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Animals

11,255 works

Engraving of a donkey, an old woman spinning, and a young woman seated by a cave with a dog and Italian verse below.

Plate 1: Apuleius changed into a donkey listening to the story told by the old woman spinning

Master of the Die, 1520-70

Hogarth etching of a crowded London street with a whirligig ride, gamblers, a monument column and a devil figure.

The South Sea Scheme

William Hogarth, 1722

Engraved military map of a fortified camp by a river with labeled positions, tents, horsemen, and portrait medallions.

Parke of the Artillary (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London,…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Engraved plate of Bender with a fortress by a river, camp plans with tents, and mounted riders in a landscape above.

Charles XII at Bender (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Etching of villagers butchering a pig in a rustic yard, with children watching beside a pump, in a circular frame.

Pork Butcher

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Engraving of a robed saint with wings praying on a globe, under a dove and a bead chain arching over a landscape.

Perfectionis Ascensio from The Life of Saint John of the Cross

Antonius Wierix III, 1622-24

Etching of a Lapland hut with a smoking conical tent, reindeer, a sled on a lake, and figures in fur clothing.

A Lapland Hut (Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vol…

William Hogarth, 1723-24

Etching of a man with a horse beneath a large tree, a stream in front and mounted figures in the distance on the right.

Cassandra, Frontispiece, Vol. 1

William Hogarth, 1725

Etched frontispiece with a seated allegorical figure, horned creatures on each side, a church, and a Latin inscription below.

The New Metamorphosis: Frontispiece, Vol.1

William Hogarth, 1724

Etching of mounted bandits seizing a woman before a stone building while other women react under a dark night sky.

The New Metamorphosis, Plate 3: The Bandits Abduct Camilla

William Hogarth, 1724

Etching of soldiers in armor gathered before a large central tent with a bird on top and rows of tents behind.

Taking Away the Military Belt or Girdle (John Beaver, Roman Military Punishments, 1725)

William Hogarth, after 1725

Etching of a bedroom with a canopy bed, a seated woman, and a standing man in a long coat and tall hat gesturing.

The New Metamorphosis, Plate 5: Fantasio, Transformed into a Lapdog, in the with Donna Theresa

William Hogarth, 1724

Etching of a cardinal, a woman holding a small animal, and a kneeling hermit in a rocky wooded landscape with a cross.

The New Metamorphosis, Plate 7: The Cardinal, a Hermit and Donna Angela Holding Fantasio

William Hogarth, 1724

Etching of a military punishment: a man tied to a post, chained prisoners, soldiers with flags and a drum, castle ruins behin

Cutting Off the Nose (Modern Military Punishments)

William Hogarth, after 1725

Etching of a crucifixion, a hanging man attacked by two lions, soldiers on a cliff and a tent camp in the distance.

Crucifixion, etc. (John Beaver, Roman Military Punishments, 1725)

William Hogarth, after 1725

Etching of a soldier hanging by the thumbs from a post, with mounted officers and troops watching in a military camp.

Hanging by the Thumbs (Modern Military Punishments)

William Hogarth, after 1725

Etching of a peasant family in a cluttered kitchen, with a woman nursing an infant by the hearth and a dog nearby.

The Family

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Grey wash drawing of allegorical figures guiding cherubs toward a ship, with an eagle, shield and fruit in the foreground.

Allegories of Wisdom and Truth Leading the Infant Arts to America

John James Barralet, after 1796

Etching of a wooded landscape with a flock of birds overhead, a stone path, a shrine, and robed figures walking.

The Salutation of the Birds (Il Saluto degli uccelli) [plate C]

Lino Moroni, 1612

Engraving of a phoenix on a tree above resting animals including stags, lions and a bull, with pigeons on a ruin at right.

A phoenix sat atop a tree, wings open, an assortment of animals below

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Engraving of a monkey holding a bound putto on a fruit garland, with two winged putti flanking it and birds above.

A monkey holding a bound putto standing on a garland in front of which are two winged putti, from a series of tapestr…

Master of the Die, 1530-60

Blue-toned drawing of rococo arabesques with putti, jesters, garlands, birds, squirrels, and female figures.

Arabesques with Frolicking Putti, Animals, and Jesters

Unknown artist, c. 1750

Engraving of robed figures raising their arms toward quails flying overhead, with a bearded leader at left and a kneeling fig

Moses showing the quails to the Israelites (the miracle of the quails and manna)

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1545

Etching of fishermen in a boat hauling a net, with a wooded landscape and distant town behind them.

The miraculous draught of the fishes, Christ at the right accompanied by apostles in the boat

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1548-52

Lithograph of winged Cupid with bow and quiver subduing a lion beside a rocky mountain landscape.

L’Amour terrassant un lion (Personification of Love Vanquishing a Lion)

Philippe Auguste Hennequin, 1825

Nude figure of Mercury with winged helmet holding a caduceus and lyre beside a ram in a hatched landscape.

Mercury standing holding a cadecus in his right hand, a lyre in his left

Andrea Schiavone, ca. 1536-40

Etching of a peasant kitchen interior with a woman nursing a baby, a man at the hearth, a child, a dog, and hanging pots.

The Family (reverse copy)

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Etching of a bearded man on horseback with a dog while a woman raises a stick at him beside a tree and fence.

Trulla Attacking Hudibras (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 4)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Etching of a boisterous street procession with riders, crowds, a cauldron, and onlookers at windows.

Hudibras and the Skimmington (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 9)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Etching of a crowded semicircular lecture hall with galleries, a rostrum, and figures in the foreground including a gowned ma

Frontispiece to Nicholas Amhurst's "Terrae-Filius"

William Hogarth, June 1726

Etching of a woman in a doorway and a stooped man bowing on a cobbled street, with a dog and a brick house behind.

Hudibras Wooing the Widow (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 13)

William Hogarth, 1721-26

Engraving of two men on horseback on a wooded path, one pointing forward, beneath a large leaning tree and cloudy sky.

Hudibras Sallying Forth (Seventeen Small Illustrations for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, no. 1)

William Hogarth, 1721-26