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Animals

11,173 works

Etching of two horsemen in wind-blown cloaks riding past windswept trees in a circular landscape with hills.

A gale in the forest, two horsemen wrapped in their cloaks, with the wind blowing from the left side, plate 3 from "R…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Coloured plate of eight numbered anglerfish specimens with mottled skin and fleshy lures, labelled Plate CXCIX.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises - Plate CXCIX

Unknown artist, 1877

Circular etching of Roman ruins, a carved monument and trees at left, with cattle, sheep and two shepherds at right.

A Corinthian capital on the ground at left, a monument with figures in low relief at left in the middleground, variou…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Coloured plate of a fallow deer stag with antlers in a forest clearing, with a doe and other deer behind.

Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique - Plate 43

Unknown artist, 1910

Circular etching of a woman on a horse with a camel, goats, sheep and a shepherd in a rural landscape.

A woman carrying a child on a horse at left, a camel following her, a herd of goats, sheep, and a shepherd in front o…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Plate LX showing rows of bird eggs of nine species, with white, buff, pale blue and speckled brown eggs labelled by species.

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

Unknown artist, 1886

Circular etching of cows crossing a rocky valley beside trees, with a horseman and distant cattle in the background.

Cows crossing a valley at left, a horseman and other cows in the background, plate 6 from "Roman landscapes and ruins…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Hand-coloured 1789 plate of wingless arthropods including spiders, a scorpion, centipedes, woodlice and small crustaceans.

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate XXX

Unknown artist, 1789

Engraved Plate VII showing numbered British land and freshwater snail and mussel shells in fine line drawings.

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

Unknown artist, 1896

Etching of Roman ruins with the Arch of Constantine at left, Colosseum arches at right, and horses and figures in a field.

The Arch of Constantine at left, part of the Colosseum at right, various horses and figures in foreground and backgro…

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1646

Plate 162 with two lithograph antelope profiles, a white oryx-type antelope above and a gazelle below, with captions.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 162

Unknown artist, 1824

Drawing of a gnarled tree trunk with a hollow nest and a small owl, captioned Nest of the Brown Fish Owl.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 212)

Unknown artist, 1877

Hand-coloured entomology plate with stick and leaf insects and grey anatomical drawings of a large central insect.

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis - Plate 32

Unknown artist, 1874

Hand-coloured plate of numbered freshwater and land snail shells in brown and cream tones, with species captions below.

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

Unknown artist, 1857

Engraved plate of a dark bear climbing a tree trunk, labelled BEAR and PL. 60, on a yellowed book page.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 60

Unknown artist, 1811

Hand-coloured plate of five seabirds and waterfowl on rocks, labelled in German, Latin and French, from 1836.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel - Plate 139

Unknown artist, 1836

Hand-coloured 1777 insect plate with orange and yellow butterflies, patterned moths, and a caterpillar with chrysalis on a le

Nomenclatur und Beschreibung der Insecten in der Grafschaft Hanau-Münzenberg wie auch der - Plate 115

Unknown artist, 1777

Red chalk sketch of a furry dog crouched low with head down and hindquarters raised, as if ready to leap.

Jumping Furry Dog

Attributed to Dirk Valkenburg, n.d.

Two colored illustrations of Voluta Cymbium seashells, one showing the mottled brown exterior and one the pale glossy interio

Exotic conchology - Plate 35

Unknown artist, 1841

Red chalk drawing of a crouching dog with raised head, open mouth and curled bushy tail, on a pale background.

Growling Dog Ready to Pounce

Attributed to Dirk Valkenburg, n.d.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate LXIV

Unknown artist, 1824

Chromolithograph of three magpie pigeons with white bodies and dark, chestnut and golden wings on a grassy slope.

The illustrated book of pigeons - Plate (page 460)

Unknown artist, 1876

Dog Urinating on Rock

Attributed to Dirk Valkenburg, n.d.

Nine numbered engraved illustrations of stag beetles and related lucanid beetles arranged in rows on a cream page.

A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera - Plate X

Unknown artist, 1864

Seated Dog with Collar

Attributed to Dirk Valkenburg, n.d.

Sepia plate of labeled land and freshwater snail shells, including Paludina, Clausilia and Vertigo species, arranged in colum

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

Unknown artist, 1880

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

Unknown artist, 1827

Coloured plate of a moss-covered bird nest in peeling bark with three speckled eggs, labelled Black-capped Chickadee.

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

Unknown artist, 1886

Sepia plate of numbered butterflies and moths arranged across the page with a species key printed below.

Lepidoptera Niepeltiana - Plate XVI

Unknown artist, 1914

Etched frontispiece showing the crowned Virgin Mary between two figures, a dove above, cherub heads in clouds, and printed ti

Frontispiece for Saltero

Stefano Della Bella, ca. 1633

Hand-colored plate of several yellow and green perch-like fish with detailed scales and fins, labeled with figure numbers.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises - Plate CCCCVII

Unknown artist, 1862

Coloured plate of a Corsican mouflon with curved horns standing on rocks, with grazing companions and mountains behind.

Atlas de poche des mammifères de France, de la Suisse romane et de la Belgique - Plate 47

Unknown artist, 1910