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Engraved plate of six animals with Dutch labels: hippopotamus, porcupine, sheep, tiger, tortoise and civet cat.

Animals in South Africa

Abraham Zeeman, 1727

Sheet of twenty-four hand-colored bird illustrations arranged alphabetically from A to Z, with Dutch labels beneath each bird

All sorts of birds, arranged in alphabetical order

Franciscus Antonius Beersmans, 1866

Hand-colored print of nine vignettes showing horses from different countries, including carriage teams, riders, a hunt and a

Horses

Hermann van der Moolen, 1843

Engraving of hunters with spears and bows attacking a lion, with elephants, a monkey in a tree, and archers in the background

Hunt for wild animals by the Khoekhoe

Abraham Zeeman, 1727

Etching of a mare grazing beside water with a foal, willow trees behind, and a large decorative letter E at lower left.

Letter E and a landscape with a horse and a foal

Lithograph of a man in a top hat pointing beside a laughing man in shirtsleeves, with a horse and clogs on a street.

Two coachmen talk about their horses

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1840

Black and white woodcut of two long-tailed birds perched on a branch, one above the other, within a rectangular frame.

Two birds on a branch

Janus de Winter, 1892

Woman playing the piano and a horse

Jozef Israëls, 1834

Dog's head

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1828

Etching of a figure and two horses before a misty castle silhouette with towers under a pale dusk sky.

Figure and two horses near a castle in the mist

Albrecht Felix Reicher, 1868

Print of Daniel praying among lions in a rocky cave, with a skull and stone ruins in the background.

Daniel in the Lions' Den

Johannes Christiaan Bendorp, 1809

Lithograph of a small child standing on a grey horse's back in a dark stable, arm outstretched.

Small child standing on the back of a horse

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1828

Etching of an ornate urn with a lion head and two mermaids clinging to its sides, on a plinth.

Vase with two young mermaids and a lion's head

Jacques Francois Joseph Saly, 1746

Etching on one sheet: two cats, one lapping from a plate above, a seated tabby cat drinking from a dish below.

Print with two cats, one drinking from a plate and a print with a drinking cat

Willem de Zwart, 1885

Lithograph of a seated mother holding an infant, a young girl playing with a dog, and a woman writing in a domestic interior.

Mother with three children and a dog

Chrétien, 1822

Grey lithograph of a lion beside a pedestal, with a winged woman offering a wreath beneath a cross in the clouds.

Belgian lion near an altar

Eugène Verboeckhoven, 1829

Engraving of two men conversing in an interior with a fireplace, one holding a quill pen and a document.

Meeting of the Grand Pensionary Cats with Willem II

Philippus Velijn, 1828

Grey wash drawing of a man leaning on a cloth rail beside a spotted horse in front of a wooden stable.

Man with horse in front of the stable

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1790

Pencil sketch of a herder with cattle on a path beside bushes and a leafy tree, by Hermanus Fock, 1781.

Landscape with cattle herder

Hermanus Fock, 1781

Hand-colored print of a seated orange and grey tabby cat on a pedestal, with Dutch verses above and below.

No more useful animal for rat and mouse / Than a nice little cat in your house. / For it searches every nook / to see…

Jan Hendriksen, 1781

Grey wash drawing of a groom leading a horse into a stable doorway beside an ivy-covered brick wall.

Stable hand leading a horse into the stable

Jan Anthonie Langendijk Dzn, 1790

Three swallows in flight beside drooping willow branches on a pale blue-grey background, with a red seal in the corner.

Three birds in full flight

Ohara Koson, 1887

Design sheet with stylized animal border, interlaced monograms in red and gold, and a decorative initial J.

Vignettes with animals and monograms and an initial J

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Etching of a kneeling woman opening a birdcage while a bird flies off into the sky, with a landscape behind.

Woman frees bird from cage

Geertruida Margaretha Jacoba Huidekoper, 1839

Engraved ornamental print with a reclining river god surrounded by sea creatures, foliage arches and grotesque figures.

Flat decoration: frieze with animals and river god

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum, 1557

Brown etching of a shaggy dog's head facing forward, with a dark nose and intent eyes, signed in the lower margin.

Dog's head

Florimond Buyck, 1870

Head with a bird in the hair

Henk Henriët, 1913

Engraved title page with a crowned allegorical woman flanked by two lions, a shield, globes and tools, with Dutch text below.

Amsterdam City Maiden flanked by two lions

Hubert Quellinus, 1663

Lithographed title page in Dutch with ornate display lettering and calligraphic flourishes for animal studies after Old Dutch

Cover for Original Animal Studies on Stone drawn after Potter, Van de Velde, Berghem, and other Old Dutch Masters

Jean Augustin Daiwaille, 1820

Engraving of a seated woman personifying Africa, flanked by two lions, gesturing toward a starry sky with weapons at her feet

Female personification of continent Africa as woman with lion skin sitting among lions

Cornelis van Dalen, 1648