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  • A variety of insects including beetles, moths, wasps and flies. Engraving by R. Scott after T. Brown.
  • A fleet of flies dropping bombs on the Chinese people, causing mayhem and confusion. Colour lithograph, 1952 (?).
  • A dream: an owl flies overhead, while large and small figures stand by. Drawing attributed to Thomas Uwins.
  • A balloon flies over a park with marquees and bunting where crowds of people are gathered. Coloured lithograph.
  • The dirigible balloon La France flies over the countryside around its hangar (Hangar Y) at Meudon. Coloured process print.
  • A sailor adrift on a raft in the ocean; a flag flies from a flagpole. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1958.
  • A sailor adrift on a raft in the ocean; a flag flies from a flagpole. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1958.
  • A mother stops flies from pestering her young son by constructing a fake spider's web out of wool. Colour process print, 1909.
  • A full dustbin with the lid lifted off; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies and bins. Colour lithograph, ca. 1964.
  • A bee, five butterflies (including a pale clouded yellow), six moths and two crane flies with details of antennae. Coloured etching, ca. 1834.
  • A procession of carriages watched by crowds lining the streets, with soldiers on parade: a hot-air balloon flies overhead. Coloured engraving, 1814.
  • Venus reclining upon a fish in the sea; Cupid flies above her holding an oyster shell and pearls. Engraving after P.C. Tremolière.
  • Sticky wires for catching flies at the meat and fish market, prepared in Zanzibar, held up by a local man. Photograph, ca. 1911.
  • The birth of Cupid from Venus, Mercury flies above them and nymphs aid them. Line engraving by W. Cooke, 1807, after E. Le Sueur.
  • Roundhay Park, Leeds: the balloon 'Roundhay' flies above the park; a paddle-steamer takes passengers across the lake; in the foreground, a cascade. Coloured lithograph.
  • A female demon with a dead infant in her teeth flies off as two men look on in shocked amazement. Colour woodcut by Ikumaru, 1867.
  • St. James's Park: people boating on the lake which has marquees with flags flying on its banks, a hot-air balloon flies overhead. Engraving, 1814.
  • A naked witch flies to the sabbath mounted on a goat, while her companions continue to prepare their drugs. Process print after H. Baldung Grien.
  • Cupid, armed with a bow and arrow, flies in through the window to a room where two naked lovers lie asleep on a couch. Etching.
  • A baby sleeping with a fly on the teat of its milk bottle; a man setting up an Aeroxon trap to catch flies. Colour lithograph, 19--.
  • A deathbed: a man breathes his last, the devil flies down and grabs his soul (in the form of a baby) from his mouth. Engraving, 16--.
  • A tropical orchid (Epidendrum tessellatum), three day-flies (Ephemera species) and a small beetle (Erodius species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1804, after J. Ihle.
  • The "Knight" cheese safes exclude flies and dust, prevent shrinkage in weight by evaporation, and necessarily the crumbling which is caused by this evaporation / Peabody & Parks.
  • The "Knight" cheese safes exclude flies and dust, prevent shrinkage in weight by evaporation, and necessarily the crumbling which is caused by this evaporation / Peabody & Parks.
  • The "Knight" cheese safes exclude flies and dust, prevent shrinkage in weight by evaporation, and necessarily the crumbling which is caused by this evaporation / Peabody & Parks.
  • The "Knight" cheese safes exclude flies and dust, prevent shrinkage in weight by evaporation, and necessarily the crumbling which is caused by this evaporation / Peabody & Parks.
  • India : a gathering of Hindu ascetics (sadhus) at a religious festival: in the background, the Union flag flies over a British military fortification. Watercolour, ca. 1880 (?).
  • Animalium, ferarum, & bestiarum, florum, fructuum, muscarum, vermiumque icones variae, omnes ad vivum delineatae ... A new and perfect book of beasts, flowers fruits, butter-flies, & other vermine / [Wenceslaus Hollar].
  • A little boy wakes up a sleeping man with noisy banging of a drum; the boy sleeps and the man swats flies away from him with a fan. Colour process print, 1909.
  • Above, three insects, a shrike, a mineral, a gull, a sprig of a camphor tree and a sprig and berry of a lantana shrub; below, two hares, a duck bernade, two dragon flies and a lemur. Engraving by Heath.