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Animals

11,205 works

Engraved plate of numbered sloth vertebrae, dorsal and caudal, drawn in several views with lettered reference points.

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs - Plate VIII

Unknown artist, 1842

Engraved plate of a quail with mottled plumage standing on an octagonal base, captioned 'La Caille'.

Traité élémentaire d'ornithologie - Plate I

Unknown artist, 1811

Hand-coloured plate of a male Hercules beetle with a long curved horn, pale spotted wing covers, and labelled Guiana.

The natural history of beetles - Plate 11

Unknown artist, 1852

Engraved anatomical plate showing a marine liver, a cuttlefish outline, and two tricuspid beak structures with Latin captions

Martini Lister Exercitatio anatomica - Plate 4

Unknown artist, 1694

Lithographic portrait of a bearded man in a fur cap and dark coat, captioned Feodor Iwanowitsch.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 4

Unknown artist, 1824

Plate of eight numbered lapwing eggs showing varied brown, olive and speckled markings on cream backgrounds.

Eggs of British birds - Plate 16

Unknown artist, 1895

Hand-coloured plate XLII showing four wasp-like insects with wings and antennae, labelled with figure numbers.

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate XLII

Unknown artist, 1828

Hand-colored plate of numbered snail and sea shell specimens in rows, from an 1778 British conchology book.

Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, The British conchology - Plate V

Unknown artist, 1778

Lithographic plate of fossil and living whale skulls, rostra and bones with numbered figures, 1880.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate XXVII

Unknown artist, 1880

Woodcut of Christ riding a donkey into a city while a crowd waves palm fronds beneath a palm tree.

Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, from The Small Passion (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Hand-coloured plate of a female sparrowhawk standing on a mossy mound, gripping a small reddish bird prey.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 21)

Unknown artist, 1775

Hand-coloured plate of eighteen numbered noctuid moths in yellow, orange and brown tones, titled Noctuidae, Pl. 55.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 55

Unknown artist, 1909

Sepia drawing of two cows and a goat beside a cliff, with a reclining shepherd in the foreground and mountains in the distanc

Landscape with Cattle, a Goat, and a Resting Shepherd

Pietro Giacomo Palmieri, 1774

Lithographic plate of eighteen numbered gastropod shells from Lake Tanganyika, drawn in grey shading with species captions be

Iconographie malacologique des animaux mollusques fluviatiles du Lac Tanganika - Plate XIV

Unknown artist, 1888

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 108)

Unknown artist, 1824

Engraved sheet of nine comic vignettes showing animals, townsfolk, a library and a sickroom, with captions below each scene.

Lock on the Understanding, Heavy Wet, etc.

David Claypoole Johnston, 1832

Engraving of a bobolink perched above several towhees in shrubby landscape, with birds flying in the sky, 1868.

Among the birds - Plate (page 227)

Unknown artist, 1868

Political cartoon of a caricatured man riding two horses labeled PEACE and WAR, with satirical speech bubbles, 1864.

Little Mac, in His Great Two Horse Act, in the Presendential Canvass of 1864

Justin H. Howard, 1864

Hand-coloured plate of numbered insects including moths, a wasp-like moth, larvae and wings, labelled Tab III.

An exposition of English insects - Plate III

Unknown artist, 1776

Colored plate of limpet and keyhole limpet sea shells labeled 106 to 109 with species captions on a cream page.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate 28

Unknown artist, 1897

Hand-colored engraving of a striped squirrel eating a yellow squash on a mossy rock, from an 1774 natural history plate.

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen - Plate CCXIX

Unknown artist, 1774

Engraving of nude women bathing at a grotto waterfall, a hunter at upper right, stag and hounds in the distant woods.

Diana Surprised by Actaeon

Aegidius Sadeler, 1586-1629

Engraving of a singing bird on a branch and a bird at a nest among roses and blossoms, with hills and a lake behind.

Birds of the wave and woodland - Plate (page 242)

Unknown artist, 1894

Engraved plate of numbered scarab beetles with spiny legs and striped wing covers, labeled Tab VI, from an 1785 insect book.

Johann Euseb Voets Beschreibungen und Abbildungen hartschaaligter Insecten Coleoptera Linn - Plate VI

Unknown artist, 1785

Hand-coloured plate of numbered land snail shells and slugs in brown, blue and orange tones, from an 1858 British shell manua

A descriptive manual of British land and fresh water shells, containing descriptions and f - Plate IV

Unknown artist, 1858

Engraved plate of upper and back views of a pelvis, rendered in hatched shading with lettered reference marks.

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with obs - Plate X

Unknown artist, 1842

Two young cats in conflict: a ginger cat hissing while a grey and calico cat lies stretched out beside it.

Two young cats be in conflict

Hand-coloured plate of two hawfinches on a branch with yew sprigs and red berries, with a speckled egg below.

Illustrations of British birds - Plate 29

Unknown artist, 1837

Hand-coloured plate of two green and brown beetles, one in side view and one from above, labelled Plate 14.

The natural history of beetles - Plate 14

Unknown artist, 1852

Engraved plate of land snail reproductive organs in four labeled figures, from Lister's 1694 Exercitatio anatomica.

Martini Lister Exercitatio anatomica - Plate 5

Unknown artist, 1694

Engraving of women in period dress signing a pledge at a tea table in an interior, with a child and dog nearby.

A Society of Patriotic Ladies, at Edenton in North Carolina

Philip Dawe, March 25, 1775

Lithograph plate with four head-and-shoulder portraits of Japanese and Chinese men in grey tones, labelled Japaner and Chines

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 5

Unknown artist, 1824