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Animals

11,188 works

Wood engraving of a robed man gesturing toward a barefoot shepherd with a staff, sheep grazing, and a sunrise over hills.

Thenot Remonstrates With Colinet, from Thornton's "Pastorals of Virgil"

William Blake, 1821

Hand-colored caricature of a wounded lion attacked by a bellows of reports, with animals, a donkey and a seated woman.

The Wounded Lion

James Gillray, published July 16, 1805

Pen and wash drawing of a carriage with elegant passengers arriving at a hunt through a forest, with mounted riders and dogs.

The Arrival of the Princely Carriage at the Starting Point of the Hunt

Johann Elias Ridinger, ca. 1756

Hand-colored caricature of a red carriage with outriders and turbaned attendants arriving at a building, with onlookers and d

A R-Y-L Visit to a Foreign Capital

George Cruikshank, published September 15, 1817

Engraving of an ornate column topped by a many-breasted female figure, with stags, a griffin, unicorns and winged figures.

A Grotesque with Diana of Ephesus and Diverse Animals

Master AP, 1555

Engraved print of Christ preaching to a crowd, surrounded by eight vignettes illustrating the Beatitudes in an ornate border.

The Eight Beatitudes

Hendrick Goltzius, ca. 1578

Watercolor of a horse-drawn carriage on a tree-lined road overlooking a valley with grazing cattle and distant hills.

Sketchbook of a Journey to the Château d'Eu

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine, 1811

Hand-colored print of a wizard raising a devil from smoke while a startled man in pink and a woman watch.

Humbugging, or Raising the Devil

Thomas Rowlandson, March 12, 1800

Hand-colored caricature of men hunting a charging bull past classical columns, with dogs, fallen figures and a sentry.

Hunt-ing the Bull!!

George Cruikshank, published February 8, 1817

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing nude figure with draped cloth, beside a cat, a pig, and a pedestal.

Allegorical Figure with a Cat and a Pig

Jacopo di Giovanni di Francesco, c. 1530

Watercolor of a rainy cobbled courtyard seen through an archway, with a covered cart, horses, geese and townspeople.

View into the Courtyard of an Inn at Colmar

Eduard Gaertner, 1821-77

Black woodcut print on yellow paper showing a boy holding a cat, with bold angular dark shapes and light gouged areas.

Boy with Cat (Knabe mit Katze)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1919

Line engraving of a battle scene with armored warriors, horsemen, and a fortified city on a hill.

Gates of Paradise

Feodor Ivanovich Kalmuk, 1798

Hand-colored caricature of men carrying a polar bear, casks and treasures ashore beneath a British flag, with a ship in the h

Landing the Treasures

George Cruikshank, published January 18, 1819

Pen drawing of a kneeling penitent saint with a lion and open book beneath large trees, with a village in the distance.

The Penitent St. Jerome

Jost Amman, 1539-91

Watercolor of a rustic timber mess room with men gathered around a brick fireplace and a small white dog on the floor.

Telegraph House, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland: Interior View of the Mess Room, 1858

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Hand-colored caricature of a funeral procession with a donkey-drawn car, banners and a gallows, by George Cruikshank, 1819.

The Funeral Procession of the Rump

George Cruikshank, published March 22, 1819

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a top hat riding a wooden hobby horse with red wheels on a dirt path.

Pedestrian Hobby Horse

J. Lewis Marks, n.d.

Graphite and chalk drawing of a wooded valley with a shepherd, goats and cattle on a path beneath clouds.

Landscape near Ruhpolding

Cantius Dillis, late 18th-mid-19th century

Colored drawing of an enthroned allegorical woman under a rainbow with attendants, framed by a classical decorative border wi

Weekly Calendar

Joseph Anton Koch, 1822

Pen and grey wash drawing of a haloed figure raising a reclining youth as a crowd gathers before a domed building.

The Raising of the Youth of Naim

Georg Pecham, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a woman at her toilet attended by a maid, a boy, a dog and a soldier, 1770.

A Woman at her Toilet with a Maid, a Boy, a Dog and a Young Soldier; verso: A Sketch for a Similar Composition

Johann Eleazar Zeissig, 1770

Engraving of the Coronation of the Virgin with God the Father above, St John the Baptist left, St Jerome and a lion right.

The Coronation of the Virgin, at lower left stands St John the Baptist, at lower right St Jerome, God the father above

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Charcoal and chalk drawing of two harnessed draft horses standing in a dim stable beside a wooden bench.

Two Draft Horses

Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1830

Pen and wash drawing of a smiling fisherman with a pole, net and basket, framed by rococo scrollwork with fish and a heron.

Caricatures of a Fish and a Bird Peddler in Ornamental Frames

Johann Esaias Nilson, 1735-88

Grey ink and wash design for a pendant showing St. George on horseback attacking a dragon, surrounded by scrollwork.

Design for a Pendant with St. George and the Dragon

Otto Seitz, 1889

Etching of a dark horse tethered to a post beside a tent, with a turbaned man holding a spear and shield at left.

Cheval arabe au piquet, d'après Delacroix

Félix Bracquemond, 1857

Etching of men gathered in a forest clearing around a badger dig, with dogs, tools, and a tent among the trees.

Un Déterrage de Blaireau

Félix Bracquemond, 1863

Hand-colored caricature of exaggerated couples waltzing in a green-walled ballroom with framed paintings and a pink curtain.

Specimens of Waltzing

George Cruikshank, published June 4, 1817

Woodcut portrait of a bearded king in fur robe and feathered cap, flanked by satyrs and a heraldic shield, dated 1523.

Christian II, King of Denmark

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1523

Etching of a bearded seated magician beside a standing boy, with sheep, a trumpet, and figures among gnarled trees.

Seated magician, boy and four figures from the Scherzi di Fantasia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, ca. 1743-50

Etching of a pastoral scene with cattle at a ford, two standing figures, a seated figure, trees and an arched bridge.

The Ford

Claude Lorrain, 1634