Palaeolithic Collection (#2)

Fossil skeleton of the pareiasaurus bainii (engraving)
8631312 Fossil skeleton of the pareiasaurus bainii (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fossil skeleton of the pareiasaurus bainii)

The Dawn of Golf (engraving)
8672679 The Dawn of Golf (engraving) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Dawn of Golf. Illustration from The Boy's Own Annual (London)

Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho)
8649823 Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Animals of the World by C W Airne (Sankey, Hudson)

Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho)
8649821 Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Animals of the World by C W Airne (Sankey, Hudson)

Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho)
8649817 Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Animals of the World by C W Airne (Sankey, Hudson)

Yes, dear - sometimes the idea of marriage positively frightens me! (colour litho)
8656643 Yes, dear - sometimes the idea of marriage positively frightens me! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Yes)

Prehistoric Angling (litho)
8645021 Prehistoric Angling (litho) by Moreland, Arthur (1876-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prehistoric Angling. Illustration for The Comic History of Sport by Arthur Moreland)

Stonehenge (engraving)
8677431 Stonehenge (engraving) by Dibdin, Thomas Colman (1810-93) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

The Stone Age: We're Snapped (colour litho)
8656875 The Stone Age: We're Snapped (colour litho) by Payne, Gilbert Morris (1879-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Stone Age: We're Snapped)

Vase with goats, from Hissar, Iran, 3500 BC (ceramic)
AIS5370481 Vase with goats, from Hissar, Iran, 3500 BC (ceramic); Muze-Ie Iran-E Bastan (Archaeological Museum), Tehran, Iran; © Iberfoto

Bronze age Petroglyphs of Castrino de Conxo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, c. 2000 BC (petroglyph)
AIS5356027 Bronze age Petroglyphs of Castrino de Conxo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, c. 2000 BC (petroglyph); La Coruna Province, Galicia

Iron age Vase of the Hallstatt Culture, 9th-5th century BC (ceramic)
AIS5364373 Iron age Vase of the Hallstatt Culture, 9th-5th century BC (ceramic); Museo Diocesano de Solsona, Lleida, Spain; © Iberfoto

Java Man (print)
7420079 Java Man (print); (add.info.: Java Man, aka Homo erectus erectus, formerly also Anthropopithecus erectus and Pithecanthropus erectus. From the book Outline of History by H.G)

Diagram of Early Pleistocene animals contemporary with earliest man (print)
7420078 Diagram of Early Pleistocene animals contemporary with earliest man (print); (add.info.: Diagram of Early Pleistocene animals contemporary with earliest man, before Homosapiens)

Reindeer Age (Aurignacian) Engravings and Carvings (print)
7420089 Reindeer Age (Aurignacian) Engravings and Carvings (print); (add.info.: Reindeer Age (Aurignacian) Engravings and Carvings including, stag and salmon engraved on reindeer horn

Cro-magnon Man (print)
7420081 Cro-magnon Man (print); (add.info.: Early European modern humans, or Cro-Magnons. The first early modern humans (Homo sapiens) to settle in Europe, migrating from Western Asia

Diagram of a Hesperornis (print)
7420075 Diagram of a Hesperornis (print); (add.info.: Diagram of a Hesperornis, a reptilian wingless water-bird. From the book Outline of History by H.G)

Primeval scenes: The Hunter's Dream (litho)
8673763 Primeval scenes: The Hunter's Dream (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hunter's Dream)

Primeval scenes: First Attempts at Golf (litho)
8673723 Primeval scenes: First Attempts at Golf (litho) by Burridge, Frederick Vango (1869-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: First Attempts at Golf)

Primeval scenes: The Humours of Fishing (litho)
8673721 Primeval scenes: The Humours of Fishing (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Humours of Fishing)

Primeval scenes: The First Oyster Feast (litho)
8673720 Primeval scenes: The First Oyster Feast (litho) by Burridge, Frederick Vango (1869-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The First Oyster Feast)

Primeval scenes: "Oh! What a Surprise!" (litho)
8673713 Primeval scenes: "Oh! What a Surprise!" (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Oh! What a Surprise)

Woman of the lacustrine village of Auvernier, Switzerland (engraving)
8672980 Woman of the lacustrine village of Auvernier, Switzerland (engraving) by Swiss School, (19th Century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cave man feeding dog (litho)
8634579 Cave man feeding dog (litho) by Macfarlane, John (1857-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cave man feeding dogs. British school poster from the 1930s.); © Look and Learn

Great Marine Iguana on one of the Galapagos Islands (colour photo)
8641460 Great Marine Iguana on one of the Galapagos Islands (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Stone Age: Two to One Bar None (colour litho)
8656881 The Stone Age: Two to One Bar None (colour litho) by Payne, Gilbert Morris (1879-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Stone Age: Two to One Bar None)

The Stone Age: a Love Game (colour litho)
8656879 The Stone Age: a Love Game (colour litho) by Payne, Gilbert Morris (1879-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Stone Age: a Love Game)

Diagram of life in the later Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era (print)
7420068 Diagram of life in the later Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era (print); (add.info.: Diagram of life in the later Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era. Swamp forest of the Carboniferous Age)

Venus of Sireuil, 35000-8000 BC (sculpture)
8822165 Venus of Sireuil, 35000-8000 BC (sculpture) by Prehistoric; Musee d'Archeologie nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Neolithic art: polished basalt axes, Catalan Neolithic art (2500-1800 BC)
AIS5387615 Neolithic art: polished basalt axes, Catalan Neolithic art (2500-1800 BC).; Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; © Iberfoto

Neolitic art: Palestine mortar in 4000 BC
AIS5340675 Neolitic art: Palestine mortar in 4000 BC; (add.info.: From Israel, Transjordan. Monistrol from Montserrat Museum of Montserrat); © Iberfoto

The Stone Age: George Joins the Yeomanry (colour litho)
8656873 The Stone Age: George Joins the Yeomanry (colour litho) by Payne, Gilbert Morris (1879-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Stone Age: George Joins the Yeomanry)

The Stone Age: the Elopement (colour litho)
8656877 The Stone Age: the Elopement (colour litho) by Payne, Gilbert Morris (1879-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Stone Age: the Elopement)

Golf. Prehistoric sports (colour litho)
8656778 Golf. Prehistoric sports (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Golf. Prehistoric sports. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Stone age artists at work in their cave in Spain (litho)
8641835 Stone age artists at work in their cave in Spain (litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stone age artists at work in their cave in Spain)

Primeval scenes: A Meeting of Rival Tribes (litho)
8673722 Primeval scenes: A Meeting of Rival Tribes (litho) by Burridge, Frederick Vango (1869-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Meeting of Rival Tribes)

Primeval scenes: A Public Meeting at a Stone Circle (litho)
8673719 Primeval scenes: A Public Meeting at a Stone Circle (litho) by Burridge, Frederick Vango (1869-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Public Meeting at a Stone Circle)

Primeval scenes: A Food Scene (litho)
8673717 Primeval scenes: A Food Scene (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Food Scene)

Primeval scenes: "Could you Oblige me with a Light?" (litho)
8673715 Primeval scenes: "Could you Oblige me with a Light?" (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Could you Oblige me with a Light)

Primeval scenes: "Ours is a Happy Little Home!" (litho)
8673707 Primeval scenes: "Ours is a Happy Little Home!" (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: "Ours is a Happy Little Home)

Primeval scenes: Dining in the open (litho)
8673704 Primeval scenes: Dining in the open (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dining in the open)

Map of Australia and the Western Pacific in the Glacial Age. (print)
7420080 Map of Australia and the Western Pacific in the Glacial Age. (print); (add.info.: Map of Australia and the Western Pacific in the Glacial Age)

Diagram of Miocene Mammals (print)
7420077 Diagram of Miocene Mammals (print); (add.info.: Diagram of Miocene Mammals including, Oxcydactylus, Dicrorerus, Merycodus, Neohipparion, Tetrabelodon and Dinothere)

Mesozoic reptiles (print)
7420071 Mesozoic reptiles (print); (add.info.: Mesozoic reptiles. Brontosaurus, Pterodactyl, Campotosaurus, Stegosaurus, Diplodocus)

Bronze Age: bronze axes (photo)
AIS5351212 Bronze Age: bronze axes (photo); Episcopal Museum of Vic, Barcelona, Spain; © Iberfoto

Schematic cave painting
3499669 Schematic cave painting; (add.info.: Prehistory. Age of Metals. Bronze Age. Schematic cave painting. Detail of female figures with ornaments and deer)

Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho)
8649819 Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Animals of the World by C W Airne (Sankey, Hudson)

The Stone Age: Very Mixed Bathing (colour litho)
8656876 The Stone Age: Very Mixed Bathing (colour litho) by Payne, Gilbert Morris (1879-1947); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Stone Age: Very Mixed Bathing)

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"Unveiling the Mysteries of Palaeolithic: Journey into the Ancient World" Step back in time and explore the captivating world of Palaeolithic, a period that dates back thousands of years. From intricate cave paintings to enigmatic figurines, this era has left behind an extraordinary legacy for us to unravel. One remarkable site is Lascaux II, where a replica of its famous cave painting transports us to a time when early humans expressed their creativity on stone walls. These Stone-Age cave paintings found in Chauvet, France offer glimpses into their daily lives and spiritual beliefs. Speaking of Chauvet, it seems this region was truly an artistic hub during the Stone Age. The abundance and diversity of these ancient artworks continue to astound researchers today. Each stroke tells a story - stories that have survived centuries. But Palaeolithic isn't just about art; it's also about fascinating creatures that once roamed our planet. Take the Siberian unicorn or Elasmotherium sibiricum as an example – an awe-inspiring creature captured in illustrations from 1908. Such discoveries remind us how diverse life on Earth used to be. The Venus figurines are another intriguing aspect of this era. Whether it's the Venus of Brassempouy or the iconic Venus of Willendorf, these Stone Age masterpieces provide insights into human perceptions of beauty and fertility at that time. And let's not forget our ancestors. Homo rudolfensis (KNM-ER 1470) and Homo habilis (KNM-ER 1813) represent important milestones in human evolution during Palaeolithic times. Their remains shed light on our own origins and how we became who we are today. Lastly, there are carvings like those from Magdalenian culture – intricate works etched onto stone surfaces with precision and skill. These carvings serve as evidence for sophisticated craftsmanship and the cultural significance of art in Palaeolithic societies.