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Animals

11,184 works

Pencil drawing of tall grasses and a shrub with a hanging nest and two small birds, labeled nest of the purple honey sucker.

Birds' nesting in India - Plate (page 217)

Unknown artist, 1877

Isabel of Bourbon, Queen of Spain on horseback, after Veláquez

Francisco Goya, 1778

Hand-colored plate of crabs and a lobster, numbered figures 1 to 6, on a cream background.

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate XXXIII

Unknown artist, 1789

Two colored illustrations of pufferfish in olive and yellow tones with fan-shaped fins, from a 1877 ichthyology atlas plate.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises - Plate CCXI

Unknown artist, 1877

Lithograph plate 171 showing a standing cow and a spotted bull with horns on grassy ground, with German, Latin and French cap

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 171

Unknown artist, 1824

Hand-coloured scientific plate of numbered insects with wing and body detail drawings, from an 1874 entomology book.

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis - Plate 36

Unknown artist, 1874

Etching of a woman in a black mantilla and a leaning man gazing at her, with a small dog at their feet.

Plate 27 from "Los Caprichos": Which of them is the more overcome? (Quien mas rendido?)

Francisco Goya, 1799

Engraved plate of numbered British freshwater mussels and land snail shells with scale bars, from an 1896 shell collector's m

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

Unknown artist, 1896

Hand-coloured engraving of a radiated shrew above a standing rat kangaroo, both on grass, labelled Plate 67.

The natural history of quadrupeds, and cetaceous animals - Plate 67

Unknown artist, 1811

Hand-coloured plate of five butterflies numbered 1 to 5, showing dark wings with cream bands and eyespots.

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

Unknown artist, 1777

Hand-coloured plate of numbered land and freshwater snail shells, with two large banded specimens and a species caption list.

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

Unknown artist, 1857

Grey wash drawing of a saddled trotting horse with a second horse study below.

Two Sketches of Trotting Horse

Philips Wouwerman, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of a footed tazza supported by two standing nudes, with a seated figure reading on the base.

Design for a Cup Supported by Standing Nudes with Standard of Seated Figure with Book and Bird

Jacopo da Empoli, 16th century

Hand-colored plate of a black-headed sheep standing on orange ground, with an outline sketch of another sheep above.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate LXX

Unknown artist, 1824

Sepia drawing of soldiers exercising horses in a landscape with large trees and a stone farmhouse.

Soldiers Exercising Horses Near River

Jacques François Joseph Swebach, 1785

Engraved scientific plate showing stag beetles in full view and detailed views of heads, antennae, and mandibles.

A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera - Plate XI

Unknown artist, 1864

Two hand-coloured illustrations of an orange Voluta aethiopica shell, one showing ribbed exterior and one showing the pale ap

Exotic conchology - Plate 39

Unknown artist, 1841

Etching of a grand equestrian festival with riders, carriages, a central fountain, triumphal arch and crowded stands.

The Prince of Tuscany, His Horse Troops and Carriages around Mount Atlas

Stefano Della Bella, 1661

Hand-coloured plate of a dark sea otter on a rocky shore with shells, plus two skull views at left.

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

Unknown artist, 1827

Black and white plate of numbered butterflies and moths in rows, with species captions printed beneath the figures.

Lepidoptera Niepeltiana - Plate XVIII

Unknown artist, 1914

Etched frontispiece with title cartouche above a battle scene of armored soldiers, horses and a hilltop town.

Frontispiece for Il Cosmo

Stefano Della Bella, 1650

Plate of nine labelled line drawings of Vertigo snail shells with shaded apertures, arranged in a grid on cream paper.

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

Unknown artist, 1880

Hand-coloured 1789 entomology plate Tab XXXVI showing moths, flies and small insects labelled fig. 1 to fig. 17.

Genera insectorum Linnaei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata - Plate XXXVI

Unknown artist, 1789

Etching of a ceremonial procession with horsemen, camels and trumpeters approaching a distant city, with a dedicatory pillar

Entrance of the Polish Legation into Rome

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Etching of a procession of plumed horsemen and archers on horseback, with a flag bearer and winged figure at the right edge.

Part of the Entrance of the Polish Legation (G and H)

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Coloured plate of several scorpionfish and lionfish with spiny fins, plus a detached fin study, from an 1862 ichthyological a

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales néêrlandaises - Plate CCCCXIII

Unknown artist, 1862

Etched procession of mounted riders in feathered turbans and ornate dress, with horses in dynamic poses across a flat landsca

Part of the Entrance of the Polish Legation (I and K)

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Engraved plate of beetles with enlarged anatomical details of mouthparts, legs and antennae, labeled A to H.

Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis - Plate 39

Unknown artist, 1874

Etching of a procession of plumed horsemen, attendants and horses crossing open ground, with Italian captions below.

Part of the Entrance of the Polish Legation (L and M)

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Etching of a procession of mounted ambassadors and cavalry passing a large leaning tree in a landscape.

Part of the Entrance of the Polish Legation (N. O. P.)

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Etched procession of plumed horsemen and walking attendants crossing a field, with a distant town and carriage at right.

Part of the Entrance of the Polish Legation (Q.X.Y.)

Stefano Della Bella, 1633

Hand-coloured plate of three fish: a slender filefish, a spotted triggerfish, and a mottled spiny species with filaments.

Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Neerlandaises - Plate CCXXII

Unknown artist, 1877