MISCELLANEOUS Selection of Vintage Animal Illustrations – Perfect for Print
The type foundry and print shop of old would create books, like the one this image was discovered within, to help customers and clients with their design choices. Naturally, these books were jam packed with useful illustrative elements that could be combined to create a final piece. Today, these books are extremely difficult to get a hold of. Especially those that were published in the late 1800s. They were not mainstream publications, they simply served as 'catalogs' and thus were only produced in small numbers. Fortunately, we were introduced to a collector who had precisely what we had been searching for for so long. After some costly negotiations, we're very excited to be able to share the wonderful gems within.
- License Info
- Resolution: 7598 x 5312
- Year of Print: Late 1800s
- Artist: Schelter & Giesecke Type Foundry
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Engraved Woodland Scene with Wasps, Nest, and Dense Foliage in Natural Detail
This image is part of a beautiful collection of highly detailed, engraved illustrations from the early 1800s - Originally discovered within a small book full of stories inspired by the English countryside. While I’m sure the stories are lovely, I couldn’t get over how incredible these illustrations were!
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Goldfinches and Nest Illustration on Transparent Background
Illustration of goldfinches at their nest, with intricate details of the birds and surrounding foliage, isolated on a transparent background.
- Resolution: 4507px x 5279px
- Image Type(s): PNG
- Animal
- Art
- avian
- Birds
- Birdwatching
- Black and white
- Breeding
- Decorative
- detailed
- distinctive
- Drawing
- Eggs
- Family
- Feathers
- Foliage
- Garden
- Goldfinches
- Identification
- illustration
- isolated
- Natural History
- Nature
- Nest
- Nesting
- Observation
- Ornate
- Ornithological
- ornithology
- Perch
- perched
- plumage
- PNG
- representation
- sketch
- Songbirds
- species
- transparent background
- Wildlife
- Wing
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OSPREY and Young – 1904 Vintage Natural History Print
- License Info
- Resolution: 5243px x 7891px
- Year of Print: 1904
- Artist: J. R. Ainsworth Davis
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Hummingbird Perched Atop Its Nest with Two Eggs Held Up by a Tree Branch with Detailed Foliage Isolated Background Line Art Illustration
A vintage line art illustration of a hummingbird perched on its nest with two eggs, supported by a tree branch with detailed foliage, ideal for nature themes.
- Image Type(s): PNG
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Illustration of a Chicken in Egg
A detailed and creative illustration of a chicken curled up inside an egg, showing the early stages of life. The vintage style art piece emphasizes the delicate nature of growth and development.
- Resolution: 1590px x 2156px
- Image Type(s): PNG
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BIRD Eggs – Variety of Eggs and Nests – Antique Handcolored Lithograph
Original Colour Vintage Print from Lorenz Okenfuss' 'Oken's Naturgeschichte' (Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände), with illustrations by Johann Susemihl (1767-1847), and published in Stuttgart by Hoffman between 1839 and 1841. Lorenz Oken (1 August 1779 - 11 August 1851) was a German naturalist, botanist, biologist, and ornithologist. Oken was born Lorenz Okenfuss (German: Okenfuß) in Bohlsbach (now part of Offenburg), Ortenau, Baden, and studied natural history and medicine at the universities of Freiburg and Würzburg. He went on to the University of Göttingen, where he became a Privatdozent (unsalaried lecturer), and shortened his name to Oken. As Lorenz Oken, he published a small work entitled Grundriss der Naturphilosophie, der Theorie der Sinne, mit der darauf gegründeten Classification der Thiere (1802). This was the first of a series of works which established him as a leader of the movement of "Naturphilosophie" in Germany.
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- Resolution: 9300 x 11600 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1836
- Artist: Lorenz Oken
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STUNNING Vintage Engraving – Red Throated Humming Bird – Vintage Print
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- Resolution: 4525px x 7616px
- Year of Print: 1812
- Artist: George Shaw Engravings by Mrs Griffith
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WATER – MONITORS Robbing a Nest – Vintage Natural History Print
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- Resolution: 8148px x 5800px
- Year of Print: 1904
- Artist: J. R. Ainsworth Davis
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ANTIQUE Illustration – Nest of Saw-beaked Hummingbird – 1877 Engraving
- License Info
- Resolution: 4920 x 7488 300dpi
- Year of Print: 1877
- Artist: Unknown
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WEAVER BIRDS – Colour 1904 Vintage Natural History Print
- License Info
- Resolution: 5366px x 7837px
- Year of Print: 1904
- Artist: J. R. Ainsworth Davis
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