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Animals

11,077 works

Black and white lithograph of a rider in a top hat leading two horses past a stone wall and pillar.

Two Horses Exercised by a Jockey

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Hand-coloured plate of a male bird of paradise perched on a branch, with yellow breast and long trailing tail feathers.

Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des épimaques - Plate 36

Unknown artist, 1835

Engraved illustration of a male Zeuxidea doubledayi butterfly with wings spread, upper and underside shown, on beige.

Rhopalocera Malayana :a description of the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula : with 46 co - Plate (page 683)

Unknown artist, 1882

Hand-coloured plate of British bivalve shells, interior and exterior views with small specimens, numbered 42.

The natural history of British shells - Plate XLII

Unknown artist, 1799

Etching of the Virgin holding the infant Christ on a ledge, with a halo, a curtain and a bird in flight above.

The Virgin and Child with a Bird

Simone Cantarini

Lithograph of an echidna with long spines and snout beside rocks and ferns, from The mammals of Australia, 1871.

The mammals of Australia - Plate XIV

Unknown artist, 1871

Coloured plate of numbered West Coast butterflies with spread wings in brown, orange and cream patterns, from 1906.

The butterflies of the West Coast of the United States - Plate XXIII

Unknown artist, 1906

Hand-colored engraved plate of seven numbered scallop shells showing varied ribbing and coloration.

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

Unknown artist, 1844

Sepia plate of a duck skeleton (Anas boschas) with separate skull, beak and foot bone studies at left.

Abbildungen von Vogel-Skeletten - Plate CXV

Unknown artist, 1879

Coloured plate XIX showing numbered hairy insect larvae above and matching artificial fishing flies on hooks below.

The fly-fisher's entomology - Plate XIX

Unknown artist, 1901

Engraved plate of four molluscs with spiral shells and extended tentacles, numbered 1 to 4, from an 1859 natural history book

Figures of molluscous animals - Plate 3

Unknown artist, 1859

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 286)

Unknown artist, 1824

Black and white woodcut of a rider on a galloping horse in a ring, with stylized horse heads flanking the scene.

The Riding School

Franz Marc, 1913

Coloured plate 49 showing nine speckled bird eggs of black tern, noddy, white-winged black tern and whiskered tern.

A history of British birds - Plate 49

Unknown artist, 1883

Hand-colored plate showing small oval shells with ridged and striped patterns, numbered 43, from an 1799 British natural hist

The natural history of British shells - Plate XLIII

Unknown artist, 1799

Two photographs of white Chartley breed wild cattle: a bull standing in a pen, and a cow with a calf behind a fence.

British mammals - Plate (page 475)

Unknown artist, 1903

Etching of St. Jerome reading near a tree as a lion approaches, with a hillside village and church tower behind.

St. Jerome Reading in an Italian Landscape

Rembrandt van Rijn, ca. 1653

Coloured plate XI with numbered insects, larvae and plant galls on leaves and stems, 1874 illustration.

Manuscript notes from my journal - Plate XI

Unknown artist, 1874

Rotated lithograph of a duck-billed platypus beside water, with reeds, a branch and shells along the riverbank.

The mammals of Australia - Plate XV

Unknown artist, 1871

Grey wash drawing of villagers dancing in a street before a thatched tavern, with a dog and market scene behind.

An Itinerant Peddler in a Village

Cornelis Dusart, 1693

Chalk study on grey paper with several figures: a bearded man in a turban, a nude torso, a raised arm, and a foot.

Study for Miraculous Draught of Fishes (?)

Pen and ink drawing of a martyrdom scene with soldiers, a mounted rider, a hilltop group, and a distant town.

The Martyrdom of Saint Alexander of Bergamo

Lorenzo Lotto, c. 1524

Engraved plate showing three detailed marine mollusc figures with spiny and ribbed shells, numbered 1 to 3, labelled Tab. 6.

Figures of molluscous animals - Plate 6

Unknown artist, 1859

Engraving of a woman beating a kneeling man in a room with a fireplace, a rooster and hen, and a curtained bed.

The Husband-Beater

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Photographic plate of a bird skeleton with curved beak, neck vertebrae, ribcage, wing bones and clawed feet on a pale backgro

Abbildungen von Vogel-Skeletten - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1879

Coloured plate of numbered West Coast butterflies in orange and tan tones, showing upper and underside wing views.

The butterflies of the West Coast of the United States - Plate XXVI

Unknown artist, 1906

Hand-coloured engraving of five British bivalve shells, some showing ribbed exteriors and others open interiors, numbered pla

The natural history of British shells - Plate XLV

Unknown artist, 1799

Pencil and watercolor studies of wagons, an ox in brown wash, horses pulling a carriage, and a figure in a hat.

Studies of Slovakian Peasant Wagons with Oxen and Horses

Rudolf von Alt, n.d.

Etching of an Egyptian-style decorative scheme with a central bull, crocodile, dog, bird, pyramids, and hieroglyphic panels.

Egyptian decoration of the Caffè degli Inglesi: Animals on the cornice, including a bull at the center, from "Diverse…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769

Etched perspective view of an ornate ancient candelabrum with bird sculptures, a figure at the top, and clawed feet on a step

Perspective view of the same candelabrum, from "Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti an…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778-80

Coloured plate with two optical ray diagrams, labeled points and figures at the base of an orange cliff.

The fly-fisher's entomology - Plate II

Unknown artist, 1901

Coloured plate of a red deer stag with antlers leading a group of deer through pink heather at a forest edge.

British mammals - Plate (page 8)

Unknown artist, 1903