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Etching of many dead fish, eels, a lobster and shellfish heaped on a ledge and in baskets, with numbered labels below.

Fish, eels, shellfish and crustaceans (22 different varieties), lying dead on a table and in baskets. Etching, by G.…

Pieter Andreas Rijsbrack

Brown frieze of four dancing half-human, half-animal figures with tails under a decorative border.

A frieze depicting dancing half-human, half-animal figures. Process print, 1921

A dog in a landscape, facing right. Etching after E.H. Landseer, 1825

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

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

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 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

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.…

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

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

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 (?)

Etching of a seated man in a cap beside a sleeping dog among rocks and trees on a mountainside.

A man in traditional Scottish costume sits by a rock with his sleeping dog beside him, in a mountainous landscape. Et…

Aquatint of a man on a black horse raising his top hat, with two dogs running beside him in a rural landscape.

A man on horseback raises his top hat in greeting, in a rural landscape; two dogs run alongside. Aquatint (?) by T. L…

Black and white etching of a rearing horse confronted by a turbaned man beside palm trees in an exotic landscape.

An unbridled horse rears as a dark-skinned man in exotic costume tries to subdue it, in an exotic landscape. Etching…

Coloured lithograph of a sick horse in a checked blanket led by two men across a grassy slope with a dog.

A sick horse, representing the baneful effects of protection of trade. Coloured lithograph by J. West Giles after Sir…

Etching of a cow standing on a grassy bank by a lake, with a sailboat and distant trees in the background.

A cow bellowing in a field by a lake. Etching by J. Janson, the elder

Johannes Janson

Etching of two cows resting by a pool beneath a tree where a boy plays a pipe, with a hilly landscape behind.

Two cows resting by a woodland pool as a boy pipes in the tree above. Etching by C.-W. Kolbe, the elder

Carl Wilhelm Kolbe

Lithograph of two large walnut trees over a country lane, with cows, a thatched barn, a ruined tower and seated figures.

Two old walnut trees (Juglans regia) growing by a country lane and sheltering some cows and their minders. Lithograph…

Etching of cows grazing and resting in a field beside trees, with a church spire and cloudy sky in the distance.

Cows grazing and resting in a field. Etching by J. Janson, the elder

Johannes Janson

Chromolithograph of cows and sheep on a grassy hillside, with a goat in a stream and misty mountains behind.

Cows and sheep by an upland stream with a goat standing in the water. Chromolithograph after T. S. Cooper

Thomas Sidney Cooper

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

Etching of a cow standing on a grassy bank beside a tree, looking back over a flat meadow with distant trees and a windmill.

A cow gazing out across a field. Etching by J. Janson, the elder

Johannes Janson

Coloured lithograph of Sidon's coast with a castle, camels, travellers with rugs in the foreground, and snowy mountains beyon

Sidon, looking towards Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843

Soft-ground etching of large oak trees beside a winding country lane with a rocky bank and wooden fence.

Oak trees (Quercus robur L.) by a country lane in Berkshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, 1805

William Alfred Delamotte

Etching of a cow and two sheep grazing in a meadow with a fence, windmill and church spire on the horizon.

A cow and two sheep in a field. Etching by J. Janson the elder, 17--

Johannes Janson

Coloured lithograph of steep layered cliffs above churning sea, with rocks in foreground and riders on a path at right.

Cape Blanco, or Ras-el-Abiad, on the Syrian coast. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843

Line engraving of Dinsdale Spa, Durham, showing people by a river, sailboats, wooded hills and a country house.

Dinsdale Spa, Durham: people gathered at the riverside. Line engraving by S. Lacey, 1833, after T. Allom

Etching of cows resting and standing in a field beside a fence and tree, with a distant village under clouds.

Cows standing and lying in a field. Etching by J. Janson, the elder

Johannes Janson

Coloured lithograph of Sidon's seafront with fishermen on a sandy beach, a beached boat, and white town buildings beyond.

Sidon, with fishermen and other figures in the foreground. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843

Circular etching of a hunting party on horseback with hounds in a wide landscape framed by trees, labelled Printemps.

A hunting scene seen from above; representing spring. Etching by N. Perelle, 17th century

Nicolas Perelle