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Animals

11,082 works

Etched strip of putti in a scallop shell chariot pulled by a galloping horse, with an archer putto at right.

A scallop shell chariot

William Carter, 1654

Etching of six ragged beggars with walking sticks standing in a row against a distant landscape, with a dog at left.

Men and women beggars

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1630

Etching of six ragged beggars, women, men and a child, in a row on open ground with a ruin at right.

Six Men and Women Beggars

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1630

Etching of Tobias crossing stepping stones with a winged angel beside him, in a wooded river landscape with cattle and a rabb

Tobias and the Angel

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Coloured plate of ten numbered butterflies showing brown and blue wing patterns with white spots.

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

Unknown artist, 1882

Etching of a wooden river bridge with a carriage and rider crossing, a boat on the water, and a timber tower at right.

Strasbourg: The Kehl Bridge, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1665

Pencil sketch of a wooden shaving horse with a clamped plank and splayed legs, set against a faint landscape.

Shaving horse

Etching of Strasbourg's walls and cathedral spire across a river, with a rowing boat and a rider on the road.

Strasbourg, from "German Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1663-65

Pen and wash drawing of a dark cat sitting on brick steps beside a doorway with a wooden railing.

Cat on Doorstep

Henry Stacy Marks, n.d.

Etching of a Mechelen street with stepped gable houses, a footbridge, riders on horseback, and a large willow tree.

Mechelen (Mechlin), from "European Views"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1664

Etching of Yorke Castle at Tangier with crenellated towers, carts on a road, and ships on the sea beyond.

Prospect of Yorke Castle at Tangier, from ye Strand, and the North-West, from "Views of Tangier"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1669-73

Etched cityscape of Tangier showing rooftops, a bell tower, and a fortified castle on a hill under a hazy sky.

Prospect of the inner part of Tangier, with the upper Castle, from South-East, from "Views of Tangier"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1669-73

Etched view of Tangier's walled city and bay with ships, soldiers marching, and horsemen on the hills in the foreground.

Prospect of ye lower part of Tangier, from the hill West of White-hall, from "Views of Tangier"

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1669-73

Etching of a she-wolf nursing two naked infants beside a rock, after a design by Giulio Romano, 1652.

Romulus and Remus

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652

Etching of Cupid, a winged child with curly hair, riding a walking lion with a thick curled mane.

Cupid on a lion

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652

Charcoal sketch of two dogs resting together, one with pointed ears, on warm beige paper.

Two Dogs

Charles Herbert Woodbury, 1919

Pencil sketch of two lying dogs on pale yellow paper, one facing right and one facing left.

Two dogs

Pencil sketch on cream paper of two cats, one curled up with eyes closed and one lying stretched out at lower left.

Study sheet: Cats

Engraving of a man leading a saddled horse past a river, a seated figure, large trees and a hilltop town under clouds.

Landscape with a Man Leading a Horse

Battista Franco after Titian

Helmeted Head wtih Bird's Head Crest

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1645

Japanese woodblock print of two green birds flying above blue hydrangea blossoms and dark leaves.

Green birds and hydrangeas

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Woodblock print of a small bird perched on a pink chrysanthemum with green leaves and a second bloom below.

Bird and chrysanthemums

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1830s

Engraving of a seated nude Diana with a spear, three hounds, a hunting horn on a tree, and a landscape behind.

Seated figure of Diana the Huntress

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1644-52

Etching of a brick church with a tall spire, people in procession, riders and a carriage under large trees.

Going to Church

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1651

Etching of a moated brick mansion with flags, a footbridge, and a procession of figures and a carriage approaching it.

Visit to A. Roelants

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1650

Engraved print of a mounted royal procession in four rows of horsemen passing through London, 1662.

Coronation Procession of Charles II Through London (from John Ogilby's "The Entertainment of...Charles II," London, 1…

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1662

Engraved print of a royal procession with mounted officials, halberd-bearing guards, footmen and pages in rows.

Coronation Procession of Charles II Through (from John Ogilby's "The Entertainment of...Charles II," London, 1662)

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1662

Engraved equestrian portrait of a armored rider on a rearing horse, with a battle map below and a coat of arms above.

Earl of Essex on Horseback

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1643

Etching of a bridge over a river with horsemen, a rowing boat in the foreground, and a stone tower on the right bank.

Strasbourg

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1629

Hand-colored print of two sicklebill birds of paradise on a branch, one male with red wing plumes and a curved black bill.

Drepanornis albertisi (Black-billed Sicklebill Bird of Paradise)

John Gould and W. Hart

Hand-colored plate of two Diphyllodes chrysoptera birds of paradise on branches with berries and leaves.

Diphyllodes chrysoptera (Magnificent Bird of Paradise)

John Gould and W. Hart

Hand-colored plate of Sickle-billed Birds of Paradise with long iridescent tails perched on branches among tropical leaves.

Epimachus speciosus (Sickle-billed Bird of Paradise)