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Unknown Artists

6,941 works

Hand-colored plate showing three spread-wing butterflies numbered 1 to 3, with black, yellow, white and brown markings.

Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal - Plate 9

Unknown artist, 1846

Engraved plate of three spotted fish with fins, labelled in French as species 1, 2 and 3, from a 1800 atlas.

Atlas des poissons - Plate 97

Unknown artist, 1800

Two lithographic drawings of fossil skulls labeled Aphelops megalodus and Aphelops fossiger on a cream page.

Hitherto unpublished plates of Tertiary Mammalia and Permian Vertebrata - Plate CXXXV

Unknown artist, 1915

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Malva sylvestris with pink flowers, lobed leaves, roots and numbered detail figures.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 51

Unknown artist, 1777

Hand-coloured plate of a female knob-fronted wren with rust breast and long dark tail perched on a branch.

A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico - Plate 56

Unknown artist, 1841

Hand-coloured plate of five numbered Murex sea shells in brown, orange and grey tones on a cream page.

The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent - Plate (page 285)

Unknown artist, 1832

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 100

Unknown artist, 1811

Hand-coloured plate of a white-pink rhododendron flower cluster with red stamens and large dark green leaves.

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 252)

Unknown artist, 1847

Hand-coloured plate of a female sandgrouse standing on sandy ground beside green shrubs, labelled Pterocles quadricinctus.

Illustrations of Indian ornithology - Plate XXXVI

Unknown artist, 1847

Plate 33 showing two green lacewing insects with veined wings and long antennae, with handwritten species caption below.

Symbolae ad monographiam generis chrysopae, Leach - Plate 33

Unknown artist, 1851

Hand-colored plate XXVI showing numbered British slugs and a snail, one large slug diagonally across the center.

Illustrations of the land and fresh water conchology of Great Britain and Ireland - Plate XXVI

Unknown artist, 1845

Hand-colored plate of a raccoon-like dog with a dark facial mask and banded tail walking past grass and leaves.

Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes - Plate XXXII

Unknown artist, 1890

Watercolor plate of a black walnut tree with a broad green crown beside a slimmer tree in an open grassy field.

Familiar trees and their leaves, described and illustrated by F. Schuyler Mathews, with il - Plate (page 269)

Unknown artist, 1911

Hand-coloured plate of two finches, one black and white and one brown, perched on a grass stem.

Zoologia typica - Plate 50

Unknown artist, 1849

Line drawing of two stick insects on a cream page, one large and one smaller, with long legs and antennae.

Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects - Plate 61

Unknown artist, 1841

Pen drawing of a freshwater mussel shell with fine growth lines, labeled Plate LXXXV, on a cream page.

The Unionidae of Kansas - Plate LXXXV

Unknown artist, 1902

Hand-coloured plate of a stag with large antlers standing on a grassy bank at a forest edge, rotated on the page.

Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere in ihren sämmt - Plate (page 135)

Unknown artist, 1860

Coloured botanical plate of creeping bentgrass Agrostis stolonifera with leaves, flower spikes, roots and numbered detail dra

Les meilleures plantes fourragères - Plate 11

Unknown artist, 1883

Hand-coloured engraving plate 26 showing two perched songbirds with grey heads, black throats and orange tails on green branc

Kupfertafeln zur Naturgeschichte der Vögel - Plate 26

Unknown artist, 1832

Coloured plate XI showing numbered brown and orange butterflies in upper and underside views, from an 1885 British butterfly

British butterflies - Plate XI

Unknown artist, 1885

Engraved plate of four fish specimens with numbered labels and French captions, from the 1800 Atlas des poissons.

Atlas des poissons - Plate 110

Unknown artist, 1800

Plate XVI showing side and underside views of a blackfish whale with a top-of-head outline showing the spouthole.

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

Unknown artist, 1874

Engraved botanical illustration of a scale fern with rising fronds and a spreading root system, labeled Ceterach officinarum.

The ferns of Sidmouth - Plate (page 59)

Unknown artist, 1862

Hand-coloured plate of a green roseate parrakeet with a pink throat and long tail, perched on a branch.

Illustrations of the family of Psittacidœ, or parrots - Plate 30

Unknown artist, 1832

Hand-colored plate of two butterflies: an orange spotted species above and a green and pink species below, labeled 1 and 1a.

Descriptions and figures of some new lepidopterous insects, chiefly from Nepal - Plate 11

Unknown artist, 1846

Hand-coloured 1832 plate of five numbered Eburna sea snail shells with spotted and banded patterns.

The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent - Plate (page 317)

Unknown artist, 1832

Lithograph of a fossil rhinoceros-like skull with molar teeth and dotted reconstruction outline, labelled Aphelops malacorhin

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

Unknown artist, 1915

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a trailing plant with trifoliate leaves, yellow flowers, dark seed clusters and roots.

Flora Londinensis, or, Plates and descriptions of such plants as grow wild in the environs - Plate 57

Unknown artist, 1777

Hand-coloured plate of a green-breasted trogon perched on a branch, showing its red breast and long barred tail.

A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico - Plate 62

Unknown artist, 1841

Plate LXIV with two line drawings of freshwater mussel shells, numbered 1 and 2, showing growth lines and shading.

The Unionidae of Kansas - Plate LXIV

Unknown artist, 1902

Hand-coloured engraving of a hippopotamus beside a rock with a starfish and shells, labelled Hippopotamus, 1811.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 109

Unknown artist, 1811

Hand-colored botanical plate of a flowering plant with purple and white blooms, green leaves, and dissection studies below.

Herbier général de l'amateur, deuxiéme série - Plate (page 280)

Unknown artist, 1847