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Animals

11,142 works

Etching of horsemen and dogs chasing a stag through a stream, with trees on the left and hills in the distance.

Plate 5: two horsemen in a stream to right, riding towards the left, following four dogs chasing a stag, another dog…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a windswept tree, a fisherman with a net, two horsemen in a stream, and a ruined castle in the distance.

Plate 6: a fisherman carrying a net to left, two horsemen in a stream to right, a tree in center, a castle in ruins t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of horsemen crossing a river, a woman on a donkey, trees framing the scene, and a stone bridge in the distance.

Plate 3: two horsemen crossing a river to right, a woman with two baskets atop a donkey to left, trees to the left an…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Coloured plate of a bird nest with four speckled eggs among leaves and lichen-covered bark, with two eggs shown beside it.

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

Unknown artist, 1886

Hand-coloured plate of eight numbered butterflies in red, orange, brown and blue, some perched on green grass stems.

Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg wie auch der - Plate 68

Unknown artist, 1777

Engraved plate of numbered British land and freshwater snail shells with scale bars and small animal bodies.

The collector's manual of British land and freshwater shells - Plate IV

Unknown artist, 1896

Etching of two horsemen galloping along a road past a thatched cottage and trees, with a seated figure at right.

Plate 9: two horsemen at left galloping uphill towards the right, a horse and seated man to right, from 'Various land…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a windmill, farm buildings, and figures with horses in a landscape, with a windblown tree at left.

Plate 10: a family in center foreground, various figures and horses in middleground, a windmill in center background,…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Hand-coloured plate of a jerboa-like rodent with long tail and hind legs beside a tan rock, from an 1824 mammal history.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate XL

Unknown artist, 1824

Etching of a shepherdess under a tree watching grazing sheep, goats and cattle, with distant hills and a rocky outcrop.

Plate 11: shepherdess seated to the right under a tree, watching her flock to the left, mountains to right in the bac…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a seated draughtsman, a shepherd, grazing cattle and goats beside ruins and a tree in a broad landscape.

Plate 12: a seated draughtsman to left, a standing shepherd next to him to right, ruins and animals to the right, a t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Drawing of a pendant broadbill nest with a round entrance hole, hanging from a branch with serrated leaves.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 176)

Unknown artist, 1877

Engraved plate of five numbered stag beetle specimens drawn from above, showing mandibles, legs and antennae.

A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera - Plate VI

Unknown artist, 1864

Hand-coloured plate of land and freshwater snail shells in numbered figures, with a species name key below.

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

Unknown artist, 1857

Hand-colored plate of a grey rodent with white feet on grass, with enlarged paw drawings above, labeled Hapalotis albipes.

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

Unknown artist, 1827

Etching of a leaping doe chased by a hound past a large oak, with a rider and stag in the distant background.

Deer hunt, from 'Animal hunts' (Chasses à différents animaux)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1654

Hand-coloured 1836 plate of four pigeon species, including a crowned pigeon, a migratory pigeon, a nutmeg pigeon and a Nicoba

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel - Plate 91

Unknown artist, 1836

Etching of a running wild boar with tusks, followed by small dogs, against a faint landscape with trees.

Wild boar, plate 19 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Plate of numbered butterflies and moths with spread wings, with species caption listing beneath, from 1914.

Lepidoptera Niepeltiana - Plate X

Unknown artist, 1914

Wolf, plate 20 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Hand-coloured 1841 plate of two Voluta Melo shells with brown blotches, one seen from above and one from below.

Exotic conchology - Plate 23

Unknown artist, 1841

Horse, plate 21 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Etching of a saddled horse standing before ruins and a hay bundle, with a rider in the distant landscape.

Cart Horse, plate 22 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Coloured plate of a reddish-brown weasel with white belly baring its teeth in grass near rocks and trees.

Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique - Plate 31

Unknown artist, 1910

Etching of two hounds, one seated and one standing with a wide collar, with small figures and trees in the background.

Two hounds, plate 23 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of a standing donkey seen from behind, a reclining donkey at left, and two distant animals in an open landscape.

Donkeys, plate 24 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Hand-coloured engraving of birds (pelican, owl, swan, peacock) and animals (orangutan, donkey, monkey) with French captions.

Le petit Buffon des enfants - Plate VI

Unknown artist, 1847

Etching of a buffalo lying down in a landscape with a ruined tower, hills, and another animal at left.

Buffalo lying down, plate 13 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Hand-colored 1789 engraving of Lepidoptera moths, including large brown eyespot moths and smaller banded species.

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate XXI

Unknown artist, 1789

Etching of a shepherdess with a bundle beside a horned goat grazing on a grassy hillside, with a second goat below.

Shepherdess herding goats, plate 14 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Doe, plate 15 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Stag, plate 16 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641