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Unknown Artists

6,941 works

Hand-colored 1765 plate of three songbirds perched on green branches, one brown and two grey, with French captions.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 705

Unknown artist, 1765

Hand-coloured plate of six tiger beetles in green, blue, black and red, with a large black beetle at centre.

Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes coléoptères d'Europe - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1822

Four-panel 1918 WWI propaganda poster with photos of soldiers, artillery, a railway gun, and gas-masked troops.

Fighting in France for freedom! Are you helping at home?

Unknown artist, 1918

Hand-coloured plate of a black-maned lion with a dark wavy mane standing on a rocky ledge.

General and particular descriptions of the vertebrated animals - Plate 3

Unknown artist, 1821

Engraved botanical plate of a leafy branch with oval leaflets and hanging seed pods, from Thesaurus zeylanicus, 1737.

Thesaurus zeylanicus - Plate 14

Unknown artist, 1737

Engraved plate of two owls, one perched on a branch and one standing on mossy ground, with German captions.

Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen und mit ausführlicher Beschreibung derselben - Plate 25

Unknown artist, 1835

Colour plate of numbered butterfly caterpillars of varied shapes and colours, many shown on leaves and stems.

The butterfly book - Plate III

Unknown artist, 1922

Black and white plate of nine numbered marine mollusk shells, bivalves and spiral gastropods, from a 1921 natural history bul

Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America - Plate 1

Unknown artist, 1921

Suggestions to the keepers of the U.S. life-saving stations, light-houses, and light-ships - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1884

Hand-coloured botanical plate of a white nodding flower with bulb, roots, leaves and seed capsule, from 1773.

Florae Austriacae, sive, Plantarum selectarum in Austriae archiducatu - Plate 312

Unknown artist, 1773

Hand-coloured plate of a male bird with russet head, black wing, white body and purple wattles perched on a branch.

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux - Plate 51

Unknown artist, 1838

Hand-colored 1825 plate of nine insects, including grasshoppers, a katydid and yellow-and-black moths, numbered Tab. II.

Horae entomologicae, adjectis tabulis novem coloratis - Plate II

Unknown artist, 1825

Brown trout with open mouth chasing minnows underwater, grey-toned illustration with bubbles and aquatic plants.

Fisherman's lures and game-fish food - Plate 2

Unknown artist, 1920

Hand-colored 1874 map of world ocean currents with blue and yellow zones marking whale and cachalot circulation areas.

Etudes zoologiques et paléontologiques sur la famille des cétacés - Plate II

Unknown artist, 1874

Monochrome Japanese woodblock print of a standing woman in a patterned kimono and a crouching fierce-faced man with a sword.

Toragaishi

Unknown artist, 1716

Engraved botanical plate of two Vernonia species showing flowering stems and magnified floral dissections, numbered 13.

Flora Brasiliensis, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia hactenus detectarum - Plate 13

Unknown artist, 1840

Colored plate of a rook with dark plumage and pale bill base standing on sandy ground, from an 1898 French bird atlas.

Atlas de poche des oiseaux de France, Suisse, et Belgique, utiles ou nuisibles - Plate 12

Unknown artist, 1898

Hand-coloured plate of numbered North American owlet moth specimens with wings spread, labelled with species names below.

An illustrated essay on the Noctuidae of North America - Plate II

Unknown artist, 1882

Engraved plate of numbered crustacean anatomy drawings, showing a whole copepod and details of antennae and swimming legs.

On some new and rare Crustacea from Scotland - Plate XVII

Unknown artist, 1895

Coloured plate of a hangul deer with large branching antlers standing on grass, labelled Plate IV from The Deer of All Lands.

The deer of all lands - Plate IV

Unknown artist, 1898

Coloured botanical plate of a buttercup plant with yellow flowers, buds and lobed green leaves, labelled Renoncule acre.

Atlas de poche des plantes des champs, des prairies et des bois - Plate 18

Unknown artist, 1895

Hand-coloured plate of two red and brown birds beside a branch with green leaves and pods, 1837.

Icones avium, or, Figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from va - Plate (page 18)

Unknown artist, 1837

Engraved plate XXI with numbered entomological figures of larvae, a cocoon, and detailed insect anatomy with lettered labels.

An introduction to entomology - Plate XXI

Unknown artist, 1828

Two-panel WWI bond poster: left shows US Treasury building under a gold eagle, right shows a flag in a blue circle with 4th L

Wear your Fourth Liberty Loan honor button--4th Liberty Loan bonds

Unknown artist, 1918

Poster of galloping horses pulling a cannon with soldiers in campaign hats, under bold text reading Uphold the Tradition of I

Uphold the tradition of Indiana

Unknown artist, 1917

Sketched plate of numbered mollusk shell specimens, including scallops and clams shown from multiple views.

Philip Pearsall Carpenter's illustrations of mollusk specimens, accompanied by species ind - Plate 10

Unknown artist, 1857

Vintage Navy recruitment poster with a sailor in uniform, bold headline, verse, and recruiting station addresses.

A man in time is worth nine

Unknown artist, 1917

Engraved plate of numbered crinoid fossil specimens and echinoderm ossicles from Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, 1

Illustrations of the geology of Yorkshire, or, A description of the strata and organic rem - Plate III

Unknown artist, 1835

Hand-coloured plate of a green parrot with red beak and blue gold-edged wings perched on a branch.

Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle - Plate 713

Unknown artist, 1765

Plate of a red beetle with banded legs, a small green beetle, and numbered anatomical detail drawings of insect parts.

American entomology - Plate 7

Unknown artist, 1859

Poster showing a woman in white with a red and blue cap before an American flag, urging viewers to join the Army, Navy or Mar

Uphold our honor - fight for us Join Army-Navy-Marines

Unknown artist, 1917

Engraved anatomy plate of molluscs showing nervous system, digestive organs and labeled figures 1 to 11.

Atlas d'anatomie comparée des invertébrés - Plate 8

Unknown artist, 1890