Egg Collection (page 6)

Best Wishes for Easter (colour litho)
8655969 Best Wishes for Easter (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Best Wishes for Easter)

A straightforward show of eggs (b/w photo)
8647479 A straightforward show of eggs (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A straightforward show of eggs)

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Human invention anticipated: Natural and artificial boats (engraving)
8658084 Human invention anticipated: Natural and artificial boats (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Natural and artificial boats)

Illustration for Tom Brown's School-Days (litho)
8642873 Illustration for Tom Brown's School-Days (litho) by Sullivan, Edmund Joseph (1869-1933) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: "All right - four eggs!" shouted he)

Example of an animated display (b/w photo)
8647476 Example of an animated display (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Example of an animated display)

A traditional English breakfast (b/w photo)
8655282 A traditional English breakfast (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A traditional English breakfast)

Inviolable
Aleksandrova Karina

Ear, Eat, Eel, Egg, Elk, Eye, Fan, Fig, Fin, Fly, Fop, Fox (engraving)
8649978 Ear, Eat, Eel, Egg, Elk, Eye, Fan, Fig, Fin, Fly, Fop, Fox (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ear, Eat, Eel, Egg, Elk, Eye, Fan, Fig, Fin)

Wilds of Africa: Section of a Fortress of the Warrior Termites or White Ants (engraving)
8652046 Wilds of Africa: Section of a Fortress of the Warrior Termites or White Ants (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Quail eggs in vintage Indian bowl
Aleksandrova Karina

Human invention anticipated: Barometer (engraving)
8657914 Human invention anticipated: Barometer (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Barometer)

Preparing lamb cutlets (b/w photo)
8657670 Preparing lamb cutlets (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Preparing lamb cutlets)

Toad-in-the-hole (b/w photo)
8657654 Toad-in-the-hole (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Toad-in-the-hole)

Sindbad the sailor (Sinbad) - tale of the thousand and one (1001) nights - illustration by Gustave Dore - Maxwell
PCT4278398 Sindbad the sailor (Sinbad) - tale of the thousand and one (1001) nights - illustration by Gustave Dore - Maxwell edition 1865 - Fifth voyage

American woodcock, Scolopax minor
5893542 American woodcock, Scolopax minor.; (add.info.: American woodcock, Scolopax minor. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentry's Nests)

Razorbill or lesser auk, Alca torda
5893537 Razorbill or lesser auk, Alca torda.; (add.info.: Razorbill or lesser auk, Alca torda. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentry's Nests)

Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius
5893531 Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius.; (add.info.: Nest and eggs of the spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George)

Nest and egg of the redwing blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus
5893526 Nest and egg of the redwing blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus.; (add.info.: Nest and egg of the redwing blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus)

Eastern wood pewee, Contopus virens
5893522 Eastern wood pewee, Contopus virens.; (add.info.: Eastern wood pewee, Contopus virens. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Edwin Sheppard from Thomas George Gentry's Nests)

Eastern kingbird and cedar waxwing
5893521 Eastern kingbird and cedar waxwing.; (add.info.: Eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, and cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum. Kingbird, Tyrannus carolinensis Cedar bird, Ampelis cedrorum)

A scene from Tom Brown's Schooldays
5307720 A scene from Tom Brown's Schooldays'.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a scene from Tom Brown's Schooldays': Martin climbing the pine tree to steal the kestrel's eggs)

Farmer bringing a basket of eggs to sell them to a country grocery store, United States, 19th century
NWI4880357 Farmer bringing a basket of eggs to sell them to a country grocery store, United States, 19th century. Colouring reproduction of the 19th century.; (add.info)

The Domestic Swallow and the Salangan and its nest called Alcyon's nest
JEB4831251 The Domestic Swallow and the Salangan and its nest called Alcyon's nest. Plate taken from " Fauna of Physics or History of Animals and Their Products" by Hippolyte Cloquet

Variety of eggs of birds, turtles and seeds of bryophites and other plants. 19th century lithography
NWI4955522 Variety of eggs of birds, turtles and seeds of bryophites and other plants. 19th century lithography.; (add.info.: Variety of eggs of birds)

Snake Skeleton, Young Snake in Egg and Snake Skull - Strong Water by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811)
FLO4724960 Snake Skeleton, Young Snake in Egg and Snake Skull - Strong Water by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), from Encyclopedie of Natural History: Amphibians, 1794 - Snake skeleton

Greeting card for the Easter party: a child comes out of an egg and grabs a rooster by the tail. Chromolithography 1900
IMB4827901 Greeting card for the Easter party: a child comes out of an egg and grabs a rooster by the tail. Chromolithography 1900.; (add.info.: Greeting card for the Easter party)

Engraving of the book of Ambroise Pare: Monsters and Prodiges (1573) - Text
PCT4261014 Engraving of the book of Ambroise Pare: Monsters and Prodiges (1573) - Text: " This present monster depicted here was found in an egg with the face and face of a man

White wagtail, Motacilla alba 1, 2, egg 4, and western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava 3, egg 5
FLO4646115 White wagtail, Motacilla alba 1, 2, egg 4, and western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava 3, egg 5. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart

Elf stealing eggs from a bird's nest. Handcoloured woodblock print by Edmund Evans after an illustration by Richard
FLO4614782 Elf stealing eggs from a bird's nest. Handcoloured woodblock print by Edmund Evans after an illustration by Richard Doyle from In Fairyland, a series of Pictures from the Elf World

A yachting trip, 1850
3478476 A yachting trip, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a yachting trip, with two gentlemen and gentlewomen. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Young crocodile hatching from the egg, Crocodylus niloticus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an
FLO4694868 Young crocodile hatching from the egg, Crocodylus niloticus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George Shaw from his General Zoology, Amphibia, London

Amethyst woodstar, Calliphlox amethystina, and plovercrest. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by
FLO4685102 Amethyst woodstar, Calliphlox amethystina, and plovercrest. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire

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Nursery rhyme: Bandy Legs (colour litho)
8648882 Nursery rhyme: Bandy Legs (colour litho) by Wright, Blanche Fisher (1887-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bandy Legs)

A prize-winning window (b/w photo)
8647478 A prize-winning window (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A prize-winning window)

There was an Old Man of Thermopylae, who never did anything properly (coloured engraving)
8634326 There was an Old Man of Thermopylae, who never did anything properly (coloured engraving) by Lear, Edward (1812-88) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Happy Easter (colour litho)
8656374 Happy Easter (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Happy Easter. Chick driving a car. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Human invention anticipated: Preservation of provisions (engraving)
8657939 Human invention anticipated: Preservation of provisions (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Preservation of provisions)

Preparing lamb cutlets (b/w photo)
8657668 Preparing lamb cutlets (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Preparing lamb cutlets)

Monsieur de la Palisse (coloured engraving)
8635220 Monsieur de la Palisse (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Monsieur de la Palisse)

Phylloxera (b/w photo)
8674238 Phylloxera (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Phylloxera. Illustration for The World's Commercial Products by W G Freeman)

Postcard, Satirical en Couleurs, 1915_8: Seed of hairy Are there any more boches
ICA4838345 Postcard, Satirical en Couleurs, 1915_8: Seed of hairy Are there any more boches? - War of 14 -18, Childhood, Flags, Boches - Hairy Illustration by A Bignami; (add.info.: Postcard)

Silk from silk moth (Bombyx) to finished product. Central panel shows lifecycle of moth from egg to adult
531648 Silk from silk moth (Bombyx) to finished product. Central panel shows lifecycle of moth from egg to adult. Surrounding vignettes show trading in and uses of silk

Dali inside Easter Egg
DDiArte

still life 10
Alice Sheng

From the series "Almost monochrome composition"
Evgeniy Popov

Farm
Margareth Perfoncio

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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.