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Animals

11,238 works

Engraving of Venus and Mars on a bed as Apollo's sun chariot rides overhead, with an Italian inscription below.

Venus and Mars discovered by Apollo, from "The Loves of the Gods"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-60

Engraving of a seated woman with a child and an armored warrior with a spear, framed by putti, dogs and birds.

Juno, Mars and Cupid, set within an elaborate frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Hand-colored caricature of a woman parachuting over a crowd in a city square, with a balloon above and an obelisk below.

The Parachute or a Sage Lady's Second Experiment

Thomas Rowlandson, September 1785

Mock Turtle

Thomas Rowlandson, January 24, 1785

Hand-colored caricature of a young man in a high collar, frilled shirt and yellow breeches holding a black hat.

The Monstrous Craw; or a New-Discovered Animal

Thomas Rowlandson, March 1, 1802

Hand-colored print of a tailor disturbed at work by a woman shouting while carrying cucumbers, with a boy and a cat in a clut

Miseries of Human Life: While Deep in Study and Lost in Thought in the Complicated Profession of a Taylor and All on…

Nicolaus Heideloff, October 1807

Colored caricature of an overloaded stagecoach outside the Maidenhead Inn, with passengers, luggage, and dogs in chaotic moti

Miseries of Travelling: the Overloaded Coach

Thomas Rowlandson, February 15, 1807

Etching of a crowded London street with tangled carriages, shouting coachmen, scaffolding and a spilled coin scene.

Miseries of London: Going Out to Dinner

Thomas Rowlandson, February 1, 1807

Hand-colored caricature of a leopard-spotted man with a black hat fighting off greyhounds, with a gunman and animals on the r

The Corsican Tiger at Bay!

Thomas Rowlandson, July 8, 1808

Hand-colored caricature of a startled uniformed figure with a sword, facing clouds of evils, British thunder and frogs in mar

Horrid Visions of Nappy Napp'd at Last

Thomas Rowlandson, August 23, 1808

Hand-colored caricature print of a uniformed man lifting a fox-headed figure as hounds run toward him across a hillside.

Coming in at the Death of the Corsican Fox, Scene the Last

Thomas Rowlandson, April 12, 1814

Lithograph of draft horses led across rocky ground by figures in long coats and hats, under a cloudy sky.

Chevaux conduits à la foire (Horses Being Led to the Fair)

Théodore Géricault, 1822

Caricature of a man in a military coat caged on a donkey cart, surrounded by a jeering crowd, 1815 hand-coloured print.

A Rare Acquisition to the Royal Menagerie

Thomas Rowlandson, July 28, 1815

Engraving of Jupiter as a cuckoo embracing Juno under a tree, framed by decorative female figures and an Italian verse below.

Jupiter tells Juno of his love, set within a frame, from "Loves, Rages and Jealousies of Juno"

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Pen and ink drawing of dark birds flying and gathering over rocky shore with distant jagged mountains and calm sea.

Troll Birds

Theodor Kittelsen, 1887

Satirical etching of fashionable women in large hats and ruffled gowns in an interior, with a small dog and a towering feathe

The Supplemental Magazine

Thomas Rowlandson, January 1, 1786

Line engraving of a shop interior with hanging padded garments, fashionable women in hats, and a fitting scene with a seated

The Bum Shop

R. Rushworth, July 11, 1785

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a plumed hat riding a crowned white horse atop a globe, with labels reading Power and Lib

A Great Man on His Hobby Horse

Thomas Rowlandson, 1803

Watercolor and pencil sketch of rocky hills, grazing sheep, running horses and a blue sea under pale clouds.

Mountain Landscape with Sheep and Horses

Helga Marie Ring Reusch, 1915

Engraving of Diana the huntress with bow and arrow, standing in a niche with two dogs at her feet.

Diana the huntress acompanied by her dogs standing in a niche

Giulio Bonasone, 16th century

Engraving of a vulture attacking a reclining man, with two women and a flying Cupid, inside an ornate decorative frame.

A vulture eating the innards of Titius, Cupid above two women to the left, set within and elaborate frame, from "Love…

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Vulcan at an anvil in a forge with gods making a chain, framed by ornate female figures and swans.

Vulcan, Neptune, Athena and other Gods making Shackles to pull Jupiter from the Heavens, set within an elaborate fram…

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraved ornamental frieze with a bearded man, nude youth, winged monster, and eagle among acanthus scrolls.

ornamental Frieze with two Putti and a Monster

Giulio Bonasone, 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of a rider on a galloping horse with two hounds beside him, trees framing the scene.

The Huntsman

Thomas Rowlandson, 1785

Satirical lithograph of two dogs beside cotton bales, barrels of provisions, and a broken Washington bust, captioned Why Don'

Why Don't You Take It?

Currier & Ives, 1861-64

Engraving of a chained nude woman asleep beside a child and a sheep, with a fortified town in the background.

Der Welt Lauf (Sleeping Justice) (copy)

Barthel Beham, early 16th century

Engraving of a mounted standard bearer with a flag beside a foot soldier, with a small landscape and the date 1521.

Riding Standard Bearer and a Foot Soldier

Barthel Beham, early 16th century

Hand-colored print of a cook drooling over a pot while a servant carries plates to diners at a tavern table, with a black cat

A French Ordinary

Thomas Rowlandson, January 2, 1804

Hand-colored print of a tavern kitchen: a cook pours from a dish into a copper pot as a waiter passes diners and a black cat

A French Ordinary

Thomas Rowlandson, July 20, 1802

Engraving of Hercules in a lion skin driving cattle past women among fruit trees, with Italian verses below.

Hercules driving off the cattle of Geryon, at the right are the nymphs of Hesperides

Giulio Bonasone, 1531-76

Engraving of Mars and Rhea Silvia with Apollo in a chariot above, a sleeping woman, and winged figures in a landscape.

Mars and Rhea Silvia: in the centre Mars holds a shield and sword, Rhea Silvia sleeping, Apollo in his chariot upper…

Giulio Bonasone, ca 1531-76

Engraving of a nude nymph reclining and nursing a horse, with a grazing horse, trees and rocky hills in the background.

Saturn in the guise of a horse being suckled by the nymph Philyra

Giulio Bonasone, ca. 1513-76