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Unknown Artists

6,941 works

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ being nailed to a cross by two men while a figure with a banner watches.

Christ Nailed to the Cross

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Rotated lithograph of humpback whales lobtailing and breaching among sea spray, with a caption and plate number.

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

Unknown artist, 1874

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a tricorn hat and military coat, with caption GENL R. HOWE below.

General Howe

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Hand-colored woodcut of men in period dress raising a cross bearing a haloed Christ against a blue sky.

Raising the Cross

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Botanical plate of a mountain buckler fern frond and a stem with diminishing pinnae, drawn in dark stipple on cream paper.

The ferns of Sidmouth - Plate (page 27)

Unknown artist, 1862

Oval monochrome portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark coat and white cravat, holding one hand up.

Daniel Boone

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Hand-colored woodcut of haloed figures in robes, with the Virgin Mary in blue at center, supported by companions.

Madonna Overcome

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Hand-colored plate of an undulated parakeet with green plumage and blue tail perched on a branch.

Illustrations of the family of Psittacidœ, or parrots - Plate 13

Unknown artist, 1832

Black and white engraved portrait of a man in a military uniform and tricorn hat, captioned John Burgoyne.

John Burgoyne

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Hand-colored woodcut of the Descent from the Cross with a man on a ladder, haloed figures, and women in red and blue.

Descent from the Cross

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Hand-coloured plate of a green lacewing with spread wings and antennae, with a smaller specimen above and a caption below.

Symbolae ad monographiam generis chrysopae, Leach - Plate 13

Unknown artist, 1851

Engraved portrait of a man in military uniform with epaulettes, inside an oval frame with ornate scrollwork border.

Colonel Barton

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Hand-colored print of the Entombment: Christ lowered into a stone sarcophagus while haloed mourners stand behind.

The Entombment

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Lithograph plate of fossil mammal skulls, jaws and molar teeth in several views, labelled with species names and scales.

Hitherto unpublished plates of Tertiary Mammalia and Permian Vertebrata - Plate (page 93)

Unknown artist, 1915

William Richardson Davie

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ with a halo and cross staff entering a gate, reaching toward souls while a demon lies beneath

Descent into Limbo

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Saxifraga tridactylites with red stems, white flowers and magnified floral dissections.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 28

Unknown artist, 1777

Engraved oval portrait of William Burnet, a man in a curled period wig and dark coat with a white cravat.

William Burnet

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Hand-colored woodcut of the risen Christ with a cross banner beside an open tomb, soldiers on the ground, and a green landsca

The Resurrection

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Hand-coloured plate of two hummingbirds, one in flight with red throat and orange tail, one perched on a branch.

A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico - Plate 30

Unknown artist, 1841

Engraving of soldiers gathered by torchlight around a fallen officer lying in a forest clearing at night.

Burial of Braddock

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Hand-colored print of the Ascension: a robed figure rises into clouds as haloed apostles kneel and gesture below.

Ascension

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Engraved plate of beetles with detail drawings of insect parts and an orchid stem with leaves.

Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects - Plate 29

Unknown artist, 1841

F. de Liancourt

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Hand-colored woodcut of haloed apostles and the Virgin in prayer beneath a dove and radiating light, Pentecost scene.

The Descent of the Holy Ghost

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Two engraved drawings of freshwater mussel shells labeled Plate LXIX, showing hinge and interior detail.

The Unionidae of Kansas - Plate LXIX

Unknown artist, 1902

Aaron Burr

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Hand-colored woodcut of Christ with raised arms, a lily and sword, flanked by kneeling Mary in blue and a bearded saint.

Last Judgment

Unknown artist, c. 1490

Hand-coloured engraving of a dark reindeer with yellow antlers beside a lichen-covered pine tree, printed page rotated sidewa

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 87

Unknown artist, 1811

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig and fur-trimmed coat, captioned Lord George Sackville.

Lord George Sackville

Unknown artist, Date unknown

Hand-colored woodcut of a haloed youth seated among bearded elders with books under Gothic arches, in red, blue, and green.

The Twelve Year Old Jesus in the Temple

Unknown artist, c. 1490/1500

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a yellow spotted lily with dark leaves, beside a small engraved plant sketch.

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 133)

Unknown artist, 1847