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Unknown Artists

6,941 works

Hand-coloured plate of a dark swallowtail-type butterfly with red and black hindwing markings, labelled Tab. 1.

Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal - Plate 1

Unknown artist, 1846

Hand-colored print of the Virgin and Child receiving gold vessels from three kings under a star and Gothic canopy.

The Adoration of the Magi

Unknown artist, c. 1470/1480

Hand-colored woodcut of Saint Erasmus with a bound man beneath a winch, a bishop, and onlookers under a gothic arch.

Saint Erasmus

Unknown artist, c. 1470/1480

Engraved plate of mantis shrimp with enlarged studies of claws, head, and appendages, with magnification labels.

Figures and descriptions of nine species of Squillidae - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1895

Worn brown and ochre print with dark stippled shapes and scrolling ornament, framed by a green border.

Saint Franciscus

Unknown artist, c. 1480

Worn impression of Saint George on horseback with a lance, surrounded by a dense ornamental foliate border.

Saint George

Unknown artist, c. 1470

Plate III: two shaded side views of gray whale embryos and a small outline of a head showing the spouthole.

The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America - Plate III

Unknown artist, 1874

Hand-colored print of the Virgin being crowned by two haloed figures beneath a dove, with red, blue and ochre tones.

The Coronation of the Virgin

Unknown artist, 1480/1490

Hand-colored print of a bishop joining the hands of the Virgin and a bearded man holding a flowering staff, with halos.

The Marriage of the Virgin

Unknown artist, 1480/1490

Black ink botanical plate of a common polypody fern showing frond, vein detail, rhizome and spore case.

The ferns of Sidmouth - Plate (page 9)

Unknown artist, 1862

Hand-colored woodcut of Mary Magdalene with long hair and halo, lifted by two red-robed angels above a rocky landscape.

The Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene

Unknown artist, c. 1480

Hand-colored woodcut of an executioner raising a sword over a kneeling haloed saint in red robes praying.

Martyrdom of a Saint

Unknown artist, c. 1480

Hand-coloured plate of a white salmon-crested cockatoo with pink crest perched on a branch.

Illustrations of the family of Psittacidœ, or parrots - Plate 2

Unknown artist, 1832

Hand-colored print of a bearded saint with a halo holding a large key, wearing a red cloak over a green and yellow robe.

Saint Peter

Unknown artist, 1480/1490

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ on the cross with a kneeling woman and grapevines bearing purple grapes.

Christ on the Cross with a Grape Vine

Unknown artist, c. 1490/1500

Engraved natural history plate with numbered anatomical figures of a shipworm, a cross-section, and small shell specimens.

Godofredi Sellii, J.U.D. ex Societate regia Londinensi Historia naturalis teredinis seu xy - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1733

Hand-colored print of the Lamentation: a grieving woman holds the dead Christ while mourners in red and green stand behind.

The Lamentation

Unknown artist, 1470/1480

Woodcut of the Christ Child holding a cross-topped globe in a sunburst circle, with four angels and blackletter text in the c

Divine Infant with the Globe in a Circle with Four Angels

Unknown artist, probably c. 1500

Engraved plate of hippopotami, a crocodile and birds in water, with three smaller framed vignettes below.

Synonymia piscium Graeca et Latina emendata, aucta atque illustrata - Plate (page 377)

Unknown artist, 1789

Hand-colored woodcut of an enthroned God, a crucified Christ, a chalice and wafers, with figures in flames below.

Allegory of the Eucharist

Unknown artist, 1480/1500

Woodcut print of Saint Christopher wading a river with the Christ child on his shoulder and a staff, lantern-bearing figure a

Saint Christopher

Lithograph of fossil vertebrate skulls, jaws and teeth labeled Trimerorhachis, on a cream page.

Hitherto unpublished plates of Tertiary Mammalia and Permian Vertebrata - Plate VII

Unknown artist, 1915

Hand-colored woodcut of a crowned woman holding a chalice and palm frond, with a tower and hills behind her.

Saint Barbara

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Hand-colored print of a winged angel with halo weighing souls on a scale while a horned devil clings to one pan.

Saint Michael

Unknown artist, c. 1430/1440

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Plantago lanceolata with leaves, roots, flower spikes and dissection details.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 10

Unknown artist, 1777

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ kneeling to wash an apostle's foot while haloed apostles watch from behind.

Christ Washing the Apostles' Feet

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Hand-colored print of the Virgin in a blue robe praying at an altar with a chalice and hanging grapes.

The Virgin in a Robe Embroidered with Ears of Corn

Unknown artist, c. 1470/1480

Hand-coloured plate of a white-eared puffbird with orange beak and black crest perched on a green branch.

A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico - Plate 10

Unknown artist, 1841

Hand-colored print of two haloed women embracing in a green landscape with a tower and blue sky.

The Visitation

Unknown artist, c. 1480/1490

Hand-colored print of a bishop with a crozier beside a river, a seated child, and a castle on a hill.

Saint Augustine

Unknown artist, 1480/1490

Hand-coloured plate of moth caterpillars, chrysalides and adult moths beside dandelion and grass host plants.

Iconographie et description de chenilles et lépidopteres inédits - Plate 4

Unknown artist, 1859

Hand-colored woodcut of a bearded saint in blue cloak and red robe holding a staff, standing on grass within an orange border

Saint James the Greater

Unknown artist, 1480/1490