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Animals

11,082 works

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

Hand-coloured plate of four horned beetles with magnified anatomical details and a red flower with green leaves at centre.

Arcana entomologica; or illustrations of new, rare and interesting insects - Plate 89

Unknown artist, 1841

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical ceiling design with a winged figure above a chariot and horses in clouds.

Design for a Ceiling with an Allegorical Subject

James Thornhill, ca. 1713

The mammals of Australia - Plate II

Unknown artist, 1871

Etching of a turbaned rider on a white horse lancing a charging bull in an arena, from Goya's La Tauromaquia.

Plate 5 from "La Tauromaquia": The spirited Moor Gazul is the first to spear bulls according to the rules

Francisco Goya, 1816

Engraving of the Apollo fountain basin at Versailles with sailing ships on the canal, carriages and riders on the terraces.

Le Bassin d'Apollon [The Fountain of Apollo, Versailles]

Adam Pérelle, 1680s

Lithograph of a pale winged horse with its head turned left, set against heavy dark shading and a diagonal band.

Cheval aile (Winged Horse)

Odilon Redon, 1894

Ink and wash drawing of a nude Adam amid animals including a horse, goat, and unicorn in a wooded landscape.

Adam in the Garden of Eden, Naming the Animals

Joachim Wtewael, ca. 1605-10

Hand-coloured plate of numbered aquatic insects above three tied artificial fishing flies on hooks with leaders.

The fly-fisher's entomology - Plate V

Unknown artist, 1901

Page with two plates: a photo of a killer whale above, and a drawing of a common porpoise below.

British mammals - Plate (page 47)

Unknown artist, 1903

Hand-colored plate of a juvenile male bird of paradis with yellow head, green throat and long trailing tail feathers on a bra

Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des épimaques - Plate 4

Unknown artist, 1835

Etching of two harnessed horses beside a wooden cart on a furrowed field, drawn in loose black hatching.

Two Horses

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1906

Three spotted native cats drawn on branches and foliage, plate titled The Native Cat (Dasyurus viverrinus), 1871.

The mammals of Australia - Plate XIII

Unknown artist, 1871

Etching of Windsor Castle's towers and walls seen across a field, with a large tree at left and a carriage with riders in fro

Windsor [copy]

Abraham Aubri, after 1644

Hand-coloured plate of a magpie with black, white and blue plumage and long tail perched on a leafy branch.

Naturgeschichte der Vögel deutschlands in getreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen - Plate 4

Unknown artist, 1805

Hand-coloured plate of ten numbered butterflies with wings spread, showing black-and-white, brown, yellow and orange species.

Rhopalocera Malayana :a description of the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula : with 46 co - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1882

Plate showing a bird skeleton, Brotogerys tirica, with outspread wings, skull, spine, ribcage and legs on a dark background.

Abbildungen von Vogel-Skeletten - Plate III

Unknown artist, 1879

Sepia portrait of an elderly bearded man in a suit holding a butterfly, with a handwritten signature below.

The butterflies of the West Coast of the United States - Plate (page 10)

Unknown artist, 1906

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 34)

Unknown artist, 1824

Etching of the Lion Column in Venice with a winged lion on top, a domed church and trees beyond, and figures below.

Lion Column, Venice

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1900

Colour plate of twelve bird eggs in four rows, labelled sparrow hawk, kestrel, red-footed falcon, lesser kestrel, merlin and

A history of British birds - Plate 4

Unknown artist, 1883

Etching of six lions in varied poses, including a snarling walking lion, a reclining lion, and several lion heads.

Six Lions in Various Poses

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Colour plate of two common moles on a reddish earth mound beside green grass tufts, from British mammals, 1903.

British mammals - Plate (page 89)

Unknown artist, 1903

Hand-colored 1835 plate of a bird of paradis with yellow-green head, white belly and red wings perched on a branch.

Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des épimaques - Plate 5

Unknown artist, 1835

Etching of a horseman on a country road beside tall trees, with a village, church tower and windmill across a river.

The Horseman

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650

Two black-and-white photographs of tidal forest near Porto Bello: mangroves over water on the left, forest interior with broa

Mammals of Panama - Plate 5

Unknown artist, 1920

Etching of women in classical dress carrying flower baskets on a path, with a flying winged figure, a temple, and a dog in th

The Daughters of Aglaura (Mercury and Herse)

Wenceslaus Hollar, ca. 1646

Hand-coloured plate of ten numbered butterflies with spread wings, orange, brown and purple, from an 1882 Malay Peninsula but

Rhopalocera Malayana :a description of the butterflies of the Malay Peninsula : with 46 co - Plate II

Unknown artist, 1882

Hand-colored plate of a grey fox climbing a tree trunk beside rocks and roots, from an 1824 natural history of mammals.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 40)

Unknown artist, 1824