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Antique prints of animals

Pictures of monkeys, elephants, cats, tigers, lions, deer, butterflies, tropical fish, sea shells, lizards, frogs and more

antique print of monkeys by Brodtmann antique prints of dogs antique prints of butterflies by Cassell

Carl Brodtmann's Natural History of Mammals

1827

Magnificent antique lithographs

The Sportsman's Album

John Scott

1888

Large engravings dogs and horses, featuring many popular breeds

Butterflies

1878

By Cassell

Hand finished lithographs of butterflies on flowers

elephant and rhinoceros : antique print from Pantalogia from about 1813 Antique prints of animals from The Instructive Picture Book antique print of insect by George Shaw

Animals by John Good

Early 1800s

Rare, beautifully hand colored engravings of animals

The Instructive Picture Book

1860

Beautiful, exceptionally rare antique lithographs of animals in natural settings

 

Animals by George Shaw

1801

George Shaw was a famous zoologist and his engravings of animals are still well known. These include mammals, insects and birds

 

black cougar and tiger:  antique print from Buffons Natural History from 1797

Dog from The Illustrated Book of The Dog by Cassell turtles : antique print of reptile / amphibian by F.W.Kuhnert from about 1895

Buffon

1797

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

Dogs by Cassell

1880s

Delightful portraits of dogs

American Mammals
By Dr John Godman

1828

 

Antique print of insects by Abraham Rees

heron:  antique engraving about rural sports

chipmunks : antique print antique engraving by Fullarton from the 1860s

Animals by Abraham Rees

1797

Beautiful, amazingly detailed engravings of all sorts of interesting animals

British and Foreign Sports

1843

Engravings of birds and other animals in scenes to do with rural sports such as hunting

 

Fullarton

1850s

Hand colored engravings of various animals, from monkeys and butterflies to sea shells and fish

badger : antique print of animals print by Samuel Howitt

antique print of American animal from American Rural Sports

chameleon : antique aquatint by William Daniell

Animals by Samuel Howitt

1823

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

Sporting Dogs

1804

Wonderfully detailed engravings of dogs and hounds

 

William Daniell

1807

Fascinating prints of interesting animals, plants and places

hippopotamus : antique print by Gervais

antique print of elephant

turtles : antique print of reptile / amphibian by F.W.Kuhnert from about 1895

Mammals by Gervais

1850s

Beatifully detailed, hand colored engravings of wild and domestic animals

The Instructive Picture Book

1867

Exceptionally rare antique lithographs of animals

Animals by F.W.Kuhnert

1890s

Iconic animals such as turtles, chamaeleons, giant beetles and penguins.

Zebras and camels

picture of butterflies - original antique print by Humphreys and Westwood

butterflies: hand colored lithgraph by Sowerby

The Instructive Picture Book

1877

Beautiful, exceptionally rare antique lithographs of animals made for children

Butterflies

1849

By H..N.Humphreys.

Hand coloured prints of butterflies on wild flowers. These are from the rarer large edition of Humphrey's work on butterflies

Animals by Sowerby

1850s

Hand colored lithographs of animals of the sea shore and country

Sea Horse and Puffer Fish picture - antique print from Buffon's Natural History sturgeon : antique print : from Le Spectacle de la Nature by the Abbe Pluche picture of fossil - antique print from the rare first edition of Parkinson's work Organic Remains of Former world

Buffon

1821

Engravings of animals and birds

Spectacle de la Nature

Abbe Pluche

1731

Engravings of fossils by James Parkinson

1803-1833

Some of the earliest hand colored engravings of fossils

engraving of dragonfly from Coleopteres D'Europe dated 1857 antique prints of bettles by Thomas MArtyn antique prints of reptiles by John Holbrook

Beetles and other insects by Jacquelin Du Val

148 year old hand colored engravings

Beetles by Thomas Martyn

1793

Each engraving is over 210 years old and measures 13.75 x 10.5 inches (35x27cm)

John Holbrook's American Herpetology

Lithographs from the first comprehensive work on American reptiles and amphibians. Each print is over 170 years old.

pictures of horses engraving of men making tobacco bears : antique print antique engraving by Fullarton from the 1860s

Sporting Horses

Large vintage prints of horses and dogs in steeplechases and hunts by artists such as Henry Alken and George Stubbs

Pomet's History of Drugs

290 year old engravings of plants and animals that drugs are made from

Animals by Fullarton

1860s

Includes many attractive hand colored engravings of animals such as bears, whales, monkeys, beetles and butterflies

 

bats - antique print Antique print: picture of big cat by Lizars Antique print picture of sea shells

Cassell

1870s

Antique chromolithographs of animals such as monkeys, bats and otters

Big Cats by Lizars

1840s

Hand coloured engravings of cats such as tigers, leopards, cheetahs and jaguars. Great value!

Monkeys and big cats etc by Pourrat

1837

antique prints of butterflies by Morris antique prints of butterflies by Hanselmann antique print ob butterflies by Zoological Society of London

Morris' antique prints of butterflies

1895

The best butterflies from Morris' work, with original hand coloring

Hanselmann

1870

Massive hand colored lithographs of butterflies, beetles and dragonflies

Zoological Society of London

From 1848 and 1849

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

antique prints by buffon antique prints of animals antique print of American animal from American Rural Sports

Buffon's mammals and birds from 1851

Hand colored engravings from a larger edition of Buffon's famous work on natural history

The animal kingdom
By Traugott Bromme

1867

Fascinating lithographs with original hand color of animals such as elephants, monkeys, turtles, sharks and toucans

Thomas Doughty

American animals
175 year old lithogpraphs by this famous American artist

antique prints of marsupials antique prints of cats antique prints of monkeys

Marsupials

1894
Lydekker
Fascinating antique prints of Australian marsupials and monotremes

Wild Cats Such as Tigers & other carnivores

1894
Lydekker
Antique prints featuring pictures of big cats and similar carnivores

Monkeys

1894
J.G.Keulemans
Charming antique prints featuring pictures of monkeys in natural settings

Antique print picture of insects antique prints of lizards by Orbigny Antique print: picture of Chimpanzee ape by Orbigny

Insects

From D'Histoire Naturelle

1849

Glossy hand colored lithographs of colorful insects

Antique Prints of Reptiles and Amphibians
1849

Rare antique prints of colorful lizards, snakes, frogs and toads with original hand coloring and glossy shellac finishing

Mammals by Orbigny

Superb hand colored prints from 1849

 

antique prints of butterflies Antique prints: pictures of animals antique prints of butterlfies by Kappel

Blanchard's Exotic Butterflies and Moths

1849

No longer available. Images left for reference only

 

Oliver Goldsmith's Animated Nature

1876

Butterflies and Moths

Circa 1910

Large pictures of moths & butterflies

 

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