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FLO4598874: Valeriane officinale, also known as valeriane des collines or Cat herb, St. George's grass or grass a la murtrie - Valerian, Valeriana officinalis. Handcoloured zincograph by C. Chabot drawn by Miss M. A. Burnett from her “” Plantae Utiliores: or Illustrations of Useful Plants,”” Whittaker, London, 1842. Miss Burnett drew the botanical illustrations, but the text was chiefly by her late brother, British botanist Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800-1835). / Bridgeman Images
QGA935339: Collage: I. Old World monkeys. 1 Gorilla 2 Gibbon, 3 Orangutan, 4 Mandrill 5 Or hamadryas hamadryas baboon, 6 Hulman or Huneman, 7 Chimpanzee, 8 Sea Cat, 9 Macaque, 10 Kahau or Proboscis Monkey. II New World monkeys: 11 Howler Monkey, 12 Mirikina 13 Tamarins, 14 Judenaffe or Satansaffe 15 Squirrel Monkey / Bridgeman Images
MPX5068899: Unless my nose deceives me I smell mice, thinks Ginger the cat, and with typical canine caution he starts to investigate. Approach technique is everything where mouse hunting's concerned, and Ginger is a past master in the craft. Actually Snow-white the mouse knows a thing or two about the game as well, and by way of encouragement to Ginger he leaves the tip of his tail peeping tantilizingly round the door / Bridgeman Images
MPX5077018: The Lion Who Just Cant Change His Spots: Johnny is a mixed up cat. He is not really a lion, not really a leopard. He is a cross bread - a leopon. His name comes from his mothers side of the family. She is a lioness called Sonoko. His spots come from his leopard father, Kanbo. The leopard lives at a zoo in Kobe, Japan. Circa 1960 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5072297: Zippy new party clothes in paddy style. The skirts dress has a burgundy background to match the crepe, open-necked shirt top; price £10 15s. Long, sleeveless quilted jerkin, brightly printed on black, slips over a black crepe hooded cat-suit; price £18 complete. Both are by Simon Ellis, in sizes 10-14, from Dickins & Jones, Regent Street, London, W1. December 1970 / Bridgeman Images
MAJ5031824: The constellation of Hydra, with a Curbeau that tingled it and a Cup of Balancing, originated from the myth of Apollo who had sent a crow with a cup full of water to make a sacrifice to Jupiter. Below the Hydre, the French astronomer Lalande (1732-1807) drew a Cat (felis) and Lacaille (1713-1762) a scientific apparatus, a Pneumatic Machine. Engraving from Camille Flammarion's “Les étoiles et les autres curiosites du ciel”, 1882. / Bridgeman Images
MPX5116634: Two striking numbers from Mia and Vicky. On the left Luana a 23-year-old model from Brazil, wears a brown spotted satin jumpsuit with bare midriff and gold seashell bra. On the right, over her black cat suit, 16-year-old French model Marie Christine models a crochet bikini with eyes forming the bra and lips forming the pants, July 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5161757: Young pop stars gathered at the Albert Memorial in London for a bread and water lunch to draw attention to Oxfams Christmas appeal. Pictured, Elaine Osborn serving bread and water to (left to right back row) Syd Barrett, Barry Fantoni, Gordon Waller, Roger Waters, (front row left to right) Nick Mason, Rick Wright, Paul Jones, Peter Asher and Cat Stevens. 8th December 1966 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images