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34.5 x 21 cm (13.5 x 8.5 inches)Monastery and Cathedral Church of DurhamThis large antique engraving was made in 1717 and is from from Monasticon Anglicanum, or The History of Ancient Abbies, Monasteries,Hospitals, Cathedrals and Collegiate Churches in England and Wales, by Sir William Dugdale. It w..

34.5 x 21 cm (13.5 x 8.5 inches)West Prospect of the Cathedral Church of DurhamThis large antique engraving was made in 1717 and is from from Monasticon Anglicanum, or The History of Ancient Abbies, Monasteries,Hospitals, Cathedrals and Collegiate Churches in England and Wales, by Sir William Dugdal..

33 x 25 cm (13 x 9.5 inches).Viverra Ichneumon, Grossarchus obscurus and Paradoxurus typusEgypt,ArabiaThis original antique lithograph was made in 1827 by Karl Joseph Brodtmann, the renowned Swiss naturalist and lithographer. Brodtmann's lithographs are detailed, accurately drawn and beautifully com..

28.5 x 22cm (11.3 x 8.5 inches).Trout,Salmon,Cat Fish,Eels,Flying Fish This high quality antique engraving about the animal kingdom is by Traugott Bromme, a German traveller who led an exciting life. Bromme published books, prints and maps on his travels and the natural history of the world. This is..

45 x 34 cm (17.5 x 13.5 inches)Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor), Butcher Bird (Barita destructor), Spotted Pardalote (Pardalotus punctatus), Tyrant Flycatcher (Muscicapa tyrannus), Collared Flycatcher (Muscicapa albicollus), Red-breasted Flycatcher (Muscicapa parva), Bohemian Waxwing (Amphelis g..

31.7 x 23.5 cm (12.5 x 9.2 inches).Laelio cattleya rex This antique chromolithograph was made in 1903 for William Robinson, an Irish gardener and journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement that led to the popularising of the English cottage garden. It's an original antique whic..

27.5 x 20.5cm (10.5 x 8 inches).Laelia cinnabarina,purpurata and Cattelya Mendeli,citrina etc This is an antique chromolithograph which was made in the 1890s for a work by John Wright, a horticulturist and editor of the London Journal of Horticulture. He created fine works illustrating fruit, vegeta..

27 x 17.7 cm (10.6 x 7 inches)BrazilThis lithograph is from L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden, one of the finest botanical periodicals first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and hopefully persuade them..

~8.3 by 5.2 inches (21 by 12.8 cm). This superb antique engraving is over 230 years old. It's from "British Zoology" by Thomas Pennant, which was published in 1776 in Warrington, England. The illustrations in the early editions were so expensive to produce that he made little money and gave the pro..

26.2 x 18.2 cm (10.5 x 7 inches)This wood engraving with original hand colour is by Alexander Francis Lydon.Lydon was a renowned perfectionist. He was expert at creating beautifully coloured prints. This print is an authentic antique, not a reproduction and is in average condition. Some age toning a..

26.2 x 18.2 cm (10.5 x 7 inches)This wood engraving with original hand colour is by Alexander Francis Lydon.Lydon was a renowned perfectionist. He was expert at creating beautifully coloured prints. This print is an authentic antique, not a reproduction and is in good condition...

34.5 x 21 cm (13.5 x 8.5 inches)This large antique engraving was made in 1717 and is from from Monasticon Anglicanum, or The History of Ancient Abbies, Monasteries,Hospitals, Cathedrals and Collegiate Churches in England and Wales, by Sir William Dugdale. It was made by copper plate engraving, has w..

27 x 18 cm (10.5 x 7 inches).Cattleya aurea var. dowiana. This vintage lithograph was made from the original water colour drawing by Karl Alexander in the 1950s, using top quality 8 colour litho-offset printing and thick cartridge paper. Karl Alexander was an accomplished botanical illustrator. It i..

23.5 x 14.5 cm (9 x 5.8 inches).Hand colored aquatint by Thomas RowlandsonThis caricature print was created by Thomas Rowlandson in ~1820. It is an original antique.It is in quite good condition. The margins around show the hallmarks of aging and handling. This makes the print look authentically old..

23.5 x 14.5 cm (9 x 5.8 inches).Hand colored aquatint by Thomas RowlandsonThis caricature print was created by Thomas Rowlandson in ~1820. It is an original antique.It is in quite good condition. The margins around show the hallmarks of aging and handling. This makes the print look authentically old..

23.5 x 14.5 cm (9 x 5.8 inches).Hand colored aquatint by Thomas RowlandsonThis caricature print was created by Thomas Rowlandson in ~1820. It is an original antique.It is in quite good condition. The margins around show the hallmarks of aging and handling. This makes the print look authentically old..

25 x 19 cm (10 x 7.5 inches)AustraliaThis beautiful antique engraving was made in 1785 and is from "A General Synopsis of Birds" by John Latham. It was made by copper plate engraving, has well defined plate marks, is beautifully detailed and is on heavy weight,handmade, chain-linked paper. The engra..

23.5 x 14.5 cm (9 x 5.8 inches).Hand colored aquatint by Thomas RowlandsonThis caricature print was created by Thomas Rowlandson in ~1820. It is an original antique.It is in quite good condition. The margins around show the hallmarks of aging and handling. This makes the print look authentically old..

27 x 18 cm (10.5 x 7 inches).Laeliocattleya Cambrai var. celle. This vintage lithograph was made from the original water colour drawing by Karl Alexander in the 1950s, using top quality 8 colour litho-offset printing and thick cartridge paper. Karl Alexander was an accomplished botanical illustrator..

25 x 19 cm (10 x 7.5 inches)Equatorial AfricaThis beautiful antique engraving was made in 1785 and is from "A General Synopsis of Birds" by John Latham. It was made by copper plate engraving, has well defined plate marks, is beautifully detailed and is on heavy weight,handmade, chain-linked paper. T..

22 x 14 cm (8.8 x 5.5 inches).Hand colored engraving by John LeechThis caricature print was created by John Leech in ~1840. It is an original antique.It is in quite good condition. The margins around show the hallmarks of aging and handling. This makes the print look authentically old, but the margi..

22 x 14 cm (8.8 x 5.5 inches).Hand colored engraving by J. LeechThis caricature print was created by John Leech in ~1840. It is an original antique.It is in quite good condition. The margins around show the hallmarks of aging and handling. This makes the print look authentically old, but the margins..

25 x 18 cm (10 x 7 inches).A beautifully colored and illustrated chromolithograph made by Cassell and Company in ~1870 for Thomas Rymer Jones, Professor of Natural History and Comparative Anatomy in King's College, London. This is an original antique print, not a reproduction, and is in good conditi..

16 x 10cm (6.5 x 4 inches).This antique lithograph was made in London in the 1850s by the famous Sowerby family, well known for their high quality illustrations of the natural world. They were made to educate the general population in natural history. The Victorians were very interested in natural h..

29 x 21.5 (11.5 x 8.5)Nowadays this is known as a Tiger Quoll. It is a carnivorous marsupial found in Australia and its latin name is Dasyurus maculatus.This vintage lithograph is from Wild Nature, made in the early 1930s in London and Australia. It is what's known as an instructive picture, a genre..

22 x 14 cm (8.8 x 5.5 inches).Hand colored engraving by John LeechThis caricature print was created by John Leech in ~1840. It is an original antique.It is in quite good condition. The margins around show the hallmarks of aging and handling. This makes the print look authentically old, but the margi..

22 x 14 cm (8.8 x 5.5 inches).Also shows Chervil (Beaked Parley), Horse-Chesnut (food for horses, deer and poultry)This fascinating antique chromolithograph of plants used in medicine was made in 1877 and comes from a work about medicinal plants by Benjamin Barton and Thomas Castle. Their aim was to..

19 x 11 cm (7.5 x 4.5 inches).This is an antique chromolithograph from a work by Richard Bowdler-Sharpe (1847 - 1909), an English zoologist in the Zoological Department of the British Museum. He founded the British Ornithologists' Club in 1892. His work on birds was scientific, yet popular and conta..