Though one might expect four barnaculized [sic] Mykenaean geese to span a range of a to d, in fact five such geese do in a sort of shell game of a figure from Diversions of a Naturalist by E. Ray Lankester, 1915.

From c. 1890.

Two Cretan sheep: an etching by White.

From The Street Railway Review, 1893.

From Archaiologik Ephmeris, 1862.

"Oh, would I were a hermit-crab!"  From Fun magazine, 1879.

"The moon?  I can't reach the moon." —David Halperin, Journal of a UFO Investigator: A Novel

Our photo is from the Field Museum of Natural History's Annual Report of the Director to the Board of Trustees for the Year 1924.

"Clearly, the corn symbolizes your relationship with your mother.  And as for why it's on the ground, you tell me." —Thraeks, in a comment over at GameFAQ

Our illustration is from Junior Co-Ed by Alice Louise Lee, 1912.

From Newgate by J. M. Rymer, 1846.

Here's a precursor to the film After Hours, in which robbers Neil and Pepe break into a basement art studio where Paul has been papier mâchéd.  From London Magazine, 1903.

Here's a leaf map of Peloponnesus, from English Illustrated, 1889.

The fever demon takes away the children.  From Judy, Or The London Serio-Comic Journal, 1887.