Description | English: Illustration by Fred Mason from The Story of Alexander |
Date | 1894 |
Source | The Story of Alexander (https://archive.org/details/storyofalexander00steeuoft/page/ii/mode/2up) |
Author | Fred Mason |
Category Archives: Animals
Boa Constrictor Seizing a Government Messenger, by William Daniell
Description | English: Boa Constrictor Seizing a Government Messenger: Engraving after a drawing by William Daniell |
Date | 1833 |
Source | India Illustrated (https://archive.org/details/indiaillustrated00gilb/page/n7/mode/2up) |
Author | William Daniell |
Salamander with Crown
Description | English: Crowned Salamander, printer’s mark of Hieronymus Scotus, Venice, middle 1500s |
Date | 1547 |
Source | De lumbricis alvum occupantibus, ac de ratione curandi eos (https://archive.org/details/delumbricisalvum00gabu) |
Author | Anonymous |
Sperling’s Zoology
Description | English: Frontispiece to a book of zoology, showing unicorn, sea serpent, phoenix, elephant, and other fantastical creatures |
Date | 1661 |
Source | Zoologica physica posthuma (https://archive.org/details/JohannisSperlin00Sper/page/n7/mode/2up) |
Author | Johann Baptist Paravicini |
When the Cat’s Away…, by C. Hermann-Léon
Description | English: “When the Cat’s Away…,” by Charles Hermann-Léon Français : « Quand les chats n’y sont pas… », par C. Hermann-Léon |
Date | 1890 |
Source | Salon de 1890 (https://archive.org/details/gri_33125000907747/page/n117/mode/2up) |
Author | Charles Hermann-Léon |
Neptune’s Horses, by Walter Crane
Description | English: Neptune’s Horses by Walter Crane: “First sketch for the picture exhibited at the Royal Water Colour Society in 1892 & the New Gallery in 1893 & now in the collection of Herr Ernst Seeger, Berlin.” |
Date | 1898 |
Source | “The Work of Walter Crane” in The Art Journal (https://archive.org/details/gri_33125012663791/mode/2up) |
Author | Walter Crane |
Decorative Tiles
Description | English: Decorative tile by the firm of Ch. Fourmaintraux & Delassus |
Date | 1925 |
Source | Gres grand feu d’architecture : album A (https://archive.org/details/GrsGrandFeuDarchitectureAlbumAtablissementsCramiquesCh/page/n15/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
The Bailiff’s Daughter, by Alice Havers
Description | English: “The Bailiff’s Daughter,” by Alice Havers |
Date | 1897 |
Source | The Pall Mall Magazine (https://archive.org/details/pallmallmagazine12lond/page/n5/mode/2up) |
Author | Alice Havers |
The date 1897 is the date this picture was reproduced as the frontispiece to the Pall Mall Magazine. Havers died in 1890, so the original date of painting is earlier.
Playing with a Kitten
Description | English: “Quitting Time,” painted by Benjamin Vautier Deutsch: Feierabend, gemalt von Benjamin Vautier |
Date | 1892 |
Source | Daheim Kalender 1892 (https://archive.org/details/DaheimKalendaer1892/page/n23/mode/2up) |
Author | Benjamin Vautier |
Hogs at a Trough
Description | English: Line drawing of feeding hogs |
Date | 1918 |
Source | Adapted from advertisement in Farmers’ Magazine (https://archive.org/details/farmersmagazine1918toro/page/n1555/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
This scalable illustration can be used at any size.