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Animals

11,205 works

Hand-coloured engraving of a male and female Richardson's grouse on grassy ground, with a branch and butterfly above.

Illustrations of the game birds of North America - Plate (page 23)

Unknown artist, 1835

Hand-coloured engraved plate XLIII showing four labelled insects, including wasps and hairy bees, with translucent wings.

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate XLIII

Unknown artist, 1828

Hand-coloured engraved plate showing twelve numbered sea shells in three rows, with spiral and spiny forms.

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

Unknown artist, 1778

Engraved plate of Platanista gangetica skulls, jaws, and isolated bones in multiple views, numbered Plate XXXI.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate XXXI

Unknown artist, 1880

Lithograph caricature of political figures playing bagatelle on a table labeled The Union Board, with cats and rats on the fl

A Little Game of Bagatelle, Between Old Abe the Rail Splitter & Little Mac the Gunboat General

John L. Magee, 1864

Plate 58 of numbered moth illustrations titled Noctuidae, showing eighteen moths in browns, golds and one green specimen.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 58

Unknown artist, 1909

Lithograph plate of numbered freshwater snail shells from Lake Tanganyika, shown in shaded and outlined views on cream paper.

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

Unknown artist, 1888

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 134)

Unknown artist, 1824

Coloured plate showing twelve numbered speckled eggs of the Dunlin, Tringa alpina, in four rows.

Eggs of British birds - Plate 21

Unknown artist, 1895

Hand-coloured plate Tab. V showing eight numbered moth species with Latin captions, dated 1776.

An exposition of English insects - Plate V

Unknown artist, 1776

Plate 34 showing colored scallop shells Chlamys varia and Chlamys distorta, plus a drawing of an open shell interior.

Atlas de poche des coquilles des côtes de France Manche, océan, Méditerranée communes, pit - Plate 34

Unknown artist, 1897

Hand-coloured engraving of a jerboa-like rodent with a long tail on grass beside a leafy plant sprig.

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

Unknown artist, 1774

Hand-colored plate of a brown ring-tail bird of prey with banded tail perched on a branch, dated 1775.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 25)

Unknown artist, 1775

Engraved plate of several scarab beetles in dorsal and side views, numbered figures labeled Scarabaeus testaceus, 1785.

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

Unknown artist, 1785

Hand-coloured plate of slugs and land snail shells, numbered 1 to 16, with a large banded brown snail shell at the bottom.

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

Unknown artist, 1858

Woodcut of Saint Jerome in a study removing a thorn from a lion's paw, with open books and an arched window behind him.

Saint Jerome exctracting a Thorn from the Lion's Foot (copy)

Albrecht Dürer, n.d.

Lithograph of a humerus (left) and ulna (right) bones, labelled Plate XII, from an 1842 study of giant sloth Mylodon.

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

Unknown artist, 1842

Hand-coloured plate of a rose coloured pastor with black crest and pink breast perched on a branch among grass.

Illustrations of British birds - Plate 37

Unknown artist, 1837

Hand-coloured plate of a striped African beetle with dark glossy wing cases and long segmented legs.

The natural history of beetles - Plate 16

Unknown artist, 1852

Engraved plate of large and small spiral mollusc shells with Latin captions, from Lister's 1694 anatomy text.

Martini Lister Exercitatio anatomica - Plate 6

Unknown artist, 1694

Grayscale lithograph plate of two mammals, a Cape ratel above and an aardwolf below, with German, Latin and French captions.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Säugethiere - Plate 79

Unknown artist, 1824

Hand-colored caricature of men riding rocking horses labeled with political causes, including Sub-Treasury and Abolition.

All on Hobbies, Gee Up, Gee Ho!

Edward Williams Clay, 1838

Hand-coloured plate of three grouse-like game birds in brown and white plumage on rocky mountain ledges.

Illustrations of the game birds of North America - Plate (page 25)

Unknown artist, 1835

Hand-coloured engraved plate showing four long-legged winged insects, numbered 1 to 4, from British entomology, 1828.

Illustrations of British entomology - Plate 42

Unknown artist, 1828

Hand-coloured engraved plate of numbered British seashells and snail shells on a cream background, 1778.

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

Unknown artist, 1778

Plate of six whale skulls in top and bottom views with tooth close-ups, labeled Cephalorhynchus and Lagenorhynchus, 1880.

Ostéographie des cétacés vivants et fossiles - Plate XXXVI

Unknown artist, 1880

Coloured plate showing six eggs of the black-tailed godwit, numbered 1 to 6, varying from plain olive to heavily spotted.

Eggs of British birds - Plate 25

Unknown artist, 1895

Plate 62 showing eighteen numbered moth specimens in brown, tan and green tones, titled Noctuidae.

Noctuelles et géomètres d'Europe - Plate 62

Unknown artist, 1909

Plate of numbered freshwater bivalve shell drawings in grey shading, arranged in rows, from Lake Tanganyika malacology book,

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

Unknown artist, 1888

Hand-colored plate of a brown deer-like mammal with antlers standing on a rocky ledge, from an 1824 natural history book.

Histoire naturelle des mammifères - Plate (page 154)

Unknown artist, 1824

Hand-coloured plate of a male sparrow hawk perched on a branch beside a tree stump, with a small bird below.

A natural history of British birds - Plate (page 29)

Unknown artist, 1775

Hand-coloured plate Tab. VI showing a large mayfly and five numbered moths with Latin captions, from 1776 insect exposition.

An exposition of English insects - Plate VI

Unknown artist, 1776