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Unknown Artists

6,941 works

Anonymous 1915 British recruitment poster of a man in cap shaking hands across a map of southeast England.

Come lad slip across and help

Unknown artist, 1915

Hand-coloured plate of two Platax-type fish specimens with yellow fins and detailed scales, from an 1862 ichthyological atlas

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises - Plate CCCLXXXI

Unknown artist, 1862

Coloured plate of a brown subterranean vole crawling among green grass stems and leafy plants beside a burrow entrance.

Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique - Plate 23

Unknown artist, 1910

Hand-coloured botanical plate of orchid stems with flowers, roots, and magnified floral dissections in red, green, and brown.

Ferdinandi Bauer Illustrationes florae Novae Hollandiae, sive, Icones generum quae in Prod - Plate (page 17)

Unknown artist, 1813

Hand-coloured engraving of numbered sea fish and a shark above, and birds including a vulture on rocks below.

Le petit Buffon des enfants - Plate VIII

Unknown artist, 1847

Hand-coloured 1789 plate of five butterflies, including a black and blue species and a yellow striped swallowtail.

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate XIV

Unknown artist, 1789

Hand-colored plate of coiled eels with blotched brown markings and detailed jaw diagrams, from an 1877 Dutch East Indies fish

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises - Plate CLIII

Unknown artist, 1877

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 74

Unknown artist, 1824

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a silver-leaved willow branch with narrow leaves, red and yellow catkins, and detail studies

The North American sylva or, a description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate (page 142)

Unknown artist, 1842

Coloured plate of two fancy pigeons, a yellow barb and a red barb, standing on a ledge against a stone wall.

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 286)

Unknown artist, 1876

Hand-coloured plate of beetles with orange and black wing covers and large antennae, plus small anatomical line drawings.

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis - Plate 16

Unknown artist, 1874

Engraved plate of fifteen numbered British land and freshwater snail shells, with a large banded shell at center.

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

Unknown artist, 1896

Hand-coloured engraving of a rhinoceros leaning against a tree trunk, with plate number 32 and the label RHINOCEROS.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 32

Unknown artist, 1811

Engraved botanical plate of Andromeda cassinefolia showing a flowering branch and numbered floral detail drawings.

Description des plantes nouvelles et peu connues - Plate 60

Unknown artist, 1799

Coloured plate of a blue-winged yellow warbler nest in grass and stems, with a perched bird and three speckled eggs.

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

Unknown artist, 1886

Hand-coloured plate of eight numbered butterflies in blue, brown and grey, labelled Tab. 56, from a 1777 insect catalogue.

Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg wie auch der - Plate 56

Unknown artist, 1777

Hand-coloured plate of numbered land and freshwater snail shells with species names listed below.

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

Unknown artist, 1857

Hand-coloured plate of a brown rodent with a long tail climbing a weathered tree trunk, from an 1824 mammal book.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate XXXIV

Unknown artist, 1824

Engraved plate showing three garden tombs with carved reliefs, columns and statues surrounded by trees, from an 1825 garden t

Traité de la composition et de l'ornement des jardins - Plate 61

Unknown artist, 1825

Pencil drawing of a cup-shaped bird nest wedged between two thorny branches, with fibres trailing below.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 130)

Unknown artist, 1877

Engraved plate of five numbered stag beetle specimens, the largest at top center with branched mandibles and spiny legs.

A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera - Plate V

Unknown artist, 1864

Hand-coloured plate of two Mitra glabra shells, one showing its open aperture, with caption below.

Exotic conchology - Plate 19

Unknown artist, 1841

Coloured plate of a jerboa, Dipus decumanus, standing upright among grasses and shrubs, with a long tail.

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

Unknown artist, 1827

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a Grevillea banksii branch with red flower heads and dissected flower and seed details.

Ferdinandi Bauer Illustrationes florae Novae Hollandiae, sive, Icones generum quae in Prod - Plate (page 18)

Unknown artist, 1813

Hand-coloured 1836 bird plate showing a long-tailed bird of paradise and two hummingbirds perched on branches.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel - Plate 79

Unknown artist, 1836

Black and white plate of seven numbered butterfly specimens with open wings, captioned Tafel IX, from a 1914 lepidoptera publ

Lepidoptera Niepeltiana - Plate IX

Unknown artist, 1914

Plate of labelled slug illustrations including Limax flavus, L. maximus, and Testacella haliotidea, with shell details.

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

Unknown artist, 1880

Coloured plate of a striped wild cat crouched on a branch among autumn leaves, captioned Chat sauvage, Felis catus.

Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique - Plate 27

Unknown artist, 1910

Hand-coloured botanical plate of American mangle showing green leaves, pale yellow flowers and buds, and a long brown pod.

The North American sylva or, a description of the forest trees of the United States, Canad - Plate (page 174)

Unknown artist, 1842

Hand-coloured engraving of a rooster, turkey, bat, seagull, chamois, lynx and snake in natural settings.

Le petit Buffon des enfants - Plate VII

Unknown artist, 1847

Hand-coloured 1789 plate of twelve numbered butterflies with brown, orange and striped wings, labelled Lepidoptera, Tab. XVII

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate XVII

Unknown artist, 1789

Colored ichthyological plate showing five fish specimens with detailed fins and scales, labeled with figure numbers.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises - Plate CCCLXXXVI

Unknown artist, 1862