Vintage Stock Images
ZOOLOGY – Various Horses and Zebra – 1851 Antique Original Print
You’re looking at a well preserved original plate from Johann Georg Heck’s “Iconographic Encyclopedia of Sciences, Literature and Art” published in 1851 by Rudolphe Garrigue in New York. We were extremely fortunate to acquire the full collection of illustrative prints from the series, which after many months of looking, proved to be very difficult!
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- Resolution: 9331 x 7843 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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ZOOLOGY – Various Bird Species – Antique Johann Heck Original 1851 Print
You’re looking at a well preserved original plate from Johann Georg Heck’s “Iconographic Encyclopedia of Sciences, Literature and Art” published in 1851 by Rudolphe Garrigue in New York. We were extremely fortunate to acquire the full collection of illustrative prints from the series, which after many months of looking, proved to be very difficult!
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- Resolution: 7226 x 9105 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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RODENTIA, Dormouse, Marmot, Squirrel, Beaver. Antique 1880 Stock Image
An original Antique Plate scan from the National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. Published by William Mackenzie in 1880. Click on the Artist’s name to see the full collection from this series!
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- Resolution: 7594 x 10009 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: William Mackenzie
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ANTIQUE 1812 Print – Nonpareil Parrakeet – Vintage Zoology Engraving
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- Resolution: 4217px x 7565px
- Year of Print: 1812
- Artist: George Shaw Engravings by Mrs Griffith
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ZOOLOGY Vintage Bird Engraving – Shining Creeper – Antique Print
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- Resolution: 4508px x 7531px
- Year of Print: 1812
- Artist: George Shaw Engravings by Mrs Griffith
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ROYAL TODY – Vintage 1812 Engraved Zoology Print
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- Resolution: 3790px x 6798px
- Year of Print: 1812
- Artist: George Shaw Engravings by Mrs Griffith
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ANTIQUE Hand Drawn Nature Print – Red Deer
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- Resolution: 8912px x 6010px
- Year of Print: 1897
- Artist: Hedley Peek and F. G. Aflalo
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VINTAGE Hand Drawn Nature Print – Antique 1897 – Capercaillie
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- Resolution: 9422px x 6162px
- Year of Print: 1897
- Artist: Hedley Peek and F. G. Aflalo
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BEAUTIFUL Vintage Colour Print – Florican and Macqueen’s Bustard
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- Resolution: 7569px x 5492px
- Year of Print: 1904
- Artist: J. R. Ainsworth Davis
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FOX and Cubs – Beautiful Vintage Wildlife Print 1877
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- Resolution: 5691px x 8779px
- Year of Print: 1877
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Lloyd’s Natural History – Vintage Coloured Print of Water-Shrew
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- Resolution: 6275px x 4051px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Vintage Coloured Print of a Fishing Cat – Lloyd’s Natural History
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- Resolution: 6268px x 4052px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Vintage Coloured Print of Azara’s Opossum – 1896 Lloyd’s Natural History
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- Resolution: 6275px x 4080px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Lloyd’s Natural history – Antique Coloured Print of Tasmanian Wombat
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- Resolution: 6268px x 4050px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Vintage Coloured Print of Parry’s Wallaby – Lloyd’s Natural History
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- Resolution: 6253px x 4041px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Antique Coloured Print of Red-Necked Wallaby – Tasmanian Variety
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- Resolution: 6268px x 4061px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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ANTIQUE Rural Sports Hand Coloured Engraving of a Stag
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- Resolution: 4719px x 7445px
- Year of Print: 1807
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ANTIQUE Natural History Print – Paca, Opposum, Marmose, Engraving
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- Resolution: 4301px x 7493px
- Year of Print: 1821
- Artist: Thomas Tegg
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ANTIQUE Natural History Print – Ostrich, Dodo, Cassowary Birds Engraving
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- Resolution: 7538px x 4299px
- Year of Print: 1821
- Artist: Thomas Tegg
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ZOOLOGY – Variety of Fish – Antique Johann Heck 1851 Print
You’re looking at a well preserved original plate from Johann Georg Heck’s “Iconographic Encyclopedia of Sciences, Literature and Art” published in 1851 by Rudolphe Garrigue in New York. We were extremely fortunate to acquire the full collection of illustrative prints from the series, which after many months of looking, proved to be very difficult!
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- Resolution: 7163 x 9077 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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1875 Antique Print Woman HORSE Riding Cassell’s Book of the Horse
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- Resolution: 9600 x 7200 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1875
- Artist: Unknown
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CHONDROPTERYGII – White Shark, Angel Fish – Antique Artwork
An original Antique Plate scan from the National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. Published by William Mackenzie in 1880. Click on the Artist’s name to see the full collection from this series!
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- Resolution: 8600 x 5500 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: William Mackenzie
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MAMMALS Insectivora – Hedgehog, Mole, Shrew, Volans. Antique 1880 Print
An original Antique Plate scan from the National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. Published by William Mackenzie in 1880. Click on the Artist’s name to see the full collection from this series!
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- Resolution: 5500 x 8600 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: William Mackenzie
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1812 Vintage Engraved Zoology Print – Ground Parakeet
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- Resolution: 4354px x 7565px
- Year of Print: 1812
- Artist: George Shaw Engravings by Mrs Griffith
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ANTIQUE Engraved Print – Green Faced Creeper – Vintage 1812
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- Resolution: 4473px x 7548px
- Year of Print: 1812
- Artist: George Shaw Engravings by Mrs Griffith
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ANTIQUE Biblical Print – Coney, Shaphan, Mouse – Vintage 1836
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- Resolution: 7030px x 8987px
- Year of Print: 1836
- Artist: Charles Taylor
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VINTAGE Natural History Print of A SALMON Leap -1904
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- Resolution: 5236px x 7997px
- Year of Print: 1904
- Artist: J. R. Ainsworth Davis
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BIRDS – Giant Cuckoo, Red-Beaked Toucan, Folded Horn – Vintage Print
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- Resolution: 10641px x 8699px
- Year of Print: 1882
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Lloyd’s Natural History – Vintage Coloured Print of Harp Seal
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- Resolution: 6275px x 4165px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Vintage Coloured Print of The White-Footed Marmoset – 1896
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- Resolution: 4120px x 6278px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Lloyd’s Natural History – Vintage Coloured Print of The woolly Avahi
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- Resolution: 4096px x 6247px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Antique Coloured Print of De Brazza’s Guenon – 1896
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- Resolution: 4101px x 6222px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Lloyd’s Natural History – Coloured Print of Common Pouched Mouse
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- Resolution: 6289px x 4121px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Vintage Coloured print of Common Dormouse-Phalanger
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- Resolution: 6268px x 4074px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Vintage Coloured Print of Common Phalanger – Lloyd’s Natural History
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- Resolution: 6261px x 4129px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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ANTIQUE Natural History Print – Zibet, Civet, Genett, Peccary, Bat
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- Resolution: 4435px x 7505px
- Year of Print: 1821
- Artist: Thomas Tegg
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ANTIQUE Original Kono Bairei Woodblock Japanese Print 1881 Bird Taking Off
You’re looking at a beautiful piece of Japanese woodblock art from our collection of original 1881 prints by noted artist, Kono Bairei; Created for one of his best-known publications ‘one hundred birds’. Most of the bird species throughout this collection were native to Japan, with a few domesticated and some imported cage birds.
Bairei was born and lived in Kyoto. He was apprenticed to the Maruyama printer Nakajima Raiso at the age of eight. He was a pupil of Shijo artist Shiokawa Bunrin and followed the Nanga school tradition. He established the Kyoto Prefectural School of Painting before opening his own studio to students and retiring from teaching.
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- Resolution: 5776 x 7990 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1881
- Artist: Kono Bairei
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ZOOLOGY – Various Bird Species – Antique Johann Heck Original 1851 Print
You’re looking at a well preserved original plate from Johann Georg Heck’s “Iconographic Encyclopedia of Sciences, Literature and Art” published in 1851 by Rudolphe Garrigue in New York. We were extremely fortunate to acquire the full collection of illustrative prints from the series, which after many months of looking, proved to be very difficult!
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- Resolution: 7287 x 9353 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1851
- Artist: Johann Georg Heck
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1880 Mammals Print – Dasyure, Porcupine Ant-Eater, Platypus
An original Antique Plate scan from the National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. Published by William Mackenzie in 1880. Click on the Artist’s name to see the full collection from this series!
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- Resolution: 5500 x 8600 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: William Mackenzie
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PHEASANT Gallinae, Guinea Fowl. Vintage 1880 Stock Image
An original Antique Plate scan from the National Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. Published by William Mackenzie in 1880. Click on the Artist’s name to see the full collection from this series!
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- Resolution: 7594 x 10009 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1880
- Artist: William Mackenzie
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ANTIQUE 1812 Print – Blue Bellied Parakeet – Vintage Zoology Engraving
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- Resolution: 4593px x 7565px
- Year of Print: 1812
- Artist: George Shaw Engravings by Mrs Griffith
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STUNNING Hand Drawn 1897 Antique Nature Print – Snipe
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- Resolution: 9466px x 6422px
- Year of Print: 1897
- Artist: Hedley Peek and F. G. Aflalo
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SONGBIRDS Vintage 1882 Print – Starling, Bird Of Paradise, Nightingale
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- Resolution: 10543px x 8576px
- Year of Print: 1882
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Antique Coloured Print of Common Otter – Vintage 1896
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- Resolution: 6261px x 4081px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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The Pine-Marten Vintage Coloured Print – Lloyd’s Natural History
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- Resolution: 6217px x 4126px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Antique Coloured Print of Common Hedge-Hog – 1896
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- Resolution: 6253px x 4104px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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Antique Coloured Print of Marbled Cat – 1896
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- Resolution: 6239px x 4096px
- Year of Print: 1896
- Artist: Edward Lloyd
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