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"Exploring the Common: From Taxus baccata to Make Way for Ducklings" Nestled amidst nature's embrace, the Taxus baccata, commonly known as the Common Yew tree

Background imageCommon Collection: Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) adult male, feeding on seeds from birdtable in snow, Norway

Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) adult male, feeding on seeds from birdtable in snow, Norway

Background imageCommon Collection: Gypsy life inside a tent

Gypsy life inside a tent
Sketches of Gypsy life: inside a tent on Mitcham Common

Background imageCommon Collection: King St. C17Th

King St. C17Th
Timber-fronted buildings with protruding storey, common in London before the Great Fire. Tradition also allows this house to have been the residence of Oliver Cromwell

Background imageCommon Collection: Common Starfish - Oxwich Bay Gower South Wales UK

Common Starfish - Oxwich Bay Gower South Wales UK
MAB-1225 Common Starfish Oxwich Bay Gower South Wales UK Asterias rubens Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageCommon Collection: Bull Shark - Shark Reef - Pacific Harbour - Fiji

Bull Shark - Shark Reef - Pacific Harbour - Fiji
VT-8911 Bull Shark Shark Reef - Pacific Harbour - Fiji Carcharhinus leucas Valerie & Ron Taylor Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageCommon Collection: Common Crane-Seven birds flying-Extremadura-Spain

Common Crane-Seven birds flying-Extremadura-Spain
ROY-405 Common Crane - Seven birds flying Extremadura, Spain Grus grus Roy Glen Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageCommon Collection: St. Marks Square

St. Marks Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Background imageCommon Collection: Canary Wharf from Cabot Square, Docklands, London, England, UK

Canary Wharf from Cabot Square, Docklands, London, England, UK

Background imageCommon Collection: Letchworth / Houses 1913

Letchworth / Houses 1913
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire: houses near Norton Common

Background imageCommon Collection: Common furze or whin, Ulex europaeus

Common furze or whin, Ulex europaeus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Background imageCommon Collection: Alligator and wall gecko

Alligator and wall gecko
Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, and common wall gecko, Tarentola mauritanica. Handcolored engraving by Forget after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d

Background imageCommon Collection: Sollya, changeable apple-berry and Chinese pittosporum

Sollya, changeable apple-berry and Chinese pittosporum
Common sollya, Sollya heterophylla, changeable apple-berry, Billardiera mutabilis, and Chinese pittosporum, Pittosporum tobira

Background imageCommon Collection: Common dittany, Cunila mariana, and sweet

Common dittany, Cunila mariana, and sweet basil, Ocimum basilicum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageCommon Collection: Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris

Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort or common wormwood, Artemisia vulgaris. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageCommon Collection: Common saffron crocus, Crocus sativa

Common saffron crocus, Crocus sativa. Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby after an illustration by L.W. from Edward Hamiltons Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852

Background imageCommon Collection: Common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea

Common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea (Wooly leaved foxglove, Digitalis tomentosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell for Samuel Curtis continuation of William Curtis Botanical Magazine

Background imageCommon Collection: Common jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla

Common jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787

Background imageCommon Collection: Convair CV-240-27 N95

Convair CV-240-27 N95 (msn 331, ex ET-29C 52-1092), of the Federal Aviation Administration flying unit, at the 1975 International Air Tattoo, RAF Greenham Common

Background imageCommon Collection: Encampment on Blackheath, Greenwich, London, 1780. Artist: Paul Sandby

Encampment on Blackheath, Greenwich, London, 1780. Artist: Paul Sandby
View of an army encampment on Blackheath, Greenwich, London, 1780. Showing a windmill on the right and soldiers playing cards with a farmer in front

Background imageCommon Collection: Pierce Egans Anecdotes: hopping race Clapham

Pierce Egans Anecdotes: hopping race Clapham
Colour plate: The hopping match on Clapham Common: Jackson the runner exhibiting his agility from Pierce Egans anecdotes of the turf, the chase, the ring and the stage, 1827

Background imageCommon Collection: Common Plum illustration 1853

Common Plum illustration 1853

Background imageCommon Collection: Rifle Meeting At Wimbledon

Rifle Meeting At Wimbledon
Tents on Wimbledon Common during a meeting of the (UK) National Rifle Association, London, 1867. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageCommon Collection: Alcedo athhis, common kingfisher

Alcedo athhis, common kingfisher
Watercolour by Charles F. Tunnicliffe (c. 1973)

Background imageCommon Collection: Bucephala clangula, common goldeneye

Bucephala clangula, common goldeneye
Plate 31 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageCommon Collection: Delphinus delphis, short-beaked common dolphin

Delphinus delphis, short-beaked common dolphin
Plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Background imageCommon Collection: Common Shelduck

Common Shelduck
Illustration of a Common Shelduck by Peter Pallou

Background imageCommon Collection: Common Zebra (Equus quagga) adult, close-up of head, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, november

Common Zebra (Equus quagga) adult, close-up of head, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, november

Background imageCommon Collection: Plants / Malva Sylvestris

Plants / Malva Sylvestris
COMMON MALLOW

Background imageCommon Collection: Putney Heath, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish

Putney Heath, London, 1926-1927. Artist: McLeish
Putney Heath, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, volume I, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Background imageCommon Collection: European Robin - adult - rests in European / Common

European Robin - adult - rests in European / Common Beech tree crown - spring - May (Erithacus rubecula L.). Haslemere - Surrey - UK

Background imageCommon Collection: Wild Common Hamster - Feeding in a granary

Wild Common Hamster - Feeding in a granary (Cricetus cricetus L.). Summer, Middle Ural Mountains, Russia

Background imageCommon Collection: European robin(Erithacus rubecula) and common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

European robin(Erithacus rubecula) and common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Illustration of a European robin(Erithacus rubecula) and common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

Background imageCommon Collection: Picture No. 11066728

Picture No. 11066728
Common Blackbird male with head cocked listening as it forages. The Groynes, Christchurch, New Zealand. Date:

Background imageCommon Collection: Picture No. 10886939

Picture No. 10886939
Common Loon / Great Northern Loon / Diver - adult with chick (Gavia immer) Date:

Background imageCommon Collection: Mixed flock of winter Gulls at Walberswick Suffolk. Black Headed, Herring

Mixed flock of winter Gulls at Walberswick Suffolk. Black Headed, Herring, Common Gulls Plus 2 Mallard Ducks

Background imageCommon Collection: Cyprinus hybiscoides, common carp

Cyprinus hybiscoides, common carp
Part of LS Plate 166 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Background imageCommon Collection: Teddy Bear (with hidden objects)

Teddy Bear (with hidden objects)

Background imageCommon Collection: Kentish Ramblers

Kentish Ramblers
Ramblers admiring the view at Crockham Hill Common, Kent, England. Here can be seen mile after mile of the Kentish Weald, right to the forest ridges about Crowborough. Date: late 1930s

Background imageCommon Collection: Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula) Northern Bullfinch, adult male, migrant

Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula) Northern Bullfinch, adult male, migrant, with feathers fluffed-up, perched on branch, Norfolk, England, october

Background imageCommon Collection: Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) adult male, in flight, diving, Suffolk, England, may

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) adult male, in flight, diving, Suffolk, England, may

Background imageCommon Collection: Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) adult, bathing in forest pool, Hungary, may

Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) adult, bathing in forest pool, Hungary, may

Background imageCommon Collection: Common horsetail spore, SEM

Common horsetail spore, SEM
Common horsetail spore. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a spore of a common horsetail (Equisetum arvense) plant

Background imageCommon Collection: Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) adult, perched on stem in frost, Midlands, England, december

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) adult, perched on stem in frost, Midlands, England, december

Background imageCommon Collection: Common courtesy training / W H Robinson

Common courtesy training / W H Robinson
Training a husband in the act of common courtesy, using a dressmakers dummy, a piece of string and a determined wife. A quick jerk of the string and the husbands hat swiftly rearranges itself

Background imageCommon Collection: Cottage Near Midhurst

Cottage Near Midhurst
Grannys Cottage, Henley Common, near Midhurst, Sussex with Granny outside

Background imageCommon Collection: Sunrise in St

Sunrise in St. Marks Square, San Giorgio Maggiore in background, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Background imageCommon Collection: Serjeants at Law / Glass

Serjeants at Law / Glass
Sergeants at law. During medieval times, these were members of a superior order of barristers from which, until 1873, the Common Law judges were always chosen

Background imageCommon Collection: Obesity Caure 1890S

Obesity Caure 1890S
Those who think and reason and use their common sense will take FIGUROIDS to cure their obesity. A hundred years later, the problem will still be with us




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"Exploring the Common: From Taxus baccata to Make Way for Ducklings" Nestled amidst nature's embrace, the Taxus baccata, commonly known as the Common Yew tree, stands tall and timeless. In Hogarth's masterpiece "Four Times of the Day, " Noon captures a bustling scene where common folk go about their daily lives under the scorching sun. Startled by an unexpected sound, a Common Pheasant raises its vibrant plumage in alarm, reminding us of nature's constant surprises. Clapham Common beckons with its lush greenery and tranquil atmosphere—a sanctuary from city chaos that invites both locals and tourists alike. A Metropolitan Police officer diligently carries out traffic duties on a busy street corner—keeping our roads safe is a common responsibility we all share. Picture No. 10884320 freezes a moment in time—an ordinary yet extraordinary snapshot that reminds us of life's simple joys found in everyday moments. The common law branches out like a mighty tree—its roots deeply embedded in justice and fairness for all who seek refuge beneath its shade. Inside the Commons chamber at Westminster, London—the heart of democracy beats steadily as representatives debate matters that shape our collective future. Gliding gracefully along the Thames River, a majestic Thames Sailing Barge embodies centuries-old maritime traditions—a symbol of shared heritage and trade routes once common among nations. Oxton House in Devon serves as Reverend John Beaumont Swete's residence—a place where community bonds are forged through faith and fellowship within these humble walls. The Quercus robur or Common oak tree stands proudly as an emblem of strength and resilience—an enduring presence rooted deep within history itself. A beloved sculpture by Nancy Schon adorns Boston Public Garden—the "Make Way for Ducklings" artwork celebrates childhood innocence while reminding us to cherish and protect our common spaces.