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Unknown Artists

6,941 works

Engraved plate of a huge whale on a shore with a crowd of men in period dress around it, rocky coast behind.

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XLII

Unknown artist, 1657

Engraved botanical plate showing two plants, a trailing clover-like trifolium and a branching tribulus with pinnate leaves an

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 106

Unknown artist, 1737

Engraved plate of three seabirds, including a cormorant and a frigatebird, with long tails and hooked bills, on cream paper.

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 176

Unknown artist, 1835

Hand-coloured plate of ten numbered carabid beetles in tan, black and red tones with species names listed below.

Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères d'Europe - Plate XIV

Unknown artist, 1822

Three numbered views of a bivalve mollusk shell from a 1921 natural history plate, showing two exteriors and one pearly inter

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 20

Unknown artist, 1921

Hand-coloured engraving of a raccoon standing on a rock ledge with a ringed tail and mountains behind it.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 57

Unknown artist, 1821

Hand-colored botanical plate showing white-flowered alpine plants with rosette leaves and roots, numbered 389.

Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu - Plate 389

Unknown artist, 1773

Hand-coloured 1838 plate of an adult bigarré barbet with red crown, blue throat and green body perched on a log.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 309

Unknown artist, 1838

Colour plate of several butterflies, including swallowtails and a red admiral, resting among white flowers and green leaves.

The butterfly book - Plate XLIII

Unknown artist, 1922

Colored plate of varied artificial fishing lures and flies, including frog, grasshopper and larva imitations with hooks.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 12

Unknown artist, 1920

Hand-coloured plate of two small deer in grass: an Ecuador pudu walking and a Central American brocket feeding on leaves.

The deer of all lands - Plate XXIV

Unknown artist, 1898

Engraved botanical plate of Symphyopappus polystachyus with a flowering stem and dissected floral details below.

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 98

Unknown artist, 1840

Engraved plate of a barnacle goose with black head, white face and barred body standing on ground with grass tufts.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate XIV

Unknown artist, 1898

Hand-coloured plate of two wasp-like insects, one on a green plant stem, with a wing study below.

American entomology - Plate 52

Unknown artist, 1859

Plate of drawn tubular mollusk shell specimens, some ribbed, arranged in rows and labeled Z.24, Z.30 and Z.29.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 71

Unknown artist, 1857

Engraved botanical plate of a hornbeam branch with serrated leaves and hanging catkins, captioned Charme commun.

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 141

Unknown artist, 1895

Hand-colored plate of two mottled brown nightjar-like birds perched on a branch with green leaves.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 82)

Unknown artist, 1837

Engraved plate of ten numbered ground beetles in black, brown and orange, with species names listed below.

Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères d'Europe - Plate XV

Unknown artist, 1822

Engraved plate of labeled siphonophore and ctenophore anatomy drawings with letter callouts and figure numbers.

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 58

Unknown artist, 1890

Engraved plate of eight fish specimens with Latin labels, including Albula, Asellus and Cataphractus, from a 1657 natural his

Historiae naturalis de quadrupedibus libri - Plate XLVI

Unknown artist, 1657

Engraved plate of geological cross-section diagrams of rock strata and mountain profiles, with two waterfall views below.

Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, or, A description of the strata and organic rem - Plate XXIII

Unknown artist, 1835

Hand-colored 1765 plate of a brown wading bird with a long dark bill and striped tail, labeled L'Ombrette, du Sénégal.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 796

Unknown artist, 1765

Plate of numbered skipper butterflies in orange and brown tones, arranged in rows on a cream background.

The butterfly book - Plate XLVII

Unknown artist, 1922

Two views of an abalone shell: the rough outer surface with holes above, and the pearly inner nacre below.

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 22

Unknown artist, 1921

Hand-coloured plate of a spiny tanrec on rocks beside a palm tree, from a 1821 zoology book.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 62

Unknown artist, 1821

1915 British WWI poster: sketched soldier with rifle above civilians at a Post Office counter, text urging people to lend mon

£1 for 15/6. If you cannot fight - lend your money. Go to the post office to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Wartime British poster reading 'If you cannot fight, lend your money. £1 for 15/6. Go to the post office to-day.'

If you cannot fight, lend your money. £1 for 15/6. Go to the post office to-day

Unknown artist, 1915

Wartime poster of a tank advancing over a field with soldiers behind it, promoting national war bonds and savings certificate

The tank tour. Buy national war bonds (£5 to £5000) and war savings certificates 15/6

Unknown artist, 1918

Engraved botanical plate of Cinchona officinalis showing leafy branches, flower clusters, seed pods, and rolled bark details.

A description of the genus C̲i̲n̲c̲h̲o̲n̲a̲ - Plate 1

Unknown artist, 1797

Sepia scientific plate of numbered fossil bones and a curved tooth of Hesperornis regalis, an extinct toothed bird.

Odontornithes: a monograph on the extinct toothed birds of North America - Plate II

Unknown artist, 1880

Plate of numbered black and white anatomical drawings of a larva's alimentary canal and cross sections of its tissues.

The anatomy, physiology, morphology and development of the blow- fly Calliphora erythrocep - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1890

Tonal drawing of fossil mammal jaw and molar teeth with numbered detail views on plate IX, 1852.

Description of the remains of extinct Mammalia and Chelonia, from Nebraska territory, coll - Plate IX

Unknown artist, 1852