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Animals

11,173 works

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

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Charcoal sketch of a rider on a rearing horse beside a smaller sketch of a jockey on horseback, on tan paper.

Studies of a Horse and Rider

Edgar Degas, 1878

Etching of a tall spotted hound standing beside a building, with a resting dog and a puppy standing on it at right.

Dogs, plate 11 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Hand-coloured 1836 plate of five ground birds, including tinamous and a crested Sumatran species, with German and Latin capti

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel - Plate 103

Unknown artist, 1836

Charcoal sketch of several horses in loose overlapping studies, one standing in the foreground with head raised.

Studies of horses

Edgar Degas, 1885

Etching of sheep and a ram grazing in a pasture, with a small seated figure at the left and hills in the distance.

Sheep and ram in a pasture, plate 12 from "Various Animals" (Diversi Animali)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1641

Black and white plate of numbered butterflies and moths with wings spread, labelled Tafel XII, from Lepidoptera Niepeltiana 1

Lepidoptera Niepeltiana - Plate XII

Unknown artist, 1914

Hand-coloured plate of numbered land and freshwater snail shells with cross-section drawings and species captions.

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

Unknown artist, 1857

Etching of satyrs playing pipes on rocks with a crowd and dancing women below, frontispiece for Scarron's works, 1649.

Frontispiece for Les Oeuvres de Scarron

Stefano Della Bella, 1649

Coloured plate of a snarling dark brown mink among marsh reeds beside a pond, with birds flying overhead.

Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique - Plate 35

Unknown artist, 1910

Pen and brown wash sketch of several horses in a landscape, including a seated horse, a walking horse and a horse seen from b

Studies of Horses in a Landscape

Possibly after Stefano della Bella, c. 1642

Hand-coloured engraving of six animals in two scenes: swallow, horse and stork above; toad, elephant and viper below.

Le petit Buffon des enfants - Plate II

Unknown artist, 1847

Hand-colored plate of numbered Neuroptera insects, including dragonflies, damselflies, mayflies and caddisflies, from 1789.

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate XXIV

Unknown artist, 1789

Coloured plate showing two views of a Voluta otta seashell, one exterior and one showing the open aperture.

Exotic conchology - Plate 27

Unknown artist, 1841

Etched cartouche with oval title panel, garlands, scrolls and two lions at top, with French printed inscription.

Cartouche with Title: Nouvelles inventions de Cartouches

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

Lithograph plate of seven labelled lateral mammal skulls, including hare, beaver, sloth, anteater and armadillo.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 117

Unknown artist, 1824

Etched decorative frieze with acanthus scrolls, a lion head, an eagle, putti, and a centaur and satyr below.

Rinceaux with Eagle and Lion, plate 15 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Colour plate of five fancy pigeons labelled Blondinettes, in blue, laced, black spangled and brown tipped varieties.

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 394)

Unknown artist, 1876

Etched ornamental frieze of scrolling foliage, a child with two dogs, and sea horses along the top border.

Rinceaux with Child Frightened by Dogs, plate 8 from "Decorative friezes and foliage" (Ornamenti di fregi e fogliami)

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Hand-coloured plate of numbered chalcid wasps in green, red and gold with detailed anatomical drawings of antennae and wings.

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis - Plate 26

Unknown artist, 1874

Sepia plate of labelled land snail shells, including Helix pomatia, Helix nemoralis and several small Zonites species.

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

Unknown artist, 1880

Hand-coloured engraving of a lion with a full mane standing on a rock, labelled LION in the margin.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 49

Unknown artist, 1811

Colored plate of hawk eggs in four rows, labeled sparrow hawk, Cooper's hawk, red-shouldered hawk and red-tailed hawk.

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

Unknown artist, 1886

Hand-coloured plate of eight numbered butterflies and moths in varied wing patterns, from an 1777 insect catalogue.

Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg wie auch der - Plate 91

Unknown artist, 1777

Engraved kitchen interior with cooks, hanging game birds, copper pots, a hearth fire, and a spiral staircase.

Kitchen Interior

David Vinckboons, 1600-1624

Hand-coloured plate of snakehead-type fish with grey scale and head details, labelled figures and a printed caption.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises - Plate CCCXCVII

Unknown artist, 1862

Hand-colored natural history plate of a small brown rodent-like mammal on a rocky ledge with grass tufts.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate LII

Unknown artist, 1824

Etched ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, a cupid wrestling two lions above, and medallions with heads below.

Two Acanthus Friezes: Cupid Subduing Two Lions; Heads of Four Seasons, plate 14 from "Decorative friezes and foliage"…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1648

Etched frontispiece with a circular inscription cartouche, two eagles amid scrolling foliage, and dragon heads at the base.

Frontispiece: Ornamenti o Grottesche

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Sketch of a marshy shore with reeds and leafy trees where birds perch, captioned Breeding Place of the Little Cormorants.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 201)

Unknown artist, 1877

Engraved plate of five numbered stag beetles, one large specimen above four smaller ones, showing mandibles and legs.

A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera - Plate VIII

Unknown artist, 1864

Hand-coloured plate of several eels with smaller detail drawings of teeth and jaws, from an 1877 ichthyological atlas.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises - Plate CLXXXVIII

Unknown artist, 1877