Black-faced Blenny (Tripterygion delaisi) adult pair, Swanage Pier, Swanage Bay, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, August

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface, two rams, standing in pasture, Grampian Mountains

Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface, two rams, standing in pasture, Grampian Mountains, Aberdeenshire, Highlands, Scotland, February

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface, ram, close-up of head, Grampian Mountains, Aberdeenshire

Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface, ram, close-up of head, Grampian Mountains, Aberdeenshire, Highlands, Scotland, February

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface ewe and lamb, standing beside rushes in upland pasture, Whitewell

Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface ewe and lamb, standing beside rushes in upland pasture, Whitewell, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England, April

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Grassquit (Tiaris bicolor) adult male, perched on stem, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, May

Black-faced Grassquit (Tiaris bicolor) adult male, perched on stem, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, May

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Grassquit (Tiaris bicolor omissus) adult male, feeding on weed flowers on ground

Black-faced Grassquit (Tiaris bicolor omissus) adult male, feeding on weed flowers on ground, Fond Doux Plantation, St. Lucia, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, December

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) chick, sitting at nest on branch

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) chick, sitting at nest on branch, fledgling about to leave, Queensland, Australia, November

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Sandgrouse (Pterocles decoratus) adult female, standing in dry savannah

Black-faced Sandgrouse (Pterocles decoratus) adult female, standing in dry savannah, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, August

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Colombian black-faced spider monkeys

Colombian black-faced spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps robustus). These primates live in the mature rainforests of Colombia

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface cross, lamb, standing in pasture, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface cross, lamb, standing in pasture, Shetland Islands, Scotland, June

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike - Endemic Tasmanian subspecies. Near Swansea, eastern Tasmania, Australia

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike - Endemic Tasmanian subspecies. Near Swansea, eastern Tasmania, Australia
DH-2847 Black-faced CUCKOO SHRIKE Near Swansea, Eastern Tasmania. Australia Coracina novaehollandiae novaehollandiae Endemic Tasmanian subspecies Don Hadden contact details: prints@ardea.com tel

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface ewe, being prepared for show, Royal Highland Show, Ingliston

Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface ewe, being prepared for show, Royal Highland Show, Ingliston, Edinburgh, Scotland, june 2011

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus) two young, sitting together on branch, Outback

Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus) two young, sitting together on branch, Outback, Northern Territory, Australia

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface yearling rams, standing in pasture, England, march

Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface yearling rams, standing in pasture, England, march

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) adult female with young in pouch, grazing on grass

Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) adult female with young in pouch, grazing on grass, Cleland Wildlife Park, South Australia, Australia

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Kangaroo Island Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) adult female with young

Kangaroo Island Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) adult female with young, standing on short grass, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface, flock, standing at trough, with freshwater loch

Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface, flock, standing at trough, with freshwater loch, castle ruin and hills in background, Loch Awe, Kilchurn Castle, Dalmally, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, april

Background imageBlack Faced Collection: Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface ewes, flock standing on hill prior to lambing, England, march

Domestic Sheep, Scottish Blackface ewes, flock standing on hill prior to lambing, England, march




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"Embracing the Beauty of Black-Faced: From Ireland's Dingle Peninsula to the Yorkshire Moors" Venture into Western Ireland's enchanting Dingle Peninsula, where a breathtaking landscape unfolds before your eyes. Vast green pastures create a patchwork quilt that stretches as far as the eye can see, painting a picture-perfect backdrop for nature's wonders. Amidst the rugged beauty of North Yorkshire Moors in the UK, Scottish black-faced sheep gracefully roam. A tender moment captures our hearts as we witness a ewe nurturing her lamb, showcasing the unbreakable bond between mother and child. Up close, traditional black-faced Swaledale sheep from Yorkshire Dales reveal their majestic presence against an idyllic countryside. Intriguingly observant, another Scottish black-faced ewe stands tall on North Yorkshire Moors - its gaze filled with wisdom and resilience. Chewing cud peacefully under endless skies, these remarkable creatures embody strength amidst tranquility. A loyal Border Collie takes center stage in this captivating scene; skillfully rounding up black-faced sheep in fields like an orchestra conductor guiding his musicians. The harmony between man and dog is truly awe-inspiring. Delving into history reveals Daddy Dan Rice introducing "Jump Jim Crow, " an engraving dating back to 1830 that echoes tales of cultural significance. Sheet music cover lithographs depict Thomas Dartmouth Daddy Rice's iconic song "The Original Jim Crow, " resonating with historical complexities yet reminding us of progress made. Nature continues to surprise us with its diverse offerings - enter the elegant black-faced ibis known as Theristicus melanopis; its striking appearance leaves us captivated by Mother Earth's artistic palette once more. Unveiling yet another facet of diversity within this theme lies Norfolk Horn or Ovis aries - also referred to as the black-faced ram. Its regal stature symbolizes endurance and adaptability throughout time.