Natural History Engravings

Vintage illustrations representing scenes from the Eocene period and other natural landscapes, featuring wildlife and geological formations.

Vesuvius eruption in May 1885, Italy. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

Old Testament. Book of Genesis. The flood. Engraving. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra". Volume I. 1854.

Coral Island, vintage engraved illustration. Natural History of Animals, 1880.

The Eocene period, vintage engraving. The Eocene period, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647695

The Eocene period, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886.

Hydraulic mining for gold in the Malakoff pits, California, USA, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century artwork, North America

FATAL BALLOON ACCIDENT IN FRANCE : THE BALLOON L'UNIVERS DESCENDING INTO THE GARDEN OF MONTREUIL, FRANCE, 1876

Vesuvius eruption in May 1885, Italy. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Geology, volcanoes, diameter. undated. Madeira

Engraving depicting various types of comets flying through the night sky. Dated 19th Century

Engraving of an imaginary scene showing a British Arctic expedition in the Arctic, c.1849. The engraving shows a group of men cutting a channel through the ice so that their ship, seen in the background, can escape the ice pack. This image was created in order to give the readers of the 'Illustrated London News' an idea of the conditions that the Franklin and Ross expeditions of the 1840's might encounter in the Arctic. Date: 1849

Engraving of an imaginary scene showing a British Arctic expedition in the Arctic, c.1849. The engraving shows two ships in the background, with icebergs, walruses, a whale and the Aurora Borealis also visible. This image was created in order to give the readers of the 'Illustrated London News' an idea of the conditions that the Franklin and Ross expeditions of the 1840's might encounter in the Arctic. Date: 1849

Aviation 1890: Balloon Filling with Compressed Hydrogen Gas, Aviation, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, original date unknown

Scene of the Triassic era period conchylienne, Chirotherium and nothosaur, vintage engraving. Scene of the Triassic era period conchylienne, Chirotherium and nothosaur, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647720

Engraving depicting the two different effects of freezing water in an iron sphere - left, ejection of stopper by column of ice; right, splitting of the sphere. Dated 19th Century

Fodina argentea Sahlensis - A Silver Mine at Sala - I (from Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vol. II, pl. 33, no. 1) 1723-24 William Hogarth British Hogarth made this print early in his career to illustrate a travel book by the French author Aubry de La Mottraye. Sections of the image show plans and maps, a view of buildings, and diagram of the elevator. Below are views of men working in tunnels.. Fodina argentea Sahlensis - A Silver Mine at Sala - I (from Aubry de La Mottraye's "Travels throughout Europe, Asia and into Part of Africa...," London, 1724, vol. II, pl. 33, no. 1) 396281

Smoke effects produced on the stage at the Paris Opera by heating a mixture of magnesium and potassium chlorate, 1891.

Victoria Land with Mount Erebus and the extinct Mount Terror, discovered by James Clark Ross during his geographical survey of the Antarctic.

VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). Illustration by Emile Bayard for the first edition of the novel 'From the earth to the Moon' (1865). Litography.

A career, Superimposed layers of rocks, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886.

Halo observed in a polar region, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, jules verne

Using a cross-staff to measure the height of a tower. From Robert Fludd 'Utriusque cosmi ... historia', Oppenheim, 1617-1619. Engraving

During Ross's voyage in the 'Investigator' and the 'Enterprise', Ross came across icebergs, whales, seals and the aurora borealis. Date: 1848 - 49

An engraving depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, a Somma-Stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy. Dated 18th century

River Styx River Styx in the Mammoth Cave. Illustration originally published in Hesse-Warteggs Nord Amerika, swedish edition published in 1880. The image is currently in public domain by the virtue of age. Copyright: xZoonar.com/J.xSandvikx 2119198

An engraving depicting the interior view of the crater of Mount Vesuvius before the eruption of 1767. Mount Vesuvius is a Somma-Stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy. Dated 19th century

An artist's impression of the Benjamin Franklin's (1706-1790) investigation of the electrical nature of lightning in September 1752. Franklin and his assistant are flying a kite in a thunderstorm and Franklin are drawing a spark off the kite string. Dated 19th century

A landscape of the coal era, vintage engraving. A landscape of the coal era, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10647722

The title page of '20,000 LIEUES SOUS LES MERS' (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), showing an array of marine life. Date: First published 1870

Engraving of an imaginary scene showing a British Arctic expedition in the Arctic, c.1849. The engraving shows a group of men standing on the rapidly breaking up ice pack, with their ship in the background. This image was created in order to give the readers of the 'Illustrated London News' an idea of the conditions that the Franklin and Ross expeditions of the 1840's might encounter in the Arctic. Date: 1849

Illustration depicting the Aurora Borealis observed from Orléans. Dated 19th Century

Huge fossil bones belonging to gigantic antediluvan animals found in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA. Date: 1878

Water movement, 1678. Artist: Athanasius Kircher

Excavation for the tunnel of Blaisy, Paris-Lyon railway, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 382, Volume XV, June 22, 1850.

View of the metal ore veins inside a so-called Stollart in a mountain with unusual parallel veins. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm's Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Des Mineralreichs, Augsburg, 1828.

The Volcano of Antuco, Chile, Gas eruption, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1858.

Figures of two men executed during the French revolution are seen through a telescope.

Edwin Laurentine Drake (1810-1880), American oil pioneer, striking oil near Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, 27 August 1859. Engraving from 'Les Merveilles de la Science' by Louis Figuier (Paris, c1870).

Disembrcation from arctic exploration ships 1838. Antarctic exploration illustrated in 'Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie.' The French ship L'Astrolabe stuck in ice 1842

The Pack off Sylvia Headland from Arctic Explorations in the Years 1853,54,55 by American explorer Doctor Elisha Kent Kane 1820 to 1857 Volume 1 published in Philadelphia by Childs and Peterson 1856 Engraved by A.W. Graham after a work by J. Hamilton from a sketch by Doctor Kane

Mineralogy, extracting sulphur from pyrites, 1751-1777. Artist: Unknown

Solar Eclipse Observatory, Nicobar Islands, c1875. Artist: Unknown

Illustration of the Aristotelian concept of the path of projectile. Since he believed no body could undertake more than one motion at a time, the path had to consist of two separate motions in a straight line. Dated 16th century

Descent into an old mine, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Cartoon depicting the 'American Rattle Snake'. The 'American' snake emblem was used by Americans on their flag before the adoption of the stars and stripes. By James Gillray (1756-1815) dated 1782

Unkel, vintage engraving. Unkel, vintage engraved illustration. From Chemin des Ecoliers, 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648209

Views of the volcano Mount Etna erupting. Three scientists viewing and sketching from a ledge above the crater. Copperplate engraving by John Shary from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION: APPARATUS, ETC., TO BE USED BY THE EXPLORERS, 1875

The field of discovery of the remains of bones of the diluvian man near Krapina in Croatia, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Cutting the frozen surface, ice collection in the United States of America, illustration by Deroy and Smeeton Tilly from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1778, Volume LXIX, March 24, 1877.

Spectrum of Brocken, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

Sectional view of a bone cavern showing debris of animal bones. William Buckland (1784-1856) English geologist and clergyman, considered the remains to be evidence of the Biblical Flood. From 'A Popular History of Science' (London, 1880). Engraving.

By forest fire balloon, England, vintage engraving. By forest fire balloon, England, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1870. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679349

Excavation for the tunnel of Blaisy, a cross-poles to remove earth and rocks, Paris-Lyon railvay, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 382, Volume XV, June 22, 1850.

The Great Amateur. Aviator: "Marvellous Flier! And does it for love!" - Punch Magazine's comment on the appearance of Halley's Comet in May, 1910. The next predicted perihelion of Halley's Comet is 28 July 2061 Date: 1910

Feather illustration by Joseph Daniel von Huber showing a bird exhibition in Vienna from 1769 to 1773, emphasizing bird forms and audience interaction.

A drawing by Johann Heinrich Roos showing mining activity, using brown ink and gray lavings, depicting miners, tools, and landscape around 1670.

Animal life at the bottom of the sea, vintage engraved illustration. From the Universe and Humanity, 1910.

VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). Picture of the novel 'From the Earth to the Moon' (1865). Building of the projectile. Litography.

transport transportation aviation balloons hydrogene ballon ""Charliere"" constructed by brothers Anne-Jean and Nicholas-Louis Robert for Jacques Charles filling in the hydrogene Paris 23.- 26.8.1783 wood engraving 19th century,

19th Century diagram of a simple water clock where water is allowed to escape at a controlled rate from a spout at the bottom. The divisions allowed for the passing of each hour differ according to the dimensions of the vessel and the head of water still in it.

Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, reputed to have said 'Give me a lever and I will move the Earth'. Woodcut of Archimedes putting saying into action from title page of 'The Mechanic's Magazine' London, 1824

Explosion in the quarry of Bab El Oued, Algeria, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 377, Volume XV, May 18, 1850.

The crater 'Plato' : overhead is the Earth, somewhat larger than it would actually appear. Date: 1890s

Fishing: nets for river fishing. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after Goussier.

United States of America, New Hampshire. Mount Washington Observatory. An observer measuring the wind speed on the mountain plateau, by means of the Robinson device. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), January 30, 1884. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish painter and engraver.

Mechanical advantage: The power of the lever, 1877. Lever of the second kind where effort is between fulcrum and load. Resistance, A, between power, B, and fulcrum, C. Use of a lever allows more power to be exerted for the same effort than is possible without it. From 'Natural Philosophy', A Ganot, (London, 1877).

Antarctic exploration illustrated in 'Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie.' The French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 28. 1842

Arastra or Mexican ore crushing device, California. United States of America, drawing by Gustave Adolphe Chassevent (1818 - 1901) Trip to California, 1859 by Louis Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Engraving depicting a cross-section of Henry Bessemer's cross-channel steamer. Dated 19th Century

Arborise curious stones, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man 1886.

'Encyclop_die' by Denis Diderot and Jean D'Alembert (1751). Mineral extraction and transport. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia).

Dashur Pyramid, Illustration, Cyclopaedia of Universal History, Volume 1, The Ancient World, by John Clark Ridpath, the Jones Brothers Publishing Company, 1885

The demolition work on the Field of Mars after the Universal Exhibition of 1867, state 1869, Paris, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction ...

Balloon-borne lightning conductors devised by the French astronomer Francois Arago (1786-l853) 1880

Illustration depicting Eugène Godard's balloon 'Aigile'. Dated Eugène Godard (1827-1890) French aeronaut. Dated 20th Century

EXTRACTION OF ETNA, 1838, Georg Heinrich Busse, 1839 print Middenonder de Tekst: 'Completely tired we finally reached the summit from the booming Etna and saw each other on a new, very indescribable world'. Left boven in de Afbetelding Genummerd: 36. paper etching Etna

An engraving depicting Antonio de Ulloa discovering an "Ulloa circle" - a rare optical illusion consisting of a white luminous ring or arch sometimes seen in mountainous regions, typically in foggy weather, while facing an area opposite the Sun. Antonio de Ulloa (1716-1795) a Spanish general of the navy, explorer, scientist, author, astronomer, colonial administrator and the first Spanish governor of Louisiana. Dated 19th century

Effects of wind on De Sanderval's Glider - gliding in the wind, and gliding in the calm air. Date: 1870s

expedition Franklin expedition finding of remains on King William Island colour engraving from ""Die Gartenlaube"" 1860 private collection,

Engraving depicting the excavation of chalk at the Rose Hill Cutting. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting the surveying using a water level. Dated 19th Century

Optical phenomenon observed on 8 June 1872 by Messrs against the Admiral Baron Roussin and Gaston Tissandier in a aerostatic ascension, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.

Imaginative reconstruction of the Earth during the time of the dinosaurs. From 'Astronomie Populaire' by Camille Flammarion (Paris, 1881). Engraving.

Insect, northern dune tiger beetle (Cicindela hybrida), with larva and pupa, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

On the coast. Buoys, semaphores and beacons. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1899

Insects, sponge gall wasp, Teras terminalis, 2. wingless root gall wasp, Biorhiza aptera, 3. blackberry gall wasp, Diastrophus rubi, 5. Synergus facialis, 7. knife-shaped parasitic gall wasp, Ibalia cultellator, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Mining for lead and silver in the Hartz mountains near Clausthal, Germany. Mine de Plomb-Argentifere des environs de Clausthal. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1834-39.

Earth from Mercury, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1877.

Archimedes (c287-212 BC) Greek mathematician and inventor. Reconstruction of Archimedes' burning mirror supposed to have been designed to burn Roman fleet attacking Syracuse in 212 BC. From Marius Bettinus 'Apiaria', 1642. Copperplate engraving

The "Comte d'Artois" balloon with propellers built by chemical factory directors Leonard Alban and Vallet of Javel, August 1785. Woodblock engraving from Louis Figuier's "Les Merveilles de la Science: Aerostats" (Marvels of Science: Air Balloons), Furne, Jouvet et Cie, Paris, 1868.

Monoculus, Blemmyes, Sciapodes, vintage engraving. Monoculus, Blemmyes, Sciapodes, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660238

Daniel Ruggles (1810-1897). Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. In 1880 he obtained a federal patent to produce rain by explosions in the clouds. The experiment consisted in ascending dynamite, through a kite, to a cloud and exploding it to prompt rainfall. Wires were used from the ground to detonate the explosive. The attempts were generally unsuccessful. Mr. Ruggles' procedure for producing artificial rain. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

Engraving of the patent elevator and observatory showing a man being elevated into the air for viewing purposes. During the siege of Sebastopol a view of the enemy's works was required, and two or three months before the town yielded to the Allied armies the military writer Mr Stockton conceived the idea of the elevator on the principle of 'lazy tongs'. Date: 11th October 1856

Monoculus, Blemmyes, Sciapodes, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843.

Location of San Gaban, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).

El Jorullo, a cinder cone volcano in Michoacan, central Mexico. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Roberto Freschi from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1841.

A flying contraption with large wings travels over the water. Wood engraving, 1843.

Tunnel explosion at Södermalm, the binding track

Shell Mound People or Kitchen-Middeners. Late Mesolithic-early Neolithic 4,000-2,000 BC. North and South Europe, Iberia, North Africa, North & South America similar patterns found. Artist's impression c188. Engraving .

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