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Animals

11,133 works

Two hand-coloured views of a freshwater mussel shell, outer brown ridged surface above and pearly pale inner surface below.

Exotic conchology - Plate 7

Unknown artist, 1841

Lithograph of two lorises climbing tree branches, one large and one small, with German and French captions below.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 44

Unknown artist, 1824

Charcoal sketch of a horse and wagon crossing hills, with the label Porters Pass written at upper right.

Horse and wagon from an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Chromolithograph of three almond tumbler cock pigeons, two standing on pavement and one on a stone ledge, with brown plumage

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 174)

Unknown artist, 1876

Hand-colored plate of twelve numbered beetles with scale bars and handwritten species names below, from an 1795 insect catalo

Enumeratio insectorum elytratorum circa Erlangam indigenarum secundum systema fabricianum, - Plate (page 75)

Unknown artist, 1795

Sepia plate of a large oval freshwater mussel shell and a small triangular zebra mussel shell, labelled Plate III.

The land and freshwater shells of the British Isles - Plate III

Unknown artist, 1880

Hand-coloured engraving of a loris on a branch above a slow lemur on mossy ground, labelled Plate 15.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 15

Unknown artist, 1811

Colored plate of a warbler nest on a leafy branch with three speckled eggs beside it, captioned Dendroeca aestiva.

Illustrations of the nests and eggs of birds of Ohio - Plate XV

Unknown artist, 1886

Coloured plate showing three black stag beetles with orange-red wing covers, numbered 1 to 3, from a Lucanoid beetle catalogu

A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera - Plate II

Unknown artist, 1864

Etching of a herdsman on horseback driving cattle and a goat across a rocky slope, with mountains behind, in a circular frame

Herdsman on horseback drives animals, from 'Six animal subjects' (Six sujets d'animaux)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Woodblock print of a woman in a patterned kimono sheltering under a tree in the rain, with calligraphy on the left.

No. 3: Shade Beneath a Tree (San: konoshitakage), from the series "A Collection of Famous Horses (Meiba zoroe)"

Yanagawa Shigenobu II, 1834

Etching of two women wading a stream in a circular frame, with cattle grazing at left and hills behind.

Two Women Crossing a Stream

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Colored plate of several angelfish species with striped orange, blue and black bodies and detailed fins.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises - Plate CCCLXX

Unknown artist, 1862

Etching of a peasant woman leaning on a cow by a stone fountain beneath a large tree, with a distant building.

A peasant woman with a cow at a fountain decorated with the Medici arms, from "Six animal subjects" (Six sujets d'ani…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a camel seen from behind beside a smaller camel, a seated figure, and a pyramid at left.

Plate 18: Camel viewed from behind with pyramid at left, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Hand-colored plate of a male jaguar with spotted coat climbing a green rock, labeled Jaguar mâle in italic script.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate XVI

Unknown artist, 1824

Etching of a charging wild boar with piglets running beneath it across a sketched landscape with clouds.

Plate 19: Wild Boar, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Pencil drawing of a rounded bird nest attached to forked twigs, labelled nest of the thick billed flower pecker.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 86)

Unknown artist, 1877

Etching of a camel seen from behind, with a second camel, a seated figure, and a pyramid in a desert landscape.

Plate 18: Camel viewed from behind with pyramid at right, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, after 1641

Etching of a large ox in the foreground with cattle and a herdsman behind it on open ground.

Plate 8: Ox, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Coloured plate Tafel IV showing numbered moths and butterflies with spread wings in brown, orange, red and blue patterns.

Lepidoptera Niepeltiana - Plate IV

Unknown artist, 1914

Plate 7: Cow, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a saddled cart horse beside hay bundles, with a rider and ruins in the distant landscape.

Plate 22: Cart Horse, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises - Plate CXXX

Unknown artist, 1877

Plate 3: seated monkey, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Hand-colored plate of a male and female Antilope melanotis antelope standing among shrubs on grassy ground.

Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen - Plate XII

Unknown artist, 1827

Etching of a buffalo lying down in a field, with a grazing cow at left and a ruined tower and water at right.

Plate 13: Buffalo lying down, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a shepherdess with a bundle beside a grazing horned goat on a grassy slope, with another goat lying nearby.

Plate 14: Shepherdess herding goats, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Hand-coloured 1836 bird plate showing four perching chats and thrushes with German and Latin captions, numbered plate 43.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel - Plate 43

Unknown artist, 1836

Plate 16: Stag, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Hand-coloured plate of numbered insects including cockroaches, a green mantis, crickets and grasshoppers, labelled Hemiptera.

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate VIII

Unknown artist, 1789

Etching of a standing camel and a reclining camel in a landscape, with a small figure with a staff in the background.

Plate 17: Camels, from "Various animals" (Diversi animali)

Stefano Della Bella, after 1641