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Animals

11,077 works

Engraving of a centaur and a bearded satyr carrying a nude curly-haired man across a rocky landscape under clouds.

The March of Silenus

Christoffel Jegher, ca. 1652

Etching of a curly-haired toddler in flowing drapery playing with a puppet beside a small dog, by Fragonard.

Fanfan

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1778

Lithographic plate of whale skull and bones, Balaenoptera rostrata, showing side, rear and overhead views.

Plates prepared for an unpublished monograph on the mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia - Plate IX

Unknown artist, 1881

Etching of a donkey-headed man in a coat reading a book of horse images at a desk, from Goya's Los Caprichos.

Plate 39 from "Los Caprichos": And so was his grandfather (Asta su Abuelo)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Hand-coloured plate IX showing numbered flies, wasps, larvae, pupae and detached wings in a grid on cream paper.

Manuscript notes from my journal - Plate IX

Unknown artist, 1874

Engraved plate of stalked barnacles with feathery cirri attached to driftwood and a long wooden stick, sepia tones.

Illustrations of the recent conchology of Great Britain and Ireland - Plate LII

Unknown artist, 1844

Etching of two crouching lionesses and a reclining doe, arranged in three stacked studies on a pale sheet.

A Doe and Two Lionesses

Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen, ca. 1540

Etching of a river ferry with passengers, a riverside inn with travelers and horses, and a town with a spire beyond.

The Ferry

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1649

Brown wash drawing of a chaotic lion hunt with hunters on horseback, spears raised, and lions attacking.

Lion Hunt

Pieter Soutman, 1615

Etching of a mounted rider in a plumed hat spearing a charging bull in an arena, from Goya's La Tauromaquia.

Plate 11 from "La Tauromaquia": The Cid campeador spearing another bull

Francisco Goya, 1816

Plate of nine labelled heron and egret eggs in three rows, shaded in buff and olive tones.

A history of British birds - Plate 38

Unknown artist, 1883

Line drawing of a male Delias singhapura butterfly in side view, with black and white wing pattern on a beige page.

Rhopalocera Malayana :a description of the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula : with 46 co - Plate (page 668)

Unknown artist, 1882

Standing Dog

Frans Snyders, 1600

Two black and white photographs of a mammal skull, top and underside views, labeled 1 and 1a on a cream page.

Mammals of Panama - Plate 32

Unknown artist, 1920

Pen drawing with red accents of a seated woman with flowers in her hair, framed by stylized leafy foliage.

Seated Girl with a Dog

Unknown artist, c. 1325

Etching of a mounted horseman watching an elder baptize a kneeling man beside a chariot and trees.

The Baptism of The Eunuch

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Hand-colored plate showing a bird beak, a bird foot, and detached red, blue and green bird-of-paradise feathers.

Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des épimaques - Plate 28

Unknown artist, 1835

Engraving of a crowded fantastical landscape with monsters, soldiers and a seated woman labeled Patientia, with a distant cit

Patience (Patientia)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1557

Engraved plate of pronghorn antelopes among rocks and shrubs, captioned Anthlocapra americana, Pronghorn Antelope.

The mammals of Minnesota - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1892

Hand-coloured plate of a gull with grey and black wings and yellow legs standing on a rock with green plants.

Naturgeschichte der Vögel deutschlands in getreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen - Plate 107

Unknown artist, 1805

Etching of an architectural ornament with a spread-winged bird on a pediment, flanked by fruit urns and a scrolled cartouche.

Architectural Motif with a Bird

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Plate XVI: hand-coloured insects and numbered artificial fishing flies on a cream page, from The fly-fisher's entomology.

The fly-fisher's entomology - Plate XVI

Unknown artist, 1901

Woodcut print of an eagle carrying a youth aloft over nude men, horses and dogs in a wooded landscape.

Zeus as an eagle, abducting Ganymede

Giovanni Battista Palumba, 1500-1510

Engraving of Ixion embracing Juno on a dark cloud above classical ruins, a lion, and small figures below.

Ixion attempting to seduce Juno, surrounded by clouds with ruins below

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio, ca. 1520-39

Hand-coloured plate of a mouflon with curved horns standing on a green rock, labelled Mouflon de Corse.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 264)

Unknown artist, 1824

Lithograph of a costumed street performer on a stone step with a dog, bowing man, onlookers and a table with a chest.

The Fool Who Sells Wisdom

Carle Vernet, ca. 1818

Engraved plate LVII showing numbered sea shell specimens, including large whelk-like and smaller spiral shells, from 1844 con

Illustrations of the recent conchology of Great Britain and Ireland - Plate LVII

Unknown artist, 1844

Book page with three photos: horned Highland sheep on a grassy hill, a woolly Soa sheep on a stand, and a female Corsican mou

British mammals - Plate (page 455)

Unknown artist, 1903

Engraving of a crowded city square with stone buildings, a raised platform, armoured soldiers and townspeople watching.

Ecce Homo

Lucas van Leyden, 1510

Hand-coloured plate of numbered insects, flies, larvae, pupae and plant galls arranged in rows on a cream page.

Manuscript notes from my journal - Plate X

Unknown artist, 1874

Engraved plate of six numbered sea snails with spiral shells and extended soft bodies, drawn in fine line detail.

Figures of molluscous animals - Plate 2

Unknown artist, 1859

Numbered anatomical plate showing cetacean skulls and jawbones in side and top views, drawn in grey tones on cream paper.

Plates prepared for an unpublished monograph on the mammalian orders Cete and Sirenia - Plate XI

Unknown artist, 1881