" Is it possible?" said the gentleman-in-waiting. " I should never have thought it was like that. How common it looks! Seeing so many grand people must have frightened all its colours away." Illustration by Edmund Dulac for The Nightingale. From Stories PacificStock
Caribou Moss and lichen grow abundatly in the tundra along the Dempster Highway, northern Yukon; Yukon, Canada PacificStock
With me along the strip of Herbage strown That just divides the desert from the sown,Where name of Slave and Sultán is forgot -And Peace to Máhmúd on his golden Throne. Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published 1909. PacificStock
And ever with the tears falling down from her eyes she sighed and sang. Illustration by Edmund Dulac for The Story of The Magic Horse. From The Arabian Nights, published 1938. PacificStock
For some we loved, the loveliest and the best That from his Vintage rolling Time has prest, Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before, And one by one crept silently to rest. Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published 1909. PacificStock
Brown bear (ursus arctos) in the frosty grass, captive at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; Portage, Alaska, United States of America PacificStock
Composite of a blond cockapoo running across a grass field; South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England PacificStock
Coloured illustration by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale illustrating the poem Sally in our Alley by Carey. From the book Palgrave's GoldenTreasury of Songs and Lyrics published 1919. PacificStock
A rare rainbow color Hawaiian Sunrise Scallop Seashell, also known as Pecten Langfordi, in the sand at the beach at sunrise; Honolulu, Oahu Hawaii, United States of America PacificStock
The Palace that to Heav'n his pillars threw, And Kings the forehead on his threshold drew - I saw the solitary Ringdove there, And "Coo, coo, coo," she cried; and "Coo, coo, coo." Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published PacificStock
Neglected Georgian House (Prior To Restoration), Henrietta Street, Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland PacificStock
You know, my Friends, how bravely in my House For a new Marriage I did make Carouse: Divorced old barren Reason from my Bed, And took the Daughter of the Vine to Spouse. Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published 1909. PacificStock
And lately, by the Tavern Door agape, Came shining through the Dusk an Angel Shape Bearing a Vessel on his Shoulder; and He bid me taste of it; and 'twas - the Grape! Illustration by Edmund Dulac from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published 1909. PacificStock
Representatives of The British Dominions beyond the seas, in England for the coronation of George V, 1910. From The Illustrated London News, 1910. PacificStock