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Unknown Artists

6,941 works

Coloured botanical plate of an orchid spike with red and white flowers, pale buds and broad green leaves on dark background.

Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants - Plate XV

Unknown artist, 1909

White heightened drawing of a nude man with curly hair seated beside a staff, on blue paper.

A Young Man Sitting on a Stool Reading a Book (recto); The Fall of Man (a fragment of the lower part) (verso)

Unknown artist, c. 1450

Hand-coloured plate of a turtle dove with pink legs perched on a mossy branch, labelled The Turtle Dove.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 51)

Unknown artist, 1775

Hand-colored plate of six beetles in green, pink, orange, blue and black, numbered and labeled with their regions of origin.

The natural history of beetles - Plate 29

Unknown artist, 1852

Lithograph of a maned male lion with front paws on a tree trunk, plate 84 from a 1824 natural history book.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 84

Unknown artist, 1824

Hand-colored plate of several flies with spread wings and a detached antenna, from an 1828 British entomology book.

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate 48

Unknown artist, 1828

Black and white lithograph plate of whale skeleton bones including skull, vertebrae, ribs, and flipper bones, numbered for re

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate LXII

Unknown artist, 1880

Botanical plate of Hypnum albulum moss showing central stem, numbered capsule and leaf details, and magnified cell structures

Icones muscorum - Plate 112

Unknown artist, 1864

Trompe l'oeil drawing of a poker hand, poker chips, and a five dollar bill on a dark background.

Trompe l'Oeil: A Full House with Chips and a $5 Bill

Unknown artist, c. 1895

Hand-coloured plate of numbered Noctuidae moths in yellow, brown and tan, arranged in three columns.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 80

Unknown artist, 1909

Grey lithograph plate of a long-beaked dolphin with a separate head study, on cream paper.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 244)

Unknown artist, 1824

Chromolithograph plate of Phaius hybridus orchids with white petals, red frilled lips and green leaves, 1892.

Reichenbachia - Plate 90

Unknown artist, 1892

Hand-colored 1774 engraving of a saiga antelope standing on grass, with a frontal view of its head above.

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

Unknown artist, 1774

Engraved botanical plate XXXIV showing flower dissections and seed vessels of Fabiana, Saracha, Myoschilos, Fragosa and Bowle

Florae Peruvianae et Chilensis prodromus, sive, Novorum generum plantarum Peruvianarum et - Plate XXXIV

Unknown artist, 1797

Engraved plate XXIV showing four magnified views of sloth tooth structure with labelled sections and fine curving lines.

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

Unknown artist, 1842

Coloured botanical plate of Alpinia arctiflora showing a cone-shaped flower spike and broad leaves against a dark background.

Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants - Plate XVI

Unknown artist, 1909

Engraved botanical plate of Tripsacum dactyloides with male and female flowers, leaves, and magnified floret details.

New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus - Plate CXVI

Unknown artist, 1807

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a young woman seen from behind, climbing a step with one arm raised, on gray paper.

Young Woman Climbing a Step

Unknown artist, 1890s

Engraved botanical plate 123 showing numbered moss specimens, capsules, leaves and cell details, labeled Hypnum compactum.

Icones muscorum - Plate 123

Unknown artist, 1864

Charcoal sketch of a young woman in a long trailing dress and feathered hat, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Fashionable Young Woman Stepping Forward

Unknown artist, 1890s

Charcoal and chalk study of a woman's hands and a beribboned hat on toned paper.

Young Woman's Hands and Beribboned Hat

Unknown artist, 1890s

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a standing woman in a long skirt, head bowed, hands clasped at her waist, on grey paper.

Standing Woman Leaning on Her Elbow

Unknown artist, 1890s

Brown ink sketch of a youth carried aloft by a large eagle, with small figure studies in the corners of the sheet.

Ganymede

Pen and ink architectural study with a sketched figure, column capital, and scroll ornaments on aged paper.

An Architectural Study with an Atlantid

Engraved bust portrait of a bald man with spectacles and a bow tie, captioned William Lloyd Garrison.

William Lloyd Garrison

Unknown artist, 1870

Woodcut title page with ornate border, central scene of an enthroned woman receiving a book from a kneeling scholar.

De plurimis claris selectisque Mulieribus

Unknown artist, published April 1497, borders dated 1493

Hand-colored woodcut of a kneeling man in red robes before a flaming bush, with sheep, a serpent, and a walled city behind.

Moses and the Burning Bush

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Drawing of the Visitation: two women embrace at center, with a standing man at left and a turbaned woman at right, in chalk o

The Visitation

Unknown artist, c. 1520

Brown wash drawing of God the Father seated on clouds with two angels and quick leg studies below.

God the Father with Angels

Unknown artist, 17th century

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child in clouds above a monk and saints looking upward.

Madonna and Child in the Clouds, Adored by Saints

Unknown artist, c.1610

Engraving of nude winged putti flying among clouds with radiating light rays, a group of angels in glory.

A Group of Angels in Glory

Unknown artist, 1607

Drawing of Adam and Eve led away by an angel past a serpent, set among intricate thorny foliage on red paper.

The Expulsion from Eden

Unknown artist, 1780s?