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Animals

11,142 works

Hand-coloured engraving of a rhinoceros leaning against a tree trunk, with plate number 32 and the label RHINOCEROS.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 32

Unknown artist, 1811

Heads of Three Lions

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a stag leaping with a hound chasing it from the left and a doe running on the right across a landscape.

Hounds Chasing a Stag and a Doe

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1654

Coloured plate of a blue-winged yellow warbler nest in grass and stems, with a perched bird and three speckled eggs.

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

Unknown artist, 1886

Etching of a hunter with a staff facing a cornered stag while dogs attack and horsemen ride in the background.

Stag at bay, from "Animal hunts" (Chasses à différents animaux)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1654

Brown ink drawing of draped women and a child beside a youth leading a horse, with hatched shading.

Story of Niobe: Niobe Receiving Gifts from Worshippers; Youth with Horse

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Hand-coloured plate of eight numbered butterflies in blue, brown and grey, labelled Tab. 56, from a 1777 insect catalogue.

Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg wie auch der - Plate 56

Unknown artist, 1777

Etching of two peasants on a country road, one riding a horse, with ruins, trees and hills behind them in a circular frame.

Landscape with Two Peasants, One Riding a Horse, from "Landscapes and seaports" (Paysages et ports de mer, dans des r…

Stefano Della Bella, 1656

Hand-coloured plate of numbered land and freshwater snail shells with species names listed below.

Manual of the land and fresh-water shells of the British Islands - Plate V

Unknown artist, 1857

Etching of a hunter with a rifle and plumed hat beside goats, a seated woman under a tree, and grazing sheep and cattle.

Le Florentin à la chasse

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1654

Hand-coloured plate of a brown rodent with a long tail climbing a weathered tree trunk, from an 1824 mammal book.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate XXXIV

Unknown artist, 1824

Watercolor sketch of a seated couple under a parasol on a beach with two dogs, a woman in blue and a man in black.

A Couple Seated on the Beach with Two Dogs

Eugène-Louis Boudin, c. 1865

Pencil drawing of a cup-shaped bird nest wedged between two thorny branches, with fibres trailing below.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 130)

Unknown artist, 1877

Watercolor and pen sketch of a man and woman in period dress with two dogs on a beach, with figures in the background.

Ladies and Gentleman Walking on the Beach with Two Dogs

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1866

Engraved plate of five numbered stag beetle specimens, the largest at top center with branched mandibles and spiny legs.

A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera - Plate V

Unknown artist, 1864

Hand-coloured plate of two Mitra glabra shells, one showing its open aperture, with caption below.

Exotic conchology - Plate 19

Unknown artist, 1841

Watercolor sketch of seated men and women in blue dresses and top hats on a beach, with a standing man and a dog.

Ladies and Gentlemen Seated on the Beach with a Dog

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1866

Coloured plate of a jerboa, Dipus decumanus, standing upright among grasses and shrubs, with a long tail.

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

Unknown artist, 1827

Hand-coloured 1836 bird plate showing a long-tailed bird of paradise and two hummingbirds perched on branches.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel - Plate 79

Unknown artist, 1836

Black and white plate of seven numbered butterfly specimens with open wings, captioned Tafel IX, from a 1914 lepidoptera publ

Lepidoptera Niepeltiana - Plate IX

Unknown artist, 1914

Plate of labelled slug illustrations including Limax flavus, L. maximus, and Testacella haliotidea, with shell details.

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

Unknown artist, 1880

Coloured plate of a striped wild cat crouched on a branch among autumn leaves, captioned Chat sauvage, Felis catus.

Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique - Plate 27

Unknown artist, 1910

Engraving of five foot soldiers and a turbaned mounted rider in a wooded landscape, one soldier holding a halberd.

Five Foot Soldiers and a Mounted Turk

Albrecht Dürer, ca. 1495

Hand-coloured engraving of a rooster, turkey, bat, seagull, chamois, lynx and snake in natural settings.

Le petit Buffon des enfants - Plate VII

Unknown artist, 1847

Hand-coloured 1789 plate of twelve numbered butterflies with brown, orange and striped wings, labelled Lepidoptera, Tab. XVII

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate XVII

Unknown artist, 1789

Colored ichthyological plate showing five fish specimens with detailed fins and scales, labeled with figure numbers.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises - Plate CCCLXXXVI

Unknown artist, 1862

Black and white lithograph of two marsupials climbing upward, one plain grey with a curled tail, one spotted with a long tail

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 97

Unknown artist, 1824

Coloured plate of four Antwerp pigeons, blue and red chequered, perched on a roof with birds in the sky.

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 324)

Unknown artist, 1876

Hand-colored plate of beetles in orange, brown and blue with line drawings of their anatomical details.

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis - Plate 19

Unknown artist, 1874

Coloured plate of three moray eels in yellow-banded, dark brown and spotted patterns, with tooth details.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises - Plate CLXV

Unknown artist, 1877

Etching of two pilgrims beside ruins under trees, with a shepherd and cattle herd crossing a distant open landscape.

Plate 4: two pilgrims observing ruins to right, one pointing towards the right, a shepherd and a herd of cattle in ce…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Hand-coloured engraving of a walrus with long white tusks resting on rocks, labelled plate 57.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 37

Unknown artist, 1811