Egg Collection

Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618
Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Spanish Baroque painter. The Old Woman Cooking Eggs, 1618. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

Gas pillars in the Eagle Nebula. Hubble Space Telescope image showing dark pillars of dense molecular hydrogen and dust in the Eagle Nebula (M16)

Dolphin airship by Jean Samuel Pauly and Durs Egg
A fish-shaped airshipdesign Dolphin by Jean Samuel Pauly and Durs Egg, c.1835. Date: circa 1835

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
Oil painting on canvas by John Gerrad Keulemans (undated). 229 x 205

Chicken & Egg
JD-16811 CHICKEN - looking at an egg studio shot Sequence: 2 of 4 John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) male carrying eggs, swims over seagrass meadow. Wool Bay, Edithburgh, South Australia. Gulf of St Vincent

White leghorn chicken
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: White leghorn chicken standing next to egg. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Naples, Italy - View toward the city and Mount Vesuvius Date: 1904

Tarantula / Bird-eating Spider - at nest carrying egg cocoon
LB-10906 Tarantula / Bird-eating Spider - at nest carrying egg cocoon Ian Beames Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Netherlandish Proverbs illustrated in a village landscape
CH11386 Netherlandish Proverbs illustrated in a village landscape by Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (c.1564-1638); Private Collection; (add.info)

Weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) male carries eggs through a kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera) in Tasmania, Australia. Tasmania is the only part of Australia with giant kelp forests

Picture No. 11768877
Chicken hen with multi-coloured eggs hatched in straw pen Digital Manipulation: eggs coloured Date:

The Ovaltine Factory and Farms, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England. Date: circa 1940s

Emperor Penguin - father staring down at egg as the chick makes its first break in the shell - Antarctica OLI00012
AUS-1932 Emperor Penguin - father staring down at egg as the chick makes its first break in the shell Antarctica Aptenodytes forsteri Fred Olivier / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that

The Winter Egg, 1913 (quartz, platinum, orthoclase, diamonds
CH463083 The Winter Egg, 1913 (quartz, platinum, orthoclase, diamonds, gold & demantoid) (see also 463082) by Holmstrom, Albert (1846-1920); height: 10.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1490-1500 (oil on panel)
3107159 The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1490-1500 (oil on panel) by Bosch, Hieronymus (c.1450-1516); Prado, Madrid, Spain; (add.info.: Detail of central panel); Netherlandish, out of copyright

Picture No. 12018909
Emu nest and eggs Emu nest and eggs. Date:

Suffragettes Pankhurst and Gawthorpe Rutland 1907
Christabel Pankhurst and Mary Gawthorpe in the Market Place, Uppingham, holding a meeting during the 1907 Rutland bye-election

Blue Jay, by John James Audubon
Blue Jay, Corvus Cristatus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Picture No. 10856402
Shoebill / Whale-head Stork - pair at nest (Balaeniceps rex) Date:

CAT. Kitten sitting in egg
JD-21739 CAT. Kitten sitting in egg John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Chocolate Bilby - Australia's version of the Easter bunny JLR07151
JLR-377 Chocolate Bilby - Australias version of the Easter bunny Macrotis lagotis Jean-marc La Roque Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Honey Bees - on comb & brood cells
JLM-8126 Honeybees and Brood Cells Apis mellifera John Mason Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Chicken chick - 20 day old chick in egg
LA-2611 Chicken chick - 20 day old chick in egg Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Chick with an egg shell - UK
DAC-147 Chick with an egg shell UK David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Aepyornis on the Rampage
Butcher pursued by an Aepyornis Ingens, the prehistoric creature which emerges from the egg

Digital illustration showing journey of fertilized human egg

Pinguinus impennis, great auk
1 of 6 shots of Dr Leachs 139 great auk (Pinguinus impennis) egg held in the Natural History Museum at Tring. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the middle of the 19th Century

Parasitic Wasp - Laying egg in hoverfly larva, UK
SPH-2669 Parasitic WASP - laying egg in hoverfly, larvae United Kingdom Diplazon laetatorius Parasitic Wasp SPH 2669 Laying egg in hoverfly larva, UK

Sussex Chicken - in studio looking at fried egg Digital Manipulation: removed bottom
LA-5164-M Sussex Chicken - in studio looking at fried egg Jean-Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Painted eggs, Sofia, Bulgaria, Europe

Unhealthy breakfast of beans and a heart shapedfried egg

Chicken & egg
JD-16813 CHICKEN - with an egg studio shot Sequence: 3 of 4 John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Galapagos blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii excisa), North Seymour Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Developing Trout Eggs
PM-3564 Developing Trout Eggs Pat Morris Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way. contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: 020 8318 1401

Chicken chick - Recently hatched from egg
LA-2613 Chicken chick - recently hatched from egg Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Pastel de belem or pasteis de nata custard tarts served with a cup of coffee in a cafe of Lisbon, Portugal

Illustration of dinosaur hatching from egg

Picture No. 11676366
Ostrich female at nest with eggs Date:

Picture No. 11675528
Mouse Embryo at Eight Cell Stage. Date:

Picture No. 11675527
Mouse Embryo at Four Cell Stage & a Polar Body. Date:

Picture No. 11675526
Mouse Embryo at Two Cell Stage & a Polar Body. Date:

Picture No. 11675525
Mouse Embryo at Single Cell Stage and Polar Body. Date:

Picture No. 11675522
A human Ovum surrounded by Sperm - being fertilized. Date:

Decorated Ostrich egg dating to around 600 BC used as water container and fou decorated with 4 sphinxes. Found in Isis tomb (Egyptian diety) at Vulci (close to Rome)

A troublesome egg to hatch. Illustration shows the rulers of Russia, Germany, Italy, Austria, France, and England, as chickens trying to hatch a large egg labeled China

Humpty Dumpty by Dorothy Wheeler
A little boy and girl stare up at a wall on which sits a very superior looking Humpty Dumpty wearing a crown and an eye glass

Fossil egg of the Elephant bird with hen and goose eggs for comparison
JH-50 Fossil egg of the Elephant bird with hen and goose eggs for comparison Aepyornis maximus John Holmes Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

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"Egg: A Journey Through Time and Space" From the gas pillars in the Eagle Nebula to Diego Velazquez's captivating painting of an old woman cooking eggs, the concept of "egg" transcends time and art. Just like Jean Samuel Pauly and Durs Egg's innovative Dolphin airship, which pushed boundaries with its design, eggs symbolize both beginnings and possibilities. The age-old question of what came first, the chicken or the egg, has puzzled minds for centuries. Perhaps Netherlandish Proverbs illustrated in a village landscape holds some clues to this enigma. Picture No. 11768877 captures a moment frozen in time where chickens roam freely amidst daily life. Speaking of chickens, who can resist the elegance of a White Leghorn chicken? Its pristine feathers mirror the delicate nature of an eggshell itself. But don't be fooled by appearances; just as a Tarantula/Bird-eating Spider carries an egg cocoon with strength and determination (Picture No. 12018909), these creatures remind us that even vulnerability can conceal great power. Nature never ceases to amaze us – take for instance the Weedy Seadragon male carrying eggs through a kelp forest (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). This extraordinary sight reminds us that nurturing life knows no bounds. Shifting gears from natural wonders to human creations, The Ovaltine Factory and Farms at Kings Langley stands as a testament to innovation in food production. Eggs play an essential role not only on our plates but also behind-the-scenes processes that shape our culinary experiences. And finally, let's not forget Naples' breathtaking view towards Mount Vesuvius – a reminder that sometimes beauty emerges from destruction just like new life hatches from within an eggshell. Intriguingly versatile yet universally symbolic, "egg" connects celestial phenomena with artistic masterpieces while embodying nature's resilience and human ingenuity.