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Prehistoric Collection (page 6)

Step back in time and explore the wonders of the prehistoric world

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Primeval scenes: A Primeval Circus (litho)

Primeval scenes: A Primeval Circus (litho)
8673714 Primeval scenes: A Primeval Circus (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Primeval Circus)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Primeval scenes: A Little Sliding Party (litho)

Primeval scenes: A Little Sliding Party (litho)
8673712 Primeval scenes: A Little Sliding Party (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Little Sliding Party)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Primeval scenes: Bathing in Old Father Thames (litho)

Primeval scenes: Bathing in Old Father Thames (litho)
8673705 Primeval scenes: Bathing in Old Father Thames (litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bathing in Old Father Thames)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Popular Superstitions: The howling of a dog at night (colour litho)

Popular Superstitions: The howling of a dog at night (colour litho)
8668714 Popular Superstitions: The howling of a dog at night (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The howling of a dog at night)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Food and Beverage. Bread cooking in the prehistory. Engraving in

Food and Beverage. Bread cooking in the prehistory. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie
3434791 Food and Beverage. Bread cooking in the prehistory. Engraving in: Grands hommes et grands faits de l'industrie, France

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stonehenge

Stonehenge
3740647 Stonehenge; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Stonehenge as it was in the 19th Century and how it might have been when it was originally built)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Impression of Stonehenge as it would be if restored

Impression of Stonehenge as it would be if restored
3740644 Impression of Stonehenge as it would be if restored; (add.info.: Impression of Stonehenge as it would be if restored. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stonehenge

Stonehenge
3740641 Stonehenge; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stonehenge

Stonehenge
3740638 Stonehenge; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Illustration depicting the uncovering of the prehistoric past

Illustration depicting the uncovering of the prehistoric past
3522058 Illustration depicting the uncovering of the prehistoric past; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the uncovering of the prehistoric past. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Skull of an early homo sapiens

Skull of an early homo sapiens
3507255 Skull of an early homo sapiens; (add.info.: Skull of an early homo sapiens found in Eastern Europe.); Universal History Archive

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Pygmies in Neolithic scene (mosaic)

Pygmies in Neolithic scene (mosaic)
6384229 Pygmies in Neolithic scene (mosaic); Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: Pigmei in passaggio nilotico); Photo © Stefano Baldini

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Album ' Stonehenge Turusachan and Cromlechs 1867': particularly of the stone circle of Stonehenge

Album " Stonehenge Turusachan and Cromlechs 1867": particularly of the stone circle of Stonehenge
3570743 Album " Stonehenge Turusachan and Cromlechs 1867": particularly of the stone circle of Stonehenge by British Photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Stonehenge)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Album ' Stonehenge Turusachan and Cromlechs 1867': CColonel Henry James leaning against a stone of

Album " Stonehenge Turusachan and Cromlechs 1867": CColonel Henry James leaning against a stone of Stonehenge
3570737 Album " Stonehenge Turusachan and Cromlechs 1867": CColonel Henry James leaning against a stone of Stonehenge by British Photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Stonehenge)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: A forest from the Carboniferous era

A forest from the Carboniferous era
5614338 A forest from the Carboniferous era; (add.info.: A forest from the Carboniferous era. From The World's Foundations or Geology for Beginners, published 1883.); Photo © Hilary Morgan

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: 19th century, Illustration depicting Stonehenge; England 1827

19th century, Illustration depicting Stonehenge; England 1827. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire
5311487 19th century, Illustration depicting Stonehenge; England 1827. Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Photograph of the prehistoric Mammoth

Photograph of the prehistoric Mammoth
3522057 Photograph of the prehistoric Mammoth; (add.info.: Photograph of the prehistoric Mammoth. Dated 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Neanderthal skull

Neanderthal skull
3499733 Neanderthal skull; (add.info.: Prehistory. Paleolithic. Mousterian. Neanderthal skull (Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis). Middle Paleolithic (90000 BC-35000 BC). Museum of Natural History

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: An arrow head from prehistoric times, ca 1900 (print)

An arrow head from prehistoric times, ca 1900 (print)
7422821 An arrow head from prehistoric times, ca 1900 (print); (add.info.: Science. Mineralogy. An arrow head from prehistoric times)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Late Mesozoic Era reptiles (print)

Late Mesozoic Era reptiles (print)
7420072 Late Mesozoic Era reptiles (print); (add.info.: Late Mesozoic Era reptiles. Tyrannosaurus, Trachodon and Triceraptops)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Some reptiles of the Late Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era. (print)

Some reptiles of the Late Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era. (print)
7420069 Some reptiles of the Late Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era. (print); (add.info.: Some reptiles of the Late Paleozoic or Palaeozoic Era)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Diagram of Oligocene Mammals (print)

Diagram of Oligocene Mammals (print)
7420076 Diagram of Oligocene Mammals (print); (add.info.: Diagram of Oligocene Mammals including, Titanothere, Entelodont, Hyracodon, Uintathere, Hyaenodon)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Fossil skeleton of the pareiasaurus bainii (engraving)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: The Dawn of Golf (engraving)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Prehistoric and extinct animals (litho)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Yes, dear - sometimes the idea of marriage positively frightens me! (colour litho)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Prehistoric Angling (litho)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stonehenge (engraving)

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

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: The Stone Age: We're Snapped (colour litho)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Vase with goats, from Hissar, Iran, 3500 BC (ceramic)

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

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Bronze age Petroglyphs of Castrino de Conxo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, c. 2000 BC (petroglyph)

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

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Iron age Vase of the Hallstatt Culture, 9th-5th century BC (ceramic)

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

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Java Man (print)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Diagram of Early Pleistocene animals contemporary with earliest man (print)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Reindeer Age (Aurignacian) Engravings and Carvings (print)

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

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Cro-magnon Man (print)

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

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Diagram of a Hesperornis (print)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stonehenge

Stonehenge
3740645 Stonehenge; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Stonehenge by William Marshall Craig (1788-1827) an English painter. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Stone Age weapons, tools and architecture

Stone Age weapons, tools and architecture
3253003 Stone Age weapons, tools and architecture; (add.info.: Stone Age weapons, tools and architecture. From Enciclopedia Ilustrada Segui, published c. 1900)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Lake Dwellings (Pile dwellings - Pfahlbauten) and associated artefacts

Lake Dwellings (Pile dwellings - Pfahlbauten) and associated artefacts. Based on mid-19th century work of Swiss
533822 Lake Dwellings (Pile dwellings - Pfahlbauten) and associated artefacts. Based on mid-19th century work of Swiss archaeologist Ferdinand Keller

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Primeval scenes: The Hunter's Dream (litho)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Primeval scenes: First Attempts at Golf (litho)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Primeval scenes: The Humours of Fishing (litho)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Primeval scenes: The First Oyster Feast (litho)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Primeval scenes: 'Oh! What a Surprise!' (litho)

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)

Background imagePrehistoric Collection: Woman of the lacustrine village of Auvernier, Switzerland (engraving)

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)




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Step back in time and explore the wonders of the prehistoric world. From the breathtaking Lascaux II cave painting replica to the imaginative reconstruction of Duria antiquior, these glimpses into ancient life leave us in awe. The Bulls & horses depicted in the Lascaux cave painting transport us to a time long gone, while One Million Years B. C. Takes us on a journey through an artistic quad artwork. Discovering a fossil tooth of the mighty megalodon shark at Oceanopolis Brest Brittany France reminds us of the incredible creatures that once roamed our oceans. Meanwhile, the Fossil Bird Archaeopteryx Cast serves as a fascinating link between dinosaurs and birds, showcasing nature's evolutionary marvels. As dawn breaks over Uffington's White Horse in Oxfordshire, England, we can almost feel ourselves transported back to an era when humans coexisted with magnificent creatures. Skara Brae Prehistoric Village on Scotland's Orkney Islands offers a glimpse into early human settlements and their way of life. The fossil ammonite Desmoceras spp. , illuminated under UV light, reveals intricate details from its Upper Early Cretaceous existence in Madagascar. Standing atop Hambledon Hill's prehistoric hill fort ramparts above Blackmore Vale transports us to an age where ancient civilizations thrived. And who could forget about Coelacanth? Once thought extinct since the Cretaceous period until Latimeria Chalumnae was discovered off South Africa's coast in 1938 - this German Upper Jurassic fossil reminds us that there is still so much left to uncover about our planet's history. Join us as we delve into these prehistoric treasures and embark on a journey through time itself. Let your imagination run wild as you explore Earth's rich past and marvel at its extraordinary inhabitants.