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Unknown Artists

6,941 works

Two pink katydids with long antennae rest on a stalk of yellow flowers and green leaves in a colored plate.

The Orthoptera of Indiana - Plate (page 4)

Unknown artist, 1903

Hand-coloured plate of a large freshwater mussel shell with smaller numbered shells around it, labelled with species names.

Manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1857

Hand-colored plate of an adult and young Dama antelope on grass, with a trough, rocks and distant pyramids.

Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen - Plate III

Unknown artist, 1827

Engraved plan of a town garden with curved paths, tree groves, a round basin, and symmetrical parterre beds.

Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins - Plate 12

Unknown artist, 1825

Hand-coloured 1836 plate showing four perched birds: a crested waxwing, a yellow oriole, a brown African bird and a black and

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel - Plate 19

Unknown artist, 1836

Title page of an 1795 beetle enumeration listing Scarabaeus species in two columns, with a purple library stamp.

Enumeratio insectorum elytratorum circa Erlangam indigenarum secundum systema fabricianum, - Plate (page 13)

Unknown artist, 1795

Coloured plate of a volute sea shell with orange and brown striped markings on a cream page.

Exotic conchology - Plate 3

Unknown artist, 1841

Pen and ink drawing of an architectural frame with male caryatids, reclining putti on a pediment, and garland swags.

Design for an Architectural Framework

Unknown artist, 16th century

Coloured plate of a Crocidura shrew and two others among grass, with red earthworms and a golden field behind.

Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique - Plate 7

Unknown artist, 1910

Brown ink and wash drawing of two bearded saints with halos seated facing each other, one gesturing with an open hand.

Two Seated Saints

Unknown artist, 17th century

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Aneilema crispata with white flowers, green leaves, and dissected floral and seed details.

Ferdinandi Bauer Illustrationes florae Novae Hollandiae, sive, Icones generum quae in Prod - Plate (page 10)

Unknown artist, 1813

Red chalk sketch of a seated woman in a high-backed chair, wearing a period dress and head covering, on grey paper.

Seated Woman

Unknown artist, possibly c. 1740

Hand-coloured 1847 plate of animals numbered 1 to 14, including a lion, tiger, pigeons, stag and dog in landscapes.

Le petit Buffon des enfants - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1847

Pen and ink drawing of a triumphal procession with a chariot carrying a seated woman, cupid, armored riders and decorated hor

The Triumph of Venus

Unknown artist, 16th century

Two coloured illustrations of stag beetles with black heads and legs and red-orange wing covers, numbered 1 and 2 on a cream

A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1864

Sepia plate of two freshwater mussel shells, Unio Margaritifer and Anodonta anatina, one showing its pale interior.

The land and freshwater shells of the British Isles - Plate II

Unknown artist, 1880

Brown wash drawing of an allegory: an armored warrior fights a lion beneath arches, with winged figures above and a gentleman

Allegory in Honor of a Gentleman

Unknown artist, 3rd quarter of the 17th century

Two lithograph drawings of capuchin monkeys with long curled tails, one reaching forward and one sitting, from an 1824 natura

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 34

Unknown artist, 1824

Hand-coloured botanical plate of Lea's Oak branch with lobed green leaves, acorns and enlarged acorn details labelled a and b

The North American sylva or, a description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate (page 41)

Unknown artist, 1842

Chromolithograph of a red-pied pouter cock pigeon with a swollen breast perched on a ledge beside ivy and a brick wall.

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 138)

Unknown artist, 1876

Coloured plate of five butterflies and moths in green, yellow, pink and red, numbered 1 to 5 under the heading Tafel III.

Lepidoptera Niepeltiana - Plate III

Unknown artist, 1914

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises - Plate CCCLXV

Unknown artist, 1862

Hand-coloured engraving of a mustache monkey on a branch and a long nosed monkey seated on mossy ground.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 9

Unknown artist, 1811

Engraved botanical plate of Scandix pinnatifida with a flowering stem, spiky seed heads and magnified flower details.

Description des plantes nouvelles et peu connues - Plate 14

Unknown artist, 1799

Coloured plate of a loggerhead shrike nest among thorny branches with green leaves and three eggs at right.

Illustrations of the nests and eggs of birds of Ohio - Plate IX

Unknown artist, 1886

Hand-colored 1789 engraving plate of numbered longhorn beetles with long antennae, labeled Coleoptera, Tab. V.

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate V

Unknown artist, 1789

Colour plate of a green carp-like fish with orange fins, with a grey top-view drawing of the fish below.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises - Plate CXIX

Unknown artist, 1877

Hand-coloured plate of a tufted marmoset with a striped tail gripping a branch, French caption below.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate X

Unknown artist, 1824

Engraved plate of greenhouse and hotbed sections, frame details and floor plans with scale bars, numbered Plate 20.

Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins - Plate 20

Unknown artist, 1825

Pencil-style plate of a tall tree with a large nest and two birds perched in its crown above a flat landscape.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 79)

Unknown artist, 1877

Hand-coloured plate of scarab beetles in red, yellow, orange and black with line drawings of body parts and numbered labels.

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis - Plate 6

Unknown artist, 1874

Engraved plate of labelled mollusc diagrams: bivalve shell hinge, gastropod shell parts, and a snail with mantle and tentacle

The collector's manual of British land and freshwater shells - Plate XI

Unknown artist, 1896