Fleas Collection

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An advertisement for Keatings Powder, to rid your clothes of bugs, fleas, beetles, moths, and other distressing insects. Remember to take it with you on holiday! Date: 1913

Flea Circus Chariots
Professor Tomlins flea circus: a flea is pushed into position at the start of the chariot race; fine harnessing wires attach the fleas to the chariots Date: 1960s

Flea Circus / Dr Paul
An advert for Doctor Pauls Performing Fleas

Cat Flea Powder
An unsuspecting cat is stroked and lulled into a false sense of security on a cushion before being dowsed in flea powder!

Parasites of the human skin (coloured engraving)
8655715 Parasites of the human skin (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parasites of the human skin)

Flag, Flea, Flog, Foil, Foot, Ford, Fork, Fort, Frog, Frog, Gate, Game (engraving)
8649995 Flag, Flea, Flog, Foil, Foot, Ford, Fork, Fort, Frog, Frog, Gate, Game (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flag, Flea, Flog, Foil, Foot)

Maid and a flea (colour litho)
8655949 Maid and a flea (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Maid and a flea. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn.

A Woman Picking Fleas by Candlelight, c18th century. Creator: Per Hillestrom
A Woman Picking Fleas by Candlelight, c18th century

Dog flea {Ctenocephalides canis} UK

Sensations and thrills (colour litho)
3642934 Sensations and thrills (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sensations and thrills. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Young Girl Chasing Fleas, c. 1750 (oil on canvas)
3087315 Young Girl Chasing Fleas, c.1750 (oil on canvas) by Lebel, Jean-Baptiste (fl.1750); 17 x 11 cm; National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Rat flea, carrier of the plague (litho)
7201733 Rat flea, carrier of the plague (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rat flea, carrier of the plague)

Its a Mere Flea-Bite (engraving)
7177816 Its a Mere Flea-Bite (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Its a Mere Flea-Bite)

Advertisement for Professor Likontis Wonderful Roumanian Flea Circus (engraving)
603255 Advertisement for Professor Likontis Wonderful Roumanian Flea Circus (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Comic postcard, Dog feeling up to scratch Date: 20th century

Emigration - Fleas and Rats. 19th century

Stray Notes from South Africa (engraving)
1061948 Stray Notes from South Africa (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stray Notes from South Africa)

Man hunting for fleas in his bed (chromolitho)
6032021 Man hunting for fleas in his bed (chromolitho) by Browne, Tom (1872-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man hunting for fleas in his bed)

Marten head (rock crystal)
CH5455 Marten head (rock crystal) by German School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Late 16th century carved animal head for a zibellino)

Marten head (rock crystal)
5320736 Marten head (rock crystal) by German School, (16th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Late 16th century carved animal head for a zibellino)

L homme et la puce (The Man with Fleas), published 1756. Creator: Benoit-Louis Prevost
L homme et la puce (The Man with Fleas), published 1756

Beggar Woman Fleaing a Boy, 1632. Creator: Jan Georg van Vliet
Beggar Woman Fleaing a Boy, 1632

Professor Leonard Tomlin trains his fleas for the circus, getting the insects to pull chariots and weights to show off their true potential. December 1963

Insects Fleas Flea Circus. Professor Leonard Tomlin training one of his fleas to pull a chariot

An Old Maid In Search of a Flea, September 25, 1794. September 25, 1794
An Old Maid In Search of a Flea, September 25, 1794

Performing Fleas - Street Entertainment - North East London. Date: circa 1907

A Woman Catching Fleas by Candlelight. Found in the Collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Woman Catching Fleas, ca 1638. Found in the collection of Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nancy

The Flea Hunt. Artist: Crespi, Giuseppe Maria (1665-1747)
The Flea Hunt. Private Collection

Boy Looking for Fleas on a Dog, 1650. Artist: Nunez de Villavicencio, Pedro (1635-1700)
Boy Looking for Fleas on a Dog, 1650. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Flea Hunt, c. 1620. Artist: Honthorst, Gerrit, van (1590-1656)
The Flea Hunt, c. 1620. Private Collection

A boudoir scene. Private Collection

Seated Woman Searching Fleas 1671 Adriaen van de Velde
Seated Woman Searching for Fleas, c. 1671. Adriaen van de Velde (Dutch, 1636-1672). Red chalk over black chalk; framing lines in brown ink; sheet

Playbill Of The Professor Likontis Wonderful Romanian Performing Fleas. From The Strand Magazine, Published 1896

Rabbit Flea, Spilopsyllus cuniculi, side view

Picture No. 10855601
Mole Flea - on human skin (Hystrichopsylla talpae) Date:

Tomlins Flea Circus
Professor Tomlin feeding the fleas on blood from his own arm; they perform on the miniature pieces of equipment in the foreground Date: 1960s

Flea infestation, satirical artwork
Flea infestation. 17th century artwork depicting a group of women suffering from an infestation of fleas (small black dots)

Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Cat Flea, Magnification x250 (A4 size: 29. 7 cm width)
LRDS-54 Cat Flea Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) Ctenocephalides felis Magnification x250 (A4 size: 29.7 cm width) Coloured by hand to enhance natural features

Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM): Chigoe Flea, Magnification x 200 (A4 size: 29. 7 cm width)
LRDS-137 Chigoe Flea Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) Tunga penetrans Magnification x 200 (A4 size: 29.7 cm width) Coloured by hand to enhance natural features

Giuseppe Crespi (1665 1747). Searching for Fleas. 1715 / 20
Giuseppe Crespi (1665 1747), nicknamed Lo Spagnuolo. Italian late Baroque painter of the Bolognese School. Searching for Fleas. 1715/20. Oil on canvas. Museum of Louvre. Paris

Moliere / Ecole Femmes
L ECOLE DES FEMMES Agnes complains that she has been bitten by fleas throughout the night Date: 1662

Hunting for fleas Date: 1843

Picture No. 11675595
Light Micrograph: Water Flea. Date:

Fleas of a young monkey, Heinrich M. Krabbe, 1883-1931

Picture No. 10873644
Human Flea - male (Pulex irritans) Date:

Picture No. 10984859
Cat - British Tabby scratching Date:

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