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Antique print of cakes antique print of aquatic bird by Reverend Morris Antique print: picture of vintage hot air balloons

Tumbled Marble Clocks

Made from antiqued marble and inspired by some of our best antique images

Birds

1880s

By Reverend Morris

Hand colored wood engravings

Vintage hot air balloons

antique print of wild grass by edward lowe The Mandrill monkey from Instructive Picture Book Sea shells

Nature Printed Seaweed

1850s
Henry Bradbury

The Instructive Picture Book

1860

Beautiful, exceptionally rare antique lithographs of animals in natural settings

Reptiles and Amphibians by Abraham Rees

1797

Wonderfully detailed engravings

 : antique print  botanical print by Charles Lemaire apple varieties :  antique print of fruit Antique prints by Step: pictures of roses,carnations etc

Le Jardine Fleuriste

1851

By Charles Lemaire

The Fruit of New York

By Ebenezer Emmons

1851

Apples, pears, plums and cherries

Favorite Flowers

1896
Edward Step

Popular flowers such as tulips, orchids and lilies

South America : engraving from Universal Geography by Kelly Pyramids antique celestial map of the starts and constellations of the southern hemisphere, and comets

Universal Geography by Christopher Kelly

1824

Fascinating maps and scenes

Napoleon's Description de l'Egypte

Early 1800s

Huge, rare and famous engravings made for Emperor Napoleon. Fantastic!

The English Encyclopedia by George Kearsley

1802

Antique maps and prints about astronomy, navigation, geography etc.

:  antique print of butterflies and moths maranta porteana:  antique print of beautiful leaf Antique print: picture of banana palm tree by Rhind

Butterflies

1880s

By Cassell

Hand finished lithographs

Beautiful Leaves

1850s

By Edward Lowe

Stylish and timeless

The Vegetable Kingdom

1860s

By William Rhind

Includes tropical fruit, coffee,chocolate and cannabis plants

antique print from birds nests and by Reverend Morris dated 1855 antique engraving by Henry Alken Roses by Redouté

Nests and Eggs by Morris

1850s

Hand colored wood engravings

The Sportsman

1830s
Henry Alken

Superb aquatints of outdoor sports

Roses by Redouté

Large pictures of roses. Many to choose from

Antique print: picture of finches by Frohawk Ferns by Edward Lowe moon,mars,jupiter,saturn : antique print about science and engineering

Finches

1890s

F.W. Frohawk

Beautiful antique prints by one of the finest bird illustrators

Ferns

1850s
Edward Lowe

Timeless, elegant ferns

Science and Engineering

Early 1800s

John Good

 

Antique print: picture of Australian scene from L'Illustration Horticole by Linden and Verschaffelt Capitol hill, USA Botanical art by Karl Blossfeldt

L'illustration Horticole

1850s-1890s

Costume Antico E Moderno

1820s

By Giulio Ferrario

Hand colored engravings about life in the early 1800s

Karl Blossfeldt

Amazing photogravures revealing art in plants

Soldier from the olden days antique prints of dogs squirrels:  antique print of American mammal by John Godman, from 1842

Military history by Francis Grose

1812

Soldiers, military exercises & weapons from the olden days

The Sportsman's Album by John Scott

1888

Large engravings dogs and horses, featuring many popular breeds

American Mammals
By Dr John Godman

1828

 

antique print of sea shells by John Mawe blue tit: antique print of bird mockingbird :  antique print of bird of North America

Sea Shells by John Mawe

Early 1800s

Hand colored lithographs of shells

Frohawk and Gronvold

1907

Superb birds in natural settings, by two of the finest wildlife illustrators of all time

 

Birds of North America by Nehrling

1890s

 

Golf cartoon by Charles Crombie

Vintage car boxer  : vintage sporting scene

Some of The Rules of Golf

Early 1900s

By Charles Crombie.

Made for the Perrier bottled water company

Vintage Cars

Vintage lithographs of cars such as Bugattis, Cadillacs, Mercedes and Bentleys.

Vintage Sporting Scenes

Large, restrike engravings

chocolate gateau : antique print : vintage gourmet food cuisine Antique print of cakes  : antique engraving of vintage fashion of Paris by Francois Courboin

Gourmet Cuisine

Circa 1900

Antique prints of delicious food from the Victorian and Edwardian eras

Cakes

Antique prints of mouth-watering cakes. These would look great in the kitchen!

Vintage Fashions of Paris

1797-1897

Stylish hand colored engravings

Sea shells antique print of elepjant elephant and rhinoceros : antique print from Pantalogia from about 1813

Animals by Abraham Rees

1800

Wonderfully detailed and colored engravings

Antique prints of mammals by Carl Brodtmann

1827

Large hand colored lithographs of horses, tigers, elephants, lions and more.

 

John Good

Early 1800s

A wide range of rare,high quality engravings with original hand coloring

: antique print of poultry by Edwin Megargee

botanical print of orchid by Paxton

Antique print: picture of Pennant's Parrakeet

Poultry by Edwin Megargee

1920s

Classic pictures of poultry by this famous American illustrator

The Flower Garden Displayed

1880s

Joseph Paxton

 

John Gould's Tropical Birds

Some of the most attractive tropical birds by John Gould

From a vintage limited edition

apples : antique print of poultry by Ludlow Picture of Poultry by Harrison Weir

Fruit by Carlos van Riefel

1950s

Poultry by J.W.Ludlow

1890s.

Prized Poultry

1902
Harrison Weir

wild flowers by Mrs Loudon antique print of wild grass by edward lowe Mrs William Paul Rose : botanical print from The Florist and Pomologist

Wild flowers

1859

by Mrs Jane Loudon

Wild Grass

1870s
Edward Lowe

The Florist and Pomologist

1860s

Antique prints of flowers and fruit

 

cone shells : antique print antique engraving by Fullarton from the 1860s   :antique print of tropical fish Antique prints pictures of sea shells by Sowerby

Animals by Fullarton

1860s

Interesting animals including parrots, sea shells, whales and big cats

 

Fish by Lizars

1841

Hand coloured antique engravings including many tropical and well known fish such as piranhas

Sowerby's Genera of Sea Shells

Antique prints by the famous conchologist George Sowerby

 : antique print : from Le Spectacle de la Nature by the Abbe Pluche Engraving of Tahiti by John Moore Antique prints by Van Houtte

Spectacle de la Nature

Abbe Pluche

1731

Rare and fascinating engravings about natural history and science, such as star constellations, shells, fish, maps and plants

Travels by John Moore

1778

These wonderful engravings are over 225 years old and feature the voyages of famous explorers such as Captain Cook

William Daniell

1807

Fascinating prints of interesting animals, plants and places

star fish: hand colored lithgraph by Sowerby black cougar and tiger:  antique print from Buffons Natural History from 1797  

Animals by Sowerby

1850s

Hand colored lithographs of animals of the sea shore and country

Buffon

1797

Engravings of animals and fish from an early English edition of Buffon's Natural History

 

 

Index to the whole Site

Animals

Insects

Blanchard's antique prints of butterflies, from 1849

Cassell's antique prints of butterflies, from 1882

Hanselmann's antique prints butterflies, from 1870

Humphrey's antique prints of Butterflies, from 1849

Kappel's antique prints of butterflies

Orbigny's antique prints of insects

Reverend Morris' butterflies from 1895

George Shaw's insects from 1801

Mammals

Brodtmann's magnificent antique prints of mammals

From 1827. Includes antique prints of tigers, elephants and monkeys

Buffon's antique prints of mammals

From 1851. A larger set of hand colored prints

Buffon's antique prints of Mammals

From 1821. Hand colored engravings from an older edition

Cassell's antique prints of dogs

From the 1880s.

Hanselmann's antique prints of mammals

From 1870. Massive hand colored prints of elephants, tigers etc

Keulemans' antique prints of monkeys

From 1894

Keulemans' antique prints of wild cats & carnivores

From 1894. Pictures of lions, leopards and tigers

Lydekker's antique prints of marsupials & monotremes

From 1894. Pictures of Australian animals such as the koala and kangaroo

Orbigny's antique prints of mammals

Hand colored prints from 1849. Giraffe, elephant, whale, jaguar etc

George Shaw's antique prints of mammals

200 year old antique prints

Sporting Horses

By artists such as Henry Alken and George Stubbs

Reptiles and Amphibians

 

Orbigny 's antique prints

From 1849. Frogs, crocodiles, snakes and lizards

John Holbrook's American Herpetology

Antique prints from the first comprehensive work on American reptiles and amphibians

Sea shells, fish and marine life

Hanselmann's antique prints of coral and shells

From the 1880s

Lizar's antique prints of sea life

Hand coloured antique engravings including many tropical and well known fish such as piranhas. Made in 1841.

Lowry's antique prints of sea life

From 1851. Includes great white shark, sea urchins and star fish

Antique prints of coral and star fish.

135 year old hand colored lithographs from Leiden Museum

Maxwell's Fresh Water Fish

Made in 1904. Hand finished lithographs with sparkling metallic colors

Oudart's antique engravings of fish

From 1849. Rare antique prints featuring fish with sparkling metallic hand coloring

Pretre's antique prints of coral and sea shells

From 1849. Superb antique prints of sea shells with original hand coloring

Abraham Rees' antique engravings of sea life

From 1800. Large hand colored prints of lobsters, coral, starfish etc

Sowerby's antique prints of sea shells

Viellot's antique prints of marine life

Various animals

Bromme's Animal Kingdom

From 1867.

Charles Holders' Living Lights and Luminous Life

From 1887.

Parkinson's antique engravings of fossils

From the 1820s. Some of the oldest antique prints of fossils

Goldsmith's Animated Nature

Samuel Howitt's wild animals.

Beautiful etchings made in 1823 of animals such as the badger, otter, deer and duck by this famous wildlife artist

The Instructive Picture Book

From 1860-1878. Exceptionally rare antique lithographs. Includes pictures of lions, elephants, monkeys and crocodiles

Abraham Rees' antique engravings of fish

From 1797-1815

Zoological Society of London

Hand colored lithographs by famous artists such as John Gould. Many show animals that had just been discovered.

Birds

Birds

Axel Amuchastegui's vintage prints of tropical birds

Bree's antique woodcut engravings of birds

From 1866 with original hand-coloring

Butler and Frohawk's chromolithographs of finches

From 1899.

Cassell's birds

From 1870, featuring tropical, game & song birds

Cassell's Cage Birds

From 1878. Pictures of parrots, parakeets, finches & colorful birds

Emilio Goeldi

100 year old prints from the first comprehensive work on birds of the Amazon

Harrison Weir's Poultry

From 1868 features pictures of chickens, ducks and turkeys

John Gould's tropical birds

Features pictures of parrots, humming birds etc

Pourrat's antique prints of monkeys, big cats etc

Over 165 years old

Dr Anton Reichenow. Parrots of the world

David Seth Smith's antique lithographs of parrots

Over 100 years old. Immaculate and have original hand coloring

Travies' superb antique prints of colorful birds

From 1849. Some of the best quality antique prints of birds

Botanicals

Botanicals

Ann Pratt. Wild flowers from the 1850s

Assorted botanical prints of bromeliads and aloes

By Van Houtte, Curtis and others

Britten's ferns

Antique prints of ferns made in the 1880s

Curtis's Botanical Magazine

From 1790s-1890s. Some of the best flowers including orchids and rhododendrons from the most famous botanical journal

Edward Step's Favorite Flowers of Garden & Greenhouse

From 1899

Edwards' Botanical Register, antique prints of flowers

From 1826. Hand-colored engravings from this rival of Curtis

Edward Lowe's antique prints of ferns

From the 1860s

Hibberd's Beautiful Leaved Plants

From 1869. Tropical leaves including begonias & bananas

John Keese. American Flowers and Fruit. Made in the 1850s

Kirk's Forest Flora of New Zealand

From 1889. Has some of the earliest prints of NZ's trees

Lemaire and Verschaffelt's antique botanical prints

From 1866-1869. Orchids, fruit and colorful flowers

Linden's Illustration Horticole

From 1870-1896, features many tropical plants

Jane Loudon's wild flowers

Hand colored lithographs made in 1859

Lowe's tropical leaves

From 1865

Rory McEwen's Primroses

Thomas Meehan

The Native Flowers and Ferns of North America. Made in the 1880s

Orbigny's antique prints of flowers

From 1849. By some of the best French botanical artists

Paul Jones Flora Magnifica

Paxton's Magazine of Botany, antique prints of flowers

From the 1830s.

Paxton's The Flower Garden Displayed

From the 1880s, Large lithographs of the most attractive garden flowers

Pomet's History of Drugs. 290 year old engravings

Redoute's fruit and flowers

Rhind's vegetable kingdom, antique botanical prints

From 1857. Includes tropical fruit,coffee,chocolate & cannabis plants

The Vegetable World by Charlotte Yonge, antique botanical prints

From 1860. Very rare hand finished lithographs of fruit and vegetables

Horto Van Houtte, antique prints of flowers

From the 1850s. Very large hand finished lithographs of stunning flowers

Van Houtte's Flora of the Glass Houses & Gardens of Europe from 1846

Wooster's Alpine Flowers from 1874

John Wright. Highly decorative flowers. Made in the 1890s

Charlotte Yonge's The Vegetable World. Made in the 1860s

Classical

Classical

Bartoli's ancient engravings from Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatatum

From 1693. Pictures of ancient Roman sculptures, friezes and decorations

Bartoli's engravings from Romanae Magnitudinis Monumenta.

From 1699. Featuring pictures of monuments, buildings and people in ancient Rome

Basil Kennett

From 1784. Ancient Roman architecture and life

Military

Military

Bartoli's engravings from Admiranda Romanarum Antiquitatatum

From 1693. Pictures of ancient Rome including gladiators and soldiers

Bartoli's engravings from Romanae Magnitudinis Monumenta

From 1699. Ancient buildings, amphitheatres and monuments

Grose's antique engravings from Military Antiquities

From 1812. Pictures of medieval soldiers, exercises & weapons

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Cooke's Geography from 1807, antique engravings featuring people, voyages & classical monuments

Gems of Nature & Art. Beautiful antique prints of birds, flowers, antiquities and more

Goldsmith's Animated Nature

John Good's Pantologia

Science and Engineering. Interesting engravngs such as telescopes, the moon, water wheels, beer pumps and founderys

People

People

Brodtmann's antique lithographs from 1827. Includes natives of Hawaii, Tahiti, Alaska, Australia, North America, Malaysia and China

Vintage French Fashions. From the period 1797-1897

Goldsmith's Animated Nature

Soldiers and Cavalry from the 1890s

French fashions of the 1870s-1890s

Topography and Travel

Topography and Travel

 

Fullarton's antique maps of the world

Large and hand colored

Antique maps and historical figures by Houze

From 1850

London

Engravings of famous buildings and views in London, dating from 1827

David Roberts, antique prints from The Holy Land

Probably the greatest work on travel ever

Rome by Domenico Pronti

Engravings of famous sights and buildings made in 1799.

George White, antique prints of India and the Himalayas

Stately Homes of Britain & Ireland

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