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Animals

11,173 works

Etched grotesque ornament print with two horse heads, a lion mask, a shield and scrollwork, by Stefano della Bella.

Two Horse Heads Framing a Shield

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1653

Hand-colored plate of two mice on grassy ground, labeled Mus cahirinus and Mus megalotis, from an 1827 mammal book.

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

Unknown artist, 1827

Hand-coloured plate of four wading birds including a white stork, jabiru, marabou stork and limpkin, labelled in German, Fren

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel - Plate 115

Unknown artist, 1836

Black and white plate of numbered swallowtail butterfly specimens with printed species captions along the bottom.

Lepidoptera Niepeltiana - Plate XIII

Unknown artist, 1914

Engraved plate VI showing numbered British land and freshwater snail shells, drawn from above and from the side with scale ba

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

Unknown artist, 1896

Colour plate of a pack of common wolves walking through snow in a bare winter forest, from a 1910 mammal atlas.

Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique - Plate 39

Unknown artist, 1910

Three English Fantail pigeons, white, black and blue, with fanned feathered tails on a wooden floor, in a coloured plate.

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 416)

Unknown artist, 1876

Hand-coloured plate of numbered Hymenoptera insects including wasps, bees, ants and sawflies arranged in a grid.

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate XXVII

Unknown artist, 1789

Etching of an ornamental cartouche with a blank shield, a lion's head on top, a seated lion at left and a child at right.

Cartouche Containing an Empty Shield Surmounted by a Lion and Framed by a Lion and a Child

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Hand-coloured plate of numbered land and freshwater snail shells with species captions at the bottom.

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

Unknown artist, 1857

Engraving of a cartouche with putti, laurel garlands and a diagram of planetary orbits ringed by stars, with the motto Mens A

The Copernican System

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1639

Line drawing of a mastodon skeleton above a sketch of a palaeotherium, labelled in German, from an 1824 mammal book.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 127

Unknown artist, 1824

Colored plate showing numbered groups of bird eggs in brown, blue and speckled patterns, with species captions below.

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

Unknown artist, 1886

Hand-coloured plate of numbered wasp specimens with black bodies, orange abdomens and wings, plus anatomical detail drawings.

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis - Plate 29

Unknown artist, 1874

Colour plate of two views of a spotted Mitra pertusa shell with brown dots on cream background, labeled plate 30.

Exotic conchology - Plate 31

Unknown artist, 1841

Hand-coloured print of an artist on a black horse holding an umbrella against rain, with easel and palette, passing a woman a

An Artist Travelling in Wales

Thomas Rowlandson, February 10, 1799

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 54

Unknown artist, 1811

Engraving of wild horses fighting among trees, with rearing and kicking horses and dense hatched lines.

Wild Horses Fighting

Hans Baldung Grien, 1534

Drawing of a cup-shaped bird nest on a branch among leaves, labeled nest of the yellow-bellied fantail.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 207)

Unknown artist, 1877

Hand-colored 1777 plate of six brown butterflies with yellow, orange and blue eyespots, numbered 1 to 6.

Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg wie auch der - Plate 103

Unknown artist, 1777

Plate VIII of 1880 showing labelled photographs of Helix and Bulimus land snail shells in multiple views.

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

Unknown artist, 1880

Hand-colored plate of a brown deer with small antlers standing on a grassy mound, from an 1824 mammal natural history.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate LVIII

Unknown artist, 1824

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel - Plate 127

Unknown artist, 1836

Lithographic plate of stag beetles with enlarged mandible and antenna details, numbered for comparison.

A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera - Plate IX

Unknown artist, 1864

Etching of a circular landscape with a reclining horse, cow, goats, two shepherds, a waterfall and a mountain.

A horse lying down at center, a cow and two goats at right, two seated shepherds to left, a waterfall and a mountain…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Hand-colored plate of orange and yellow reef fish with numbered figures and Latin captions along the margin.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises - Plate CCCCII

Unknown artist, 1862

Etching of a grazing horse, a mare with a foal, a shepherd pointing, and a pyramid with ruins in a circular frame.

The pyramid of Caius Cestius at right in the background, a horse grazing at center, a foal suckling a mare at left, t…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Etching of a sleeping shepherd and horses before Roman ruins, within a circular vignette, by Stefano della Bella.

A shepherd sleeping on the ground at right, three horses at left, other horses and various figures to right, the Bath…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Hand-coloured plate of two golden moles on grassy mounds beside burrow openings, labelled Chrysochloris aurata and holoserice

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

Unknown artist, 1827

Coloured plate of three pigeon breeds, Priest, Swiss or Crescent, and Fire-back, on a rocky ground with a shrub.

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 444)

Unknown artist, 1876

Etching of a circular Roman landscape with a reclining buffalo, shepherds, horsemen, grazing animals and a ruined arch.

Campo Vaccino, a buffalo and two shepherds in center, the Fontanone to right in the middle ground, various animals an…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Plate XV showing numbered moths and butterflies with spread wings, species captions printed along the bottom edge.

Lepidoptera Niepeltiana - Plate XV

Unknown artist, 1914