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Unknown Artists

6,941 works

Hand-colored engraving of two yellow-green finches perched on a gnarled branch, male and female, with caption below.

Naturgeschichte der Vögel deutschlands in getreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen - Plate 57

Unknown artist, 1805

Engraved plate of numbered bivalve mollusc shells, one large central shell surrounded by smaller specimens in various views.

Illustrations of the recent conchology of Great Britain and Ireland - Plate XLI

Unknown artist, 1844

Coloured botanical plate of Platanthera chlorantha orchid with leaves, flowering spike, roots and dissected flower parts.

Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden gebieten vorkommenden grundformen der - Plate 38

Unknown artist, 1904

Hand-coloured plate of a fanciful crested bird with spread wings perched on a branch with orange flowers.

The language of birds - Plate 11

Unknown artist, 1837

Hand-coloured engraved plate of numbered leaf beetles in side and top views with Latin captions, Tab. XXVIII.

Illustratio iconographica insectorum quæ in Musæis Parisinis - Plate XXVIII

Unknown artist, 1799

Plate of engraved figures showing numbered views of shelled molluscan larvae with ciliated margins and spines.

Figures of molluscous animals - Plate 58

Unknown artist, 1859

Three lithograph views of a whale skull labeled 1, 2 and 3, showing rear, side and top angles on a cream page.

Plates prepared for an unpublished monograph on the mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia - Plate VIII

Unknown artist, 1881

Hand-coloured botanical plate of yellow daisy-like Senecio littoralis with leaves and numbered flower dissections.

Illustrations of the flowering plants and ferns of the Falkland Islands - Plate 29

Unknown artist, 1921

Hand-coloured plate VIII showing many insects at different life stages, including larvae, pupae, flies, beetles and bees.

Manuscript notes from my journal - Plate VIII

Unknown artist, 1874

Botanical painting of two white lotus flowers, one open and one in bud, with large green leaves and seed pod on pale backgrou

East Indian Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)

Unknown artist, late 19th century

Lithograph plate of black-striped and common wallabies among grass and rocks in an Australian landscape, 1871.

The mammals of Australia - Plate XI

Unknown artist, 1871

Hand-coloured engraving of several agaric mushrooms with labelled caps, gills, stems and cross sections on a page.

Histoire des champignons de la France, ou, Traité élémentaire, renfermant dans un ordre - Plate 534

Unknown artist, 1791

Engraved plate of a swan named Cygnus Bewickii standing on rocks and grass at the water's edge.

Sir William Jardine's illustrations of the duck tribe - Plate 8

Unknown artist, 1840

Engraved illustration of Narathura achelous butterfly, wings open, one side dark and the other spotted grey, on beige page.

Rhopalocera Malayana :a description of the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula : with 46 co - Plate (page 653)

Unknown artist, 1882

Hand-colored plate of insects and a pitcher plant with flower details beside a stream, numbered Pl. 406.

Insects and Flowers

Unknown artist, published 1837

Coloured plate of five numbered murex sea shells in brown, yellow and cream tones from an 1811 conchology book.

Conchology, or, The natural history of shells - Plate 1

Unknown artist, 1811

Engraved botanical plate of a thorny Randia dumetorum branch with leaves, flower dissection, fruit and seed details.

Icones plantarum Indiae Orientalis - Plate 580

Unknown artist, 1840

Coloured plate of numbered orange fritillary butterflies with spotted and checkered wing patterns, labelled Plate XVII.

The butterflies of the West Coast of the United States - Plate XVII

Unknown artist, 1906

Engraved plate XLVII showing many numbered mollusc shells and small anatomical diagrams, from an 1844 British conchology book

Illustrations of the recent conchology of Great Britain and Ireland - Plate XLVII

Unknown artist, 1844

Sideways black and white plate of American elk with large antlers beside a fence, a second elk at lower left, shrubs and a bu

The mammals of Minnesota - Plate VI

Unknown artist, 1892

Page of twelve numbered pen-and-ink botanical drawings of flowering plants under the heading Tetradynamia, from 1840.

The pictorial flora - Plate (page 169)

Unknown artist, 1840

Hand-colored engraving of a young male orange silky bird, red head, black throat, yellow belly, perched on a branch.

Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des épimaques - Plate 25

Unknown artist, 1835

Hand-coloured plate showing numbered insects and matching fishing flies tied to hooks on a cream background.

The fly-fisher's entomology - Plate XII

Unknown artist, 1901

Engraved plate of ten numbered sea slugs and flatworms, one large specimen with branched appendages at top, on cream paper.

Figures of molluscous animals - Plate 69

Unknown artist, 1859

Hand-coloured plate of a brown female ibex with curved grey horns on a rock, with a head study above it.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 240)

Unknown artist, 1824

Coloured botanical plate of Neottia nidus-avis with a flower spike, enlarged blossoms, dissected flower parts and tangled roo

Abbildungen der in Deutschland und den angrenzenden gebieten vorkommenden grundformen der - Plate 43

Unknown artist, 1904

Hand-colored engraving of a brown wading bird with a long bill standing on a sandy shore beside grass.

Naturgeschichte der Vögel deutschlands in getreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen - Plate 94

Unknown artist, 1805

Hand-colored plate of four longhorn beetles with detail sketches, shown among green leaves and blue flowers.

Arcana entomologica; or illustrations of new, rare and interesting insects - Plate 78

Unknown artist, 1841

Hand-coloured plate of numbered British snail shells in red, brown, yellow and grey, drawn in spiral detail on cream paper.

The natural history of British shells - Plate XXXIX

Unknown artist, 1799

Two black-and-white photographs of Przewalski's horse standing on gravel, one showing faint stripes on the foreleg.

British mammals - Plate (page 363)

Unknown artist, 1903

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a shrub with yellow daisy-like flowers and detailed floral dissection drawings below.

Illustrations of the flowering plants and ferns of the Falkland Islands - Plate 33

Unknown artist, 1921

Plate showing a bird skeleton in side view with long neck, wing bones, ribcage and clawed feet, labeled Menura superba.

Abbildungen von Vogel-Skeletten - Plate LXXXVI

Unknown artist, 1879