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Animals

11,142 works

Etching of a standing two-humped camel and a reclining camel on open ground, with a small herder with a staff in the distance

Camels, plate 17 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Engraved plate of five squirrels on a branch, two holding a pine cone and a nut, with German and French captions.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 107

Unknown artist, 1824

Horse

Edgar Degas, c. 1890

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

Camel viewed from behind with pyramid at left, plate 18 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Coloured plate of four turbit pigeons on a wooden floor, with white, black-barred and blue-grey plumage and frilled necks.

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 368)

Unknown artist, 1876

Plate 22 showing colored and grayscale illustrations of wasp-like insects with wings spread and detailed head drawings.

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis - Plate 22

Unknown artist, 1874

Lithograph of a seated desert Arab in a turban beside a saddled horse, with an attendant holding a spear and a small dog.

Arabe du Desert

Antoine-Jean Gros, 1817

Hand-coloured plate of five fish species with labelled figures, including red, orange and green bodied fishes.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises - Plate CCCXCI

Unknown artist, 1862

Hand-colored plate of a shaggy primate with dark face markings climbing a green tree trunk above leafy ground plants.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 43

Unknown artist, 1811

Etching of a laden pack horse with a blanket inscribed Diversi Animali, walking on a slope beside a second animal and a figur

Pack Horse, frontispiece for "Diversi Animali"

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Etching of two eagles, one perched on a rock and one on a gnarled branch with wings spread, with small birds in the backgroun

Eagle and eaglet, plate 2 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Color plate of a spiny thistle plant with a goldfinch nest and three pale eggs, labeled American goldfinch.

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

Unknown artist, 1886

Seated monkey, plate 3 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Tabby cat with yellow eyes lying on a pink cushion against a grey background, signed Steinlen.

Winter: Cat on a Cushion (L'hiver: Chat sur un coussin)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

Hand-coloured 1777 insect plate showing a caterpillar, pupa and four butterflies with orange and black wing patterns.

Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg wie auch der - Plate 80

Unknown artist, 1777

Etching of a large bear sniffing the ground with a small cub walking behind it among rocks.

Bear, plate 4 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Reclining lion, plate 5 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Hand-coloured plate of three moray eels with banded and spotted patterns, plus small detail drawings of teeth and fins.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises - Plate CLXXVI

Unknown artist, 1877

Lion, plate 6 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Hand-coloured plate of an orange rodent with a long grey tail gripping a weathered branch.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate XLVI

Unknown artist, 1824

Etching of a large ostrich fleeing across rocky ground as dogs chase it, with a rider and second ostrich behind.

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

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1654

Horse Gallopping

Edgar Degas, 1885

Rotated lithograph of a whistling teal nest in a tree beside a reedy river, with a flying bird and distant birds on water.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 190)

Unknown artist, 1877

Charcoal sketch of a grazing horse with head lowered, with faint studies of a head and legs at the top of the sheet.

Horse grazing

Nine numbered stag beetle illustrations on a cream plate, with the largest specimen at top center and smaller ones around it.

A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera - Plate VII

Unknown artist, 1864

Etching of a large bull in the foreground with cattle and a herdsman in the background on rough ground.

Cow, plate 8 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Horse

Edgar Degas, 1870

Engraved plate of numbered land and freshwater snail shells with interior cross-sections and scale bars, 1896.

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

Unknown artist, 1896

Ox, plate 7 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Leopard, plate 9 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

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

Unknown artist, 1827

Elephant, plate 10 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641