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  • A white bear (Polar bear) standing on an ice floe. Coloured wood engraving by J. W. Whimper.
  • Silver King, a polar bear, being taken by ship away from his homeland. Colour lithograph.
  • A polar bear encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by P. Mazell, 1784, after J. Webber.
  • A polar bear standing on an ice floe in the Arctic sea. Etching by S. C. Miger, ca. 1808, after N. Maréchal.
  • A polar bear standing next to its prey, a dead seal, on an ice floe in the Arctic sea. Colour lithograph after W. Kuhnert.
  • Two polar bears meet near the North Pole: despite the cold, the female bear is wearing an off-the-shoulder dress, which the male bear attributes to high tolerance of cold among northern females. Lithograph by CMK (?).
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: the US Government building: natural history exhibit featuring stuffed wild animals: elks and a polar bear. Photograph, 1904.
  • Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round images of the Antarctic Sea with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing, c.1844.
  • A polar bear plunges into the sea from a very steep iceberg while fishermen look on from a nearby trawler. Coloured engraving by R. Havell after J. Ross.
  • A polar bear is devouring its prey, a seal, on an ice floe in the Arctic sea while three arctic foxes watch eagerly from an adjacent ice floe. Colour lithograph.
  • Above, two humming birds, two molluscs, a mocking thrush, a hoopoe, and a racoon; below, a bat, a wasp, two mongooses, a vulture, a fish and a polar bear. Engraving.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including a seated Napoleon III with a smiling Queen Victoria, a woman pursued by a polar bear, and a battle in Russia. Coloured lithograph, [c.1867?].
  • Ornamented borders of Tartary oak (Quercus McCormickii), anchors and a polar bear round circular images of the Antarctic Ocean with penguin and boat. Pencil drawing by E. Wilson?, c.1844.
  • A circular crossed plate (?) incorporating indigenous symbols including a feather, a pipe, a polar bear and stones above a pot of flames; advertisement for the Urban Aboriginal AIDS Awareness program for the National AIDS Strategy supported by Health Canada. Colour lithograph by Julie Simoa.
  • Two polar bears despoiling the remains of a shipwreck in a desolate arctic setting. Reproduction of an oil painting by E. H. Landseer.
  • A cossack on horseback, holding a spear; a wolf; instruments of serfdom; polar bears on icebergs; and an imperial eagle in the sky; representing the Russian Empire. Wood engraving by H. Linton after E. Morin.
  • A group of different bears fighting for prey. Coloured etching by J. Bishop after J. Stewart.
  • Three people from different backgrounds of the Northwest Territories of Canada discussing the facts on AIDS; advertisement by Northwest Territories Health. Colour lithograph.
  • A steep rock face in the sea is populated by a large number of animals. Coloured etching by R. Scott and J. Stewart.
  • The Congress of Berlin: Disraeli as a tooth-drawer, assisted by Queen Victoria, operates on Sultan Abdul Hamid II of the Ottoman Empire, surrounded by political figures from France, Germany etc. Coloured lithograph by J.J. van Brederode after Jan Steen, 1878.