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Engraving of Mary Magdalen resting beneath a large tree in a wooded landscape with distant hills.

Saint Mary Magdalen in a landscape. Engraving by J. Coelemans after J.B ("François") Forest

Jean Baptiste Forest

Colour print of five cattle resting and standing on grass beside a path, with a cloudy sky and distant flat landscape.

Cattle resting in open landscape. Colour reproduction of a painting by T. S. Cooper, 1872

Thomas Sidney Cooper

Etching of a hilly landscape with trees, a traveler and a wounded man beside a horse, with a village in the distance.

A landscape with the parable of the Good Samaritan. Etching with engraving after H. Bol

Coloured print of two striped wild cats, one leaping down a grassy slope and one crouched beneath a rocky ledge.

Two wild cats in a mountainous landscape. Coloured lithograph by B. Hummel after J. Stewart

Etched tropical landscape with tall cacti labelled Jamacaru, a trailing sweet potato plant, hills and a distant building.

Five large cacti and a sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas) in a tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671

Arnoldus Montanus

Etching of a thin wolf on rocks by a pine tree, with two labelled diagrams of its paw prints below.

Above, an emaciated wolf in a rocky landscape, below, its tracks. Etching by J.E. Ridinger

Johann Elias Ridinger

Etching of an Italian landscape with ruins and trees, where figures carry a person on a stretcher along a path.

An Italian landscape in which a sick person is being carried to a hospital. Etching by H. van Swanevelt

Herman van Swanevelt

Engraved portrait of Schiller seated before a tree-framed landscape, surrounded by an ornate border with small scenes.

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, seated in a bosky landscape. Engraving by A. H. Payne after S. Carse

Etching of a large vulture with spread wings landing on a dead chamois among rocky mountain cliffs, with German caption below

A mountain landscape with a vulture hovering over its prey, a chamois buck. Etching by J.E. Ridinger

Johann Elias Ridinger

Coloured lithograph of a sunset over a valley with a village, a rocky path with camels and travelers, and a stone well.

Sun setting over landscape with Cana in the distance, Israel. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts,…

Etching of papaya trees, dodo-like birds, lizards and water birds in a tropical landscape labeled America.

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c…

Arnoldus Montanus

Etching of a roaring lion in rocky mountains, with two labelled paw print diagrams below.

Above, a lion standing roaring in a mountainous landscape, below, the lion's track. Etching by J. E. Ridinger

Johann Elias Ridinger

Etching of Roman ruins with a seated statue, cypress trees, two women and a man beside a grazing cow.

Roman ruins in a landscape being admired by two young women and a man holding a book. Etching by F. Bartolozzi

Francesco Bartolozzi

Etching of two ponies carrying dead stags, a man in a plaid jacket, dogs resting, and a hilly landscape with pines.

Two ponies, each with a dead stag on its back, in a hilly landscape. Etching after E.H. Landseer, 1820/1848

Etching of men drinking and playing mandolin in a Roman inn, with a landscape visible through an arch.

Drinkers and mandolin players in a Roman inn, with landscape seen through an open archway. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1820

Bartolomeo Pinelli

Chromolithograph of a tall palm in a tropical hillside landscape, with a seated artist sketching it and an attendant holding

A large kokerite palm (Maximiliana maripa) and the artist drawing it, in a tropical landscape. Chromolithograph by L.…

Ambroise Verschaffelt

Etching of a buffalo with a chain at its muzzle, with a stone bridge, church and ruins in the background.

A buffalo standing in a landscape with picturesque ruins in the background. Etching by M. E. Ridinger after J. E. Rid…

Johann Elias Ridinger

Etching of a sleeping man on rocks beneath a ladder of angels, with windblown trees and a rugged landscape.

Jacob finds rest in a rugged landscape and dreams of a ladder of angels. Etching by J. Goupy after S. Rosa

Etching of a flowering Petunia plant and sassafras tree in an American landscape with snakes, lizards and figures near tents.

A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal…

Arnoldus Montanus

Hand-coloured etching of five dogs and wolves in a mountain landscape, labelled 1 to 5 at the base.

Five different specimen of dogs, domesticated and wild, are shown in a mountainous landscape. Coloured etching by J.…

Etching of a meadow mouse sitting on a grassy mound with grass stalks and distant trees behind it.

A meadow-mouse is sitting on a patch of grass on a small hill overlooking the landscape. Etching by W. S. Howitt

Etching of a lynx standing before a rocky mountain landscape with a waterfall, with lynx footprint diagrams below.

Above, a lynx standing in front of a large rock in a mountainous landscape, below, its track. Etching by J. E. Ridinger

Johann Elias Ridinger

Engraving of two hunting dogs attacking a stag among rocks in a mountain landscape, with a rifle in the foreground.

Two hunting dogs attack a stag, in a mountainous landscape. Etching by W.H. Simmons after a painting by R. Ansdell, 1…

Richard Ansdell

Line engraving of coconut, cocoa, areca and cinnamon trees with cocoa nuts in the foreground and mountains behind.

Coconuts and trees (Cocos nucifera), a cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum) and pinang tree (Areca catechu), in a tropica…

Engraving of a man with sword and plumed hat and a woman in a lace ruff beside a landscape with a castle.

King James I of England and VI of Scotland, and his consort Anne of Denmark, in a landscape. Engraving by J. Wierix,…

Johannes Wierix

Etching of a vulture perched on rock beside a reclining stag with antlers, a bird flying overhead, in a rocky landscape.

A raven (?) perched on a rock beside a dead or dying stag, in a mountainous landscape. Etching after E.H. Landseer, 1825

Etching of a nude man with a scythe walking through a rocky landscape, an allegory of summer after Cigoli.

A naked man walks through a rocky landscape with a scythe; representing summer. Etching by J. Coelemans, 1703, after…

Engraving of three girls reading a book together on a grassy hillside with rocky cliffs and clouds behind them.

Edith Mary Liddell; Ina Liddell; and Alice Liddell, sitting in a grassy landscape at Llandudno with a book. Engraving…

William Blake Richmond

Etching of a grey horse led by a bearded man in a turban and robes beside a tree in a landscape.

A white horse led by a man in Arab costume, in a landscape. Etching by M. Haas after A. Wolff, ca. 1850 (?)

Engraved toy theatre scenery of palm trees, a lake, a hut on a path, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

Scenery to be used in a toy theatre: a landscape with a lake, palm trees and a hut with a pathway leading to it. Lith…