Catch Collection (#47)

Abyssinian Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) adult male, close-up of throat pouch, tossing up food into beak (captive)

CA, Panama, Barro Colorado Island, Keel-billed Tucan in with cicada approaching nest (Ramphastos sulfuratus brevicarinatus)

USA, Alaska, Homer. Bald eagle in landing posture. Credit as: Arthur Morris / Jaynes Gallery / Danita Delimont

Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland. The famous Eilean Donan Castle

Fish - caught in net - Mahe - Seychelles
SM-2558 Fish - caught in net Mahe - Seychelles Stefan Meyers Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Black-Necked Stork / Jabiru / Korrorook / Monti - female snatching flat fish in shallow seawater over tidal mudflats
ROY-604 Black-Necked Stork / Jabiru / Korrorook / Monti - female snatching flat fish in shallow seawater over tidal mudflats Queensland - Australia Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus Roy Glen Please note

Whinchat - male on barbed wire with caterpillar in mouth
DAC-71 Whinchat - male on barbed wire with caterpillar in mouth Saxicola rubetra David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Whinchat - male on barbed wire with insects in mouth
DAC-72 Whinchat - male on barbed wire with insects in mouth Saxicola rubetra David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Dartford Warbler - female - with insects - Cornwall - UK
DAC-156 Dartford Warbler - female - with insects Cornwall - UK Sylvia undata David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Treecreeper - with a beak full of insects
DAC-67 Treecreeper - with a beak full of insects Certhia familiaris David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Red Grouper - Fish market - Singapore
BMD-272 Red Grouper - Fish market Singapore Epinephelus morio Brian McDairmant Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Origin Species, CH Bennett, Office man - weasel
Catch him asleep. Satire on Darwins Origin of Species showing the evolution of an old pen pusher, from a weasel. Sat at his office desk for a generation

Edwardian friends inspecting a catch of fish, Pembrokeshire
A group of Edwardian friends inspecting a catch of fish in a large Pembrokeshire garden. The two men, one of whom is a vicar, are holding fishing rods

Two girls fishing in a stream. They are looking at what they have caught in a milk bottle

A couple of Sami people. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

The Rat Hunt by John Hassall
A group of lively boys join in a rat hunt, charging after an unfortunate rat who has been discovered in a hay rick

The arrival of the catch - Boulogne-sur-Mer - destined for the Criee - the wholesale fish auction (market)

Unloading the pilchard catch at St Ives, Cornwall
Fishermen unloading a catch of pilchards from their boats on the beach at St Ives, Cornwall. Men with horses and carts wait for a full load before setting off

Unloading the catch at St Ives, Cornwall
Fishermen (left) unloading a catch on the beach at St Ives, Cornwall, while a man with horse and cart sets off with a full load

Sorting the herring catch at St Ives, Cornwall
Fishermen sorting the herring catch from nets into boxes and baskets on the beach at St Ives, Cornwall

Fishmarket - Lowestoft
Lowestoft, Suffolk - The fishmarket

Hunting Series (3 of 5) - Rabbit Shooting - In the Spinney

The Varsity rugby match 1932
The Oxford university left wing on the run: V. G Jenkins passes the ball cleverly, as he falls, to his wing man, S.L Waide

A street in Buyukdere, Istanbul, Turkey. Old traditional Ottoman houses at the end of the Sultunate. The upper rooms overhanging the street are called Cumbas

Fishing on the Thames
A woman wearing shorts and a lovely striped blouse sits bare foot on the deck of her boat and fishes in the river Thames, assisted by her terrier dog, Bustle

Anglers glut
A woman in a very chic outfit for fishing (blouse, cardigan, shorts, white shoes and crocheted beanie hat) sits with her rod beside a pile of fish

The Fish that Wriggled
A woman on the Norfolk Broads looks a bit unsure about holding a large fish, which apparently is intent on wriggling in her hands

A good catch, Norfolk 1932
A lady wearing shorts and a sleeveless, V-necked blouse and with fashionably cropped hair holds a 2lb bream having caught it in the water on the Norfolk Broads

A whopping catch of bream, Norfolk, 1933
A lady struggles to hold a fishing net bulging with bream, at Hickling Broad, Norfolk in the 1930s

Little Games for the Holidays - Bouncing the Beechum
A curious game invented by Heath Robinson whereby a tiny ball or beechum is sprung into the air by the hefty use of a mallet while a number of public school boys wait to catch it with nets poised

Turkish woman fishing
A Turkish woman in a small rowing boat does a spot of quiet fishing near Constantinople

Railway Sleeper - Grimsby Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing deep sea fisherman propped up against a bollard at Grimsby Station holding onto his latest catch of a giant cod! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Bideford Fishermen
Fishermen at Bideford, North Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Pretty young Fish Seller, Russia, selling a catch of river fish from two small baskets by the side of the road

Brown Bear Cub Aldin
A brown bear cub tries to catch a badly thrown bun

Billingsgate
Fishing boats bring their catch to the quayside at Billingsgate fish market

Trout and Frog Aldin
A trout smiles up at a frog, little knowing that someone is trying to catch him!

Lear / Nonsense / Rhodes
There was an Old Person of Rhodes, who strongly objected to toads; He paid several cousins, to catch them by the dozens, that futile Old Person of Rhodes

The Titanics crew catch sight of their relatives and friend
Rescued crew and passengers returning home to England on the Carpathia

Trapping Whelks on the Shores of the Caspian Sea by W. Heath
The first illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) to appear in The Sketch on March 21st 1906. Part of a humorous series called, The Gentle Art of Catching Things

The Metamorphosis of the Herring by A. K. Macdonald
Two contrasting illustrations. The first shows workers at a quayside or harbour - perhaps Grimsby, sorting a catch of herrings just brought in by a fishing trawler

The Catch by Charles Robinson
An illustration by Charles Robinson (1870-1937) of a fantasy scene showing a baby mermaid sat on the shore of a rock pool surrounded by two female bathers

Pursuit by Edmund Blampied
An illustration of cupid, sent by an admirer, trying to catch up with two elegant ladies. Blampied (1886-1966) drew countless illustrations for the ILN magazines

Caught At Last by C. H. Blair
An illustration of a small dog sitting proudly next to his catch, a field mouse

Old Billingsgate Fish Market, London, c. 1875
Engraving showing the exterior of the Old Billingsgate Fish Market in London, viewed from the River Thames, c.1875. In the foreground of this image one can see the sailing fishing boats

Catching fish in an old boot
A humourous painting by Malcolm Greensmith depicting a lad fishing by a stream (ignoring the warning sign!) having far more success catching fish in his boot

Fishing Smacks at Billingsgate, London, 1882
Engraving showing some fishing smacks moored beside Billingsgate Fish Market, London, 1882. On the right of the image, some porters appear to be landing the catch from the boats

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