Tag: Animals

Turtles and other wild looking creatures. From 1853 but looking about the same. Taken from the first edition of “Histoire naturelle de Lacépède, comprenant les cétacés, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons.” The Lacépède refers to French naturalist and active freemason Bernard-Germâin-Étienne Delayville, Comte La Cépède (1756-1825). Published in Brussels, Belgium.

La Tortue Géométrique – La Tortue Jaune (upper images); La Tortue Franche (lower image). Page 176 from Histoire naturelle de Lacépède, comprenant les cétacés, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. An 1853 edition of a ca. 1804 work with notes and a new classification by A.-G. Desmarest. Adolphe Deros and Company, Éditeurs, Brussels. Collections of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell01lac/page/n174/mode/1up
Le Basilic – La tête fourchue (upper images); Le Dragon – Le Seps (lower images). Page 211 from Histoire naturelle de Lacépède, comprenant les cétacés, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. An 1853 edition of a ca. 1804 work with notes and a new classification by A.-G. Desmarest. Adolphe Deros and Company, Éditeurs, Brussels. Collections of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell01lac/page/n211/mode/1up
Le Lézard Verte (upper image); Le Porte-Crée (lower image). Page 219 from Histoire naturelle de Lacépède, comprenant les cétacés, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. An 1853 edition of a ca. 1804 work with notes and a new classification by A.-G. Desmarest. Adolphe Deros and Company, Éditeurs, Brussels. Collections of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell01lac/page/n219/mode/1up
La Grenouille – La Raine Verte (upper image); La Crapaud (lower image). Page 274 from Histoire naturelle de Lacépède, comprenant les cétacés, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. An 1853 edition of a ca. 1804 work with notes and a new classification by A.-G. Desmarest. Adolphe Deros and Company, Éditeurs, Brussels. Collections of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/histoirenaturell01lac/page/n274/mode/1up
La Vipère Commune (upper image); Le Céraste (lower image). Page 363 from Histoire naturelle de Lacépède, comprenant les cétacés, les quadrupèdes ovipares, les serpents et les poissons. An 1853 edition of a ca. 1804 work with notes and a new classification by A.-G. Desmarest. Adolphe Deros and Company, Éditeurs, Brussels. Collections of the Marine Biological Laboratory and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via

Animals painted by English painter Edwin Frederick Holt (1830-1912). Victorian but the cows look like that now, too. He painted other subjects but I like these best.

Portrait of a Racehorse, in a stable, his racing colors resting on a stall wall. 1865. English. Oil on canvas. Edwin Frederick Holt, painter (1830-1912). Signed and dated 1865. Image © lotsearch.net. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age.https://www.lotsearch.net/lot/edwin-frederick-holt-1830-1912-portrait-of-a-racehorse-63089111?utm_source=auction-newsletter-email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Auktionsnewsletter&utm_content=Email:%20Auktionsnewsletter&page=4
Shorthorn cattle in a landscape with farm buildings beyond. 1901. English. Oil on canvas. Edwin Frederick Holt, painter (1830-1912). Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Signed and dated E. F. Holt 1901 on the lower left. Image © Bonhams 2001-2024. Fair use license. https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/14097/lot/6/
Portrait of a prize bull with a terrier in an interior. 1870. English. Oil on canvas. Edwin Frederick Holt, painter (1830-1912). Signed, dated and inscribed E. F. Holt. 1870/ 5194 on the lower left. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Image © Bonhams 2001-2024. Fair use license. https://www.bonhams.com/auction/25762/lot/322/edwin-frederick-holt-british-1830-1912-a-portrait-of-a-prize-bull-with-a-terrier-in-an-interior/
Cows in a farmyard with chickens and chicks. 1900. English. Oil on canvas. Edwin Frederick Holt, painter (1830-1912). Signed and dated E. F. Holt. 1900 on the lower left. Image © Bonhams 2001-2024. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age.https://www.bonhams.com/auction/26661/lot/23/edwin-frederick-holt-british-1830-1912-cows-in-a-farmyard-with-chickens-and-chicks/
Portrait of a terrier. 1874. English. Oil on canvas. Edwin Frederick Holt, painter (1830-1912). Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. Signed and dated E. F. Holt 1874 on the lower right. Image © Bonhams 2001-2024. Fair use license. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://www.bonhams.com/auction/17623/lot/171/edwin-frederick-holt-british-active-1864-1897-portrait-of-a-terrier-16-x-14-in-406-x-351-cm/

Dinosaurs with nice smiles looking happy. Plates from Henry Robert Knipe’s 1905 work “Nebula to Man.”

“Pareiasaurus. Total length about nine feet (Remains found in Cape Colony, South Africa).” Page 104. Collections of the University of California. Digitalized by the Internet Archive. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t51g0kn2t&view=1up&seq=104&size=125
“A triassic labyrnthodont (about 1/6 natural size): A Belemnite: under view showing funnel by the aid of which it moved backwards.” Page 99. Collections of the University of California. Digitalized by the Internet Archive. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t51g0kn2t&view=1up&seq=99&size=125
“Plesiosaurus.” Page 108. Collections of the University of California. Digitalized by the Internet Archive. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t51g0kn2t&view=1up&seq=108&size=125
“Ceratosaurus (Total length about 20 feet). Remains found in Jurassic strata of Colorado, U.S.A.” Page 118. Collections of the University of California. Digitalized by the Internet Archive. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t51g0kn2t&view=1up&seq=118&size=300
“Megalosaurus. Total length about 25 feet (Remains found in England, France, South Africa, and India)”. Page 130. Collections of the University of California. Digitalized by the Internet Archive. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t51g0kn2t&view=1up&seq=130&size=400

More plates with more dinosaurs coming.

Animals in India. Taken from Captain Thomas Williamson and Samuel Howitt’s “Oriental Field Sports” which was printed in London in 1807.

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Elephants. Plate 9, page 169. Collections of the Hathi Trust Digital Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433003231481&view=1up&seq=169

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Tiger. Plate 12, page 227. Collections of the Hathi Trust Digital Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433003231481&view=1up&seq=227&size=125

Plates depicting 17th century animals, all of these having lived on Spitzbergen (Spitsbergen) which is located between Norway and the North Pole. Taken from Friedrich Marten’s 1671 work on the subject which was published in Hamburg in 1675.

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Land mammals. Page 167. Collections of and digitalized by the John Carter Brown Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/friderichmartens00mart/page/n167/mode/2up

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Whales. Page 172. Collections of and digitalized by the John Carter Brown Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/friderichmartens00mart/page/n172/mode/2up

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BIrds. Page 163. Collections of and digitalized by the John Carter Brown Library. In the public domain. via https://archive.org/details/friderichmartens00mart/page/n163/mode/2up

Animal art from the Wiener Werkstätte. Anton Puchegger, maker (1878-1917). From Austria but mostly working in Berlin.

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Glazed parrot vase. ca. 1920. Ceramic. Signed “WW, A. Puchegger”. Image © Koller Auktionen. Fair use license. via https://www.kollerauktionen.ch/en/zuerich/a191/art-deco-_-art-nouveau-17/?show=detail&ppos=51

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Inkwell with love birds. No date. Bronze. Signed “A. Puchegger.” Marked “1057.” Image © Auction Zip 2003 – 2020. Fair use license. via https://www.auctionzip.com/auction-lot/Anton-Puchegger-bronze-inkwell-having-love-birds_D3740BB92C/

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Clock with three faience ceramic polar bears. No date. ©2020 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Fair use license. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/anton-puchegger/trois-ours-polaires-sur-la-banquise-avec-monture-QdvUe0XtG6OsmDjGpuKkaQ2

Animals in Brazil from a long way back from that long forgotten time when part of it belonged to the Netherlands. 17th century. Painted by Dutch artist Frans Post (1612-1680). Collections of the Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem and exhibited together at the Rijksmuseum a few years ago.

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“Jaguar.” 17th c. Dutch. Watercolor and gouache. Image © Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem. Fair use license. via https://www.apollo-magazine.com/tastes-like-chicken-brazilian-animal-art-amsterdam/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=APMU%20%2020200324%20%20AL&utm_content=APMU%20%2020200324%20%20AL+CID_8d3db4dddd700e0819d6b2e8463c8537&utm_source=CampaignMonitor_Apollo&utm_term=Tastes%20like%20chicken

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“Capiebare” (capybara). 17th c. Dutch. Watercolor and gouache. Image © Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem. Fair use license. via https://www.codart.nl/art-works/newly-discovered-brazilian-animal-drawings-by-frans-post-to-be-presented-at-the-rijksmuseum/

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“Giant Anteater.” 17th c. Dutch. Watercolor and gouache. Image © Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem. Fair use license. via https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/dutch-seventeenth-century-art-about-brazilian-animals/

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“Tatu Peba” (six banded armadillo). 17th c. 17th c. Dutch. Watercolor and gouache. Image © Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem. Fair use license. via https://www.codart.nl/art-works/newly-discovered-brazilian-animal-drawings-by-frans-post-to-be-presented-at-the-rijksmuseum/

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“Neon flying squid with its tentacles. 17th c. Dutch. Watercolor and gouache. Image © Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem. Fair use license. via https://www.ft.com/content/d0466dd6-99cb-11e8-9702-5946bae86e6d

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“Spider Monkey.” 17th c. Dutch. Watercolor and gouache. Image © Noord-Hollands Archief, Haarlem. Fair use license. via https://www.apollo-magazine.com/tastes-like-chicken-brazilian-animal-art-amsterdam/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=APMU%20%2020200324%20%20AL&utm_content=APMU%20%2020200324%20%20AL+CID_8d3db4dddd700e0819d6b2e8463c8537&utm_source=CampaignMonitor_Apollo&utm_term=Tastes%20like%20chicken

Frans Post also did some nice landscapes of early Brazil which are the subject of an earlier post here.

Paintings of animals in the best French Rococo style. Jean-Baptiste Oudry, artist (1686-1755). Also did engraving and designed tapestries.

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“White greyhound.” 1748. Oil on canvas. Signed “JB. Oudry 1748”. Image © Didier Aaron New York and 2020 Artnet Worldwide Corporation.Fair use license. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/jean-baptiste-oudry/white-greyhound-a-ogvdAmPSyGV6z1VmuAc9Nw2?utm_source=display&utm_medium=feature1&utm_campaign=gallery-network&utm_term=mrngaftn&utm_content=Didier-Aaron

Painting by Jean-Baptiste Oudry
“Clara the rhinoceros in Paris in 1749.” 1749. French. Oil on canvas. Collection of the Staatliches Museum, Schwerin. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clara_1749_Oudry.jpg

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“Swan attacked by a dog.” 18th c. French. In the public domain due to age. via https://pixels.com/featured/swan-attacked-by-a-dog-jean-baptiste-oudry.html

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“Hyena in the fight with two dogs.” 1739. Oil on canvas. Collections of the Ludwigslust Palace, Ludwigslust. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1925. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Baptiste_Oudry_-_Hyena_(1739).jpg

Images of birds, plates from “The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle during the years 1832-1836” which was written by Charles Darwin and published in London in 1838. The final artwork by various artist naturalists. Thinking that Darwin could draw but not like that.

"Milvago albogularis" (White-throated Caracara). Plate II, page 35.
“Milvago albogularis” (White-throated Caracara). Plate 1, page 35. Marine Biological Library, Woods Hole, contributor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14062609#page/35/mode/1up

"Pyrocephalus Nanus" (Darwin's flycatcher). Plate 7, Page 84.
“Pyrocephalus Nanus” (Darwin’s flycatcher). Plate 7, Page 84. Marine Biological Library, Woods Hole, contributor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14062609#page/84/mode/1up

'"Pyrocephalus Parvirostris" (Flycatcher).
‘”Pyrocephalus Parvirostris” (Flycatcher). Plate 6, page 81. Marine Biological Library, Woods Hole, contributor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14062609#page/81/mode/1up

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“Strix punctatissima” (Barn owl). Plate 4, page 63. Marine Biological Library, Woods Hole, contributor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14062609#page/63/mode/1up

"Craxirex galapagoensis" (Galapagos Hawk).
“Craxirex galapagoensis” (Galapagos Hawk). Plate 2, page 42. Marine Biological Library, Woods Hole, contributor. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14062609#page/42/mode/1up

Animals, these by Austrian artist Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel (1881-1965). Also worked as a designer at the Wiener Werkstätte.

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“Lion’s Head” (Löwenkopf). 1909. © Estate of the artist. Fair use license. via https://alongtimealone.tumblr.com/post/180618683224/ludwig-heinrich-jungnickel-austrian-18811965

"Wall Frieze for a Children’s room,"
“Wall Frieze for a Children’s room,” from the magazine “Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration.” 1913. German. Collection of the University Library of Heidelberg. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.design-is-fine.org/post/134935526324/ludwig-heinrich-jungnickel-wall-frieze-for-a

Three paravent panels, designed for the Palais Stoclet. ca. 1909.
Three paravent panels, designed for the Palais Stoclet. ca. 1909.Print on paper with overpainting by the artist. Designed by Jungnickel. Image © Estate of the designer. Image © 2018 Artsy. Fair use license. via https://www.artsy.net/artwork/ludwig-heinrich-jungnickel-three-paravent-panels-ludwig-heinrich-jungnickel-design-for-the-palais-stoclet-ca-1909

"Leopard." No date. Colored chalk on paper.
“Leopard.” No date. Colored chalk on paper. © Estate of the artist. Image ©2020 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Fair use license. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/ludwig-heinrich-jungnickel/leopard-VwAzrGEY9Ol–K-dZ1FBfQ2