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Unknown Artists

6,941 works

Coloured plate of Archidendron vaillantii showing clusters of red fruits with black seeds, green leaves and a branch.

Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants - Plate VII

Unknown artist, 1909

Charcoal drawing of a river landscape with a tall tree, a wooden bridge, village houses, a church spire and small figures.

A Landscape with a River

Engraving of a bobolink perched above several towhees in shrubby landscape, with birds flying in the sky, 1868.

Among the birds - Plate (page 227)

Unknown artist, 1868

Hand-coloured plate of numbered insects including moths, a wasp-like moth, larvae and wings, labelled Tab III.

An exposition of English insects - Plate III

Unknown artist, 1776

Colored plate of limpet and keyhole limpet sea shells labeled 106 to 109 with species captions on a cream page.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate 28

Unknown artist, 1897

Hand-colored engraving of a striped squirrel eating a yellow squash on a mossy rock, from an 1774 natural history plate.

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen - Plate CCXIX

Unknown artist, 1774

Engraving of a singing bird on a branch and a bird at a nest among roses and blossoms, with hills and a lake behind.

Birds of the wave and woodland - Plate (page 242)

Unknown artist, 1894

Engraved plate of numbered scarab beetles with spiny legs and striped wing covers, labeled Tab VI, from an 1785 insect book.

Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn - Plate VI

Unknown artist, 1785

Hand-coloured plate of numbered land snail shells and slugs in brown, blue and orange tones, from an 1858 British shell manua

A descriptive manual of British land and fresh water shells, containing descriptions and f - Plate IV

Unknown artist, 1858

Engraved plate of upper and back views of a pelvis, rendered in hatched shading with lettered reference marks.

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs - Plate X

Unknown artist, 1842

Engraved botanical plate of orchid flowers and dissected parts labeled Neottia and Malaxis, with letters a to h.

Flora Indiae Occidentalis - Plate (page 171)

Unknown artist, 1797

Hand-coloured plate of two hawfinches on a branch with yew sprigs and red berries, with a speckled egg below.

Illustrations of British birds - Plate 29

Unknown artist, 1837

Hand-coloured plate of two green and brown beetles, one in side view and one from above, labelled Plate 14.

The natural history of beetles - Plate 14

Unknown artist, 1852

Engraved plate of land snail reproductive organs in four labeled figures, from Lister's 1694 Exercitatio anatomica.

Martini Lister Exercitatio anatomica - Plate 5

Unknown artist, 1694

Lithograph plate with four head-and-shoulder portraits of Japanese and Chinese men in grey tones, labelled Japaner and Chines

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 5

Unknown artist, 1824

Engraved botanical plate of Pogonatum capillare moss showing stems, leaves, capsules and microscopic details, numbered 49.

Icones muscorum - Plate 49

Unknown artist, 1864

Hand-coloured engraving of a male and female Richardson's grouse on grassy ground, with a branch and butterfly above.

Illustrations of the game birds of North America - Plate (page 23)

Unknown artist, 1835

Hand-coloured engraved plate XLIII showing four labelled insects, including wasps and hairy bees, with translucent wings.

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate XLIII

Unknown artist, 1828

Hand-coloured engraved plate showing twelve numbered sea shells in three rows, with spiral and spiny forms.

Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology - Plate VII

Unknown artist, 1778

Engraved plate of Platanista gangetica skulls, jaws, and isolated bones in multiple views, numbered Plate XXXI.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate XXXI

Unknown artist, 1880

Colored botanical plate of a white and purple Cattleya orchid with green leaves and pseudobulbs on moss.

Reichenbachia - Plate 67

Unknown artist, 1892

Red chalk drawing of a smiling boy with closed eyes and flowing hair, sketched on cream paper.

A Smiling Boy with Flowing Hair

Unknown artist, c. 1700

Plate 58 of numbered moth illustrations titled Noctuidae, showing eighteen moths in browns, golds and one green specimen.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 58

Unknown artist, 1909

Lithograph plate of numbered freshwater snail shells from Lake Tanganyika, shown in shaded and outlined views on cream paper.

Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika - Plate XVII

Unknown artist, 1888

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 134)

Unknown artist, 1824

Coloured plate showing twelve numbered speckled eggs of the Dunlin, Tringa alpina, in four rows.

Eggs of British birds - Plate 21

Unknown artist, 1895

Hand-coloured plate Tab. V showing eight numbered moth species with Latin captions, dated 1776.

An exposition of English insects - Plate V

Unknown artist, 1776

Plate 34 showing colored scallop shells Chlamys varia and Chlamys distorta, plus a drawing of an open shell interior.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate 34

Unknown artist, 1897

Hand-coloured engraving of a jerboa-like rodent with a long tail on grass beside a leafy plant sprig.

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen - Plate CCXXXI

Unknown artist, 1774

Hand-colored plate of a brown ring-tail bird of prey with banded tail perched on a branch, dated 1775.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 25)

Unknown artist, 1775

Engraved plate of several scarab beetles in dorsal and side views, numbered figures labeled Scarabaeus testaceus, 1785.

Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn - Plate VII

Unknown artist, 1785

Hand-coloured plate of slugs and land snail shells, numbered 1 to 16, with a large banded brown snail shell at the bottom.

A descriptive manual of British land and fresh water shells, containing descriptions and f - Plate V

Unknown artist, 1858