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Watercolour of a tall toddy palm trunk on a rocky slope with hills and trees under a yellow dusk sky.

Old trunk of a toddy palm tree (Caryota urens). Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit

Hermann von Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski

Watercolour of a young juniper tree on a rocky ridge above a river valley and misty mountains under cloudy sky.

Young juniper tree (Juniperus nigra) on a ridge top in Nepal. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855

Hermann von Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski

Ink drawing of an écorché male figure with exposed muscles leaning on a pedestal before classical ruins and a stone bridge.

An anatomical figure (écorché) in a classical landscape. Drawing by A. Joron

Anatomical engraving of a standing man with exposed muscles, set in a landscape of towns and a bridge.

Muscleman, in a landscape, seen from the front. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543

Andreas Vesalius

Etching of two spotted deer with collars in a formal garden with stone steps, statues and trees under a cloudy sky.

Two spotted Asian bucks in a landscape garden. Etching by M. E. Ridinger

Martin Elias Ridinger

Etching of a brown bear in a rocky landscape, with detailed views of its paw prints shown below.

Above, a bear in a rocky landscape, below, its footprints. Etching by J.E. Ridinger

Johann Elias Ridinger

Anatomical plate of a muscle figure seen from behind, standing in a landscape with a bridge and town.

Muscle man, in a landscape, seen from the back. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543

Andreas Vesalius

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

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

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

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 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

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 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…

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

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 wolf and lamb with a horned goat in a wooded landscape with a river.

A wolf and a lamb are standing in a wooded landscape with a goat behind them. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop

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

Etching of an allegorical woman on clouds with angels above a landscape with rainbow, shepherd, lambs and lovers.

An allegorical woman on clouds, surrounded by gamboling angels above a landscape with rainbow, lovers and a shepherd…

Christian Friedrich Fritzsch

Woodcut of a seated scholar with an open book directing a dissection of a body in the foreground, with Latin blackletter titl

A man seated in a chair in a landscape, holding an open book, directing a dissection which is taking place in the for…

Mondino de Liuzzi

Etching of a chamois leaping before a rock in a mountain landscape, with diagrams of its hoofprints in soft and hard ground b

Above, a chamois leaping in front of a rock in a mountainous landscape, below, its tracks in soft and hard soil. Etch…

Johann Elias Ridinger

Coloured aquatint of a tall brick pagoda on a grassy mound, with trees, a river and two small figures beneath a cloudy sky.

Landscape with pagoda, India. Coloured aquatint by Edward Orme and Joseph Constantine Stadler after Thomas Daniell, 1804

Etching of a large elm tree in parkland, with two small figures at its base and trees receding to the left.

Elm tree (Ulmus species) in parkland with people at its base. Etching, c. 1817, after J. Martin

Coloured lithograph of a towering giant sequoia above forest, with a small figure at its base for scale.

Wellingtonia or mammoth tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindley) Bucholz) towering above surrounding forest and perso…

William P. Blake

Coloured lithograph of a rock ravine at Petra with carved tombs in the cliffs and robed figures seated on a path.

Ravine at the eastern entrance to Petra. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849

Hand-coloured print of a tall talipot palm beside a river in Ceylon, with a thatched hut, sailing boats and hills.

The talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera) growing by a lakeside in Ceylon. Coloured etching after W. Daniell, c.1827

William Daniell

Hand-coloured etching of a fan palm clump in tropical forest, with a seated native woman at the lower right.

Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground et…

Grey lithograph of a rocky ravine with carved rock tombs and robed men resting on a path in the foreground.

Men sitting to smoke by a ravine at Petra, Jordan. Lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839

Soft-ground etching of a gnarled oak tree with broken branches in Rycot Park, with a seated figure and distant hills.

The gnarled trunk of an old oak tree (Quercus robur L.) in Rycot Park, Oxfordshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamot…

William Alfred Delamotte

Soft-ground etching of a large sycamore tree over a graveyard with headstones, a stone archway and a cottage.

Sycamore tree (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) in a graveyard near Reading, Berkshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, c…