Images Dated 28th January 2008

Eve Before The Fall. By A. E. Bestall

A scene beside a waterfall of four girls in their bathing costumes. The girls are watching the waterfall, prehaps resting after swimming. Alfred Bestall (1892-1986) is best-known as the artist who drew Rupert Bear for thirty years. Previous to this, Bestall produced more than forty colour illustrations for The Tatler as well as countless humorous line drawings and cartoon sketches

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Spindle cowrie (Phenacovolva maccoyi)

Spindle cowrie (Phenacovolva maccoyi), well-camouflaged gastropod that lives and feeds on gorgonians and other soft corals. Related to true cowries but lacking teeth on the aperture. Most occur in the tropics but several extend down the east and west coasts of Australia to temperate waters. South Solitary Island, New South Wales, Australia

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Christ Church and Coal Staith, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1829.Artist: T Owen

Christ Church and Coal Staith, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1829. An early steam locomotive hauls a train of coal wagons across a bridge, observed by onlookers. The smoking chimneys of the city and the church of Christ Church can be seen in the background

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