Nature and Ornamental Sketches

A variety of sketches showcasing birds and plants, demonstrating intricate detailing and a mix of naturalistic and decorative elements.

Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Waterfront with plants, verso middle - stamped, print, prints, height 39 mm, width 55 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravure

Crane. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 22-Feb-1784. Place: Jakarta. Measurements: h 195 mm × w 155 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Hanno, a navigator from Carthage, sails down the west coast of Africa as far as Sierra Leone or Cameroon Date: 5th century BC

Bol of the Strandnarcis, Crispijn van de Passe (II), 1617 print Print is part of a book. paper engraving flowers

Kop van een hert (Cervidae); hoofd van een wild-geijtje. / Caprioli Caput / tete de Chevraeuil (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt (signed by artist). Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 281 mm × w 199 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Diving Water Estate de Poisse, Fradi�re Chies, La Barbote (Roberte (Robert-Dumesnil 456, Barsch 42) Albert Flamen (1620-1674). Divases An EDECEM OF Be Winery. Photos of Balice: La Barbote (Robert-Dumesnil 456, Barsch 42). Eau Dictionary forta, Xvie peiat.

Emilia-Romagna Ferrara Ferrara Museo Civico di Schifanoia94. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 General Notes: INCOMPLETE RECORD--NEGATIVES PROCESSED, PRINTS FILED German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s until his death. The result of this project, referred to by Hutzel as Foto Arte Minore, is thorough documentation of art historical development in Italy up to the 18th century, including objects of the Etruscans and the Romans, as well as early Medieval, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque monuments. Images are organized by geographic region in Italy, then by province, city, site complex and monument.

Slakken. Slekken. / Cochleae terrestres. / Lunaçons de terre. Escargots. (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 265 mm × w 181 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Two cable gig on the beach, Albert Flamen, 1664 print print maker: Parisafter own design by: Parispublisher: ParisFrance paper etching fishes

Decoration of the Camera degli Sposi (Camera Picta), by Mantegna Andrea, 1465 - 1474, 15th Century, fresco and dry tempera. Italy: Lombardy: Mantua: Ducal Palace. Vault. The oculus. Detail. The light blue/azure peacock

Abba Gumba, James Heath, 1757-1834, British, after James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, 1789, Engraving

Two plaice on the beach, Reinier Craeyvanger, 1822 - 1880.

Various species of seafood, second part, fresh cod (Robert-Dumesnil 436, Bartsch 22) Albert Flamen (1620-1674). Various species of sea fish. Part Two: Fresh cod (Robert-Dumesnil 436, Bartsch 22). Floor, 17th century.

Study of the habit of a monk, draughtsman: Bartolommeo (Fra), (attributed to), 1485 - 1517, prepared paper, pen, brush, h 218 mm × w 161 mm

Federico Ribas Montenegro, 1890 - 1952. Spanish cartoonist, illustrator, publicist and poster designer. His career was launched in 1916 when he won a poster competition for a famous soap company.

Mosaic of a dog from the porter's threshold in the House of Vesonius Primus, a fuller. Illustration drawn by Discanno and lithographed by Victor Steeger from Emil Presuhn's "Pompeji. Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen von 1874-1881," Weigel, Leipzig, 1882. German archeologist Presuhn (1844-1881) lived in Italy for eight years and, with Mr. Discanno and Miss Amy Butts, made exact copies of many wall paintings that are now lost.

Flag of Götaland, Anonymous, 1667 - 1670 drawing Flag of Götaland, the historic southern part of Sweden. Going lion on a field with white and blue wavy diagonal jobs. Flag on flagsteng and mast foot. Shown on folio 48r. Part of a flag book with flags from Europe, North Africa, Near and Far East. France paper. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.) Götaland

Kurochka khokhlushka.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Weapons and various implements used by the Indians in California, 1822, lithograph by De Langlume from a drawing by Choris taken from A New Voyage Round the World by Otto von Kotzebue.

Kruzhka.. Illustrations, Architectural drawings. 1875. General Research Division. Architecture , Russia, Decoration and ornament, Architectural , Russia

Bound Print (France)

Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, Testa di Fecco, undated. Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper.

Decoy. Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 40.9 cm (14 1/16 x 16 1/8 in.). Medium: watercolor with white heightening over graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hester Duany.

Newton Limbird Smith Fielding, 1799-1856, British, Death, 1853. Engraving, hand-colored.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXXI. Dated: c. 1575/1580. Dimensions: page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joris Hoefnagel.

Pride Novelli, Francesco (1764 1836)

Hunting trophies. unknown, painter

Chain pym

CODEX TRUJILLO DEL PERU - BOOK II E 163 - DANCE OF THE HUACAMAYOS - WATERCOLOR - 18TH CENTURY. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Juan Laurent y Minier (Photographer) / 'Large vase in the shape of a dragon or ''caquesseitío'''. Ca. 1879. Albumen on photographic paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

A British caricature depicts the Revolution as a locust which destroys society via war, oppression, destruction and famine. Date: 1795

Testa di Fecco, Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, undated, Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (13.3 x 19.7 cm), animal material, ears, heads, horn, measuring, Nature, pedestals

Paris, Weyen, Herman, France, Le Roy, Henri, Birds, Owl and other birds, center top - engraved, In the foreground an owl sits in the middle, behind it a landscape with other birds in the air and in the water. From the second edition., print, ornamental print, prints, ornamental prints, Henri le Roy fecit, bottom center - engraved, H. Weijen exc., bottom right - engraved, DUC, height 96 mm, width 197 mm, French, 1579 - 1652, print maker, printmaker, 1638 - 1669, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, after own design

France, Louis XIV (King of France), Paris, Merlen, Jacques van, Flamen, Albert, Diverses Especes de Poissons de mer, Fish and other sea animals - saltwater first series, Pulchella, olim trichis. La Pucelle., Three fish on the beach, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 106 mm, width 177 mm, 1620 - 1691, print maker, printmaker, 1664 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design of, Publication (Event), Publication, South Netherlands, French, 1616-12-15 - 1682-06, publisher, uitgever, Frans, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01, verlener van privilege

Painting Of Eagle On Rocks With American Flags Crest & Arrows Representing 13 Original Colonies

illustration of English tales, folk tales, and ballads. Scissors

THE NEWCASTLE RACE PLATE (MAZEPPA.)

From The Henhouse 1858 Charles Jacque. From The Henhouse. Le Poulailler. Charles Jacque (French, Paris 1813-1894 Paris). 1858. Wood engraving. Jacques-Adrien Lavieille (French, Paris 1818-1862 Paris). Prints

Unidentified tropical fish. Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon (attributed to). Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm × w 480 mm; h 260 mm × w 337 mm; h 197 mm × w 250 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Järnefelt, Eero, work, Portrait of a young woman, soft ground etching, graphics, plate width 18 cm, plate height 12.2 cm, leaf width 13 cm, leaf height 17.5 cm, Erik 'Eero' Nikolai Järnefelt 1863 - 1937, Finnish painter and art professor. Known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park in Finland.

Amsterdam, Visscher, Claes Jansz. (II), Collaert, Adriaen, Piscium Vivae Icones, Fish, Five fish, verso - stamped, A spotted fish, two small fish and two carps. The print is part of a series with fish as subject., print, prent, prints, height 126 mm, width 190 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1634 - 1634, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Southern Netherlands (before 1775), 1560 - 1618-06-29, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Northern Netherlands, 1586 - 1652-06-19, publisher

Cameleons. Thoma, Hans (1839-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

Eagle: Pilot House Ornament. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 52.9 x 39.2 cm (20 13/16 x 15 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Molly Bodenstein.

Gems (Rupicapra rupicapra). Berg Geijte. / Rupi Capra / Chamois (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 183 mm × w 180 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Columbe à ventre roux, mâle. (Nouvelle-Guinée.).. Dumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-César, 1790-1842. Prints. 1830 - 1835. General Research Division

Bliżej Kultury Verlag Gerlach & Schenk in Vienna (1882 1901)

Nasanunaka, Shunyo Yanagawa, 1913-1919 book Part two from a novel complete in three volumes and a sequel. Slipcase, book cover and endpapers are designed by Sugiura Hisui; Two frontispiece colour woodcuts by Eiho. paper

EL RINOCERONTE - 1515 - RENCIMIENTO ALEMAN. Author: ALBERTO DURERO-ALBRECHT DÜRER. Location: BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON. ENGLAND.

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 22 cm x 30 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland

Goat. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 34.2 x 28.2 cm (13 7/16 x 11 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 5/8" high; 5 3/8" wide; 2 3/4" deep. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mina Lowry.

Sea Urchin, Jacob de Gheyn (II), c. 1575 - c. 1625, Studies of a hedgehog fish (Diodon hystrix)., draughtsman: Jacob de Gheyn (II), c. 1575 - c. 1625, paper, pen, h 149 mm × w 179 mm

Two Crabs. Artist: Benjamin Day (American, New York 1838-1916 Summit, New Jersey). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. (28.3 x 27 cm). Date: 19th-20th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Kuritsa.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Bitis cornuta (Hornsman adder). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon (attributed to). Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm × w 480 mm; h 172 mm × w 301 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, Mullup, undated. Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Umbrella Stand. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 44.2 x 35.5 cm (17 3/8 x 14 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Elisabeth Fulda.

Poliatious

Vive le Tzar! Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833-1914). , 1893. Etching and drypoint on wove paper, 13 x 8 7/8 in. (33 x 22.6 cm). European Art 1893

Troupiale, 1798, William Hayes, British, 1729 - 1799, 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (29.85 x 24.77 cm) (image)13 5/16 x 11 3/4 in. (33.81 x 29.85 cm) (sheet), Pen and ink, watercolor, England, 18th century

Wright, Ferdinand von, Sketch book, (1000 - 2009), drawing, Wright, Ferdinand von, timing: (1000 - 2009)

Kiwi, 1880s, France, maker unknown.

Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, Harid, undated. Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

Untitled, circa 1916, New Zealand, maker unknown.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate XXVI. Dated: c. 1575/1580. Dimensions: page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joris Hoefnagel.

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LVII. Dated: c. 1575/1580. Dimensions: page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joris Hoefnagel.

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate XXVIII. Dated: c. 1575/1580. Dimensions: page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joris Hoefnagel.

Detail of a Ram, Tomb of Khnumhotep ca. 1897-1878 B.C. Middle Kingdom Nina de Garis Davies. Detail of a Ram, Tomb of Khnumhotep 544551

HOKUSAI, Katsushika (1760-1849). Japanese art. Ukiyo-e school. Painting.

Muscarum scarabeorum ... varie figure. Plate 12. Four butterflies and a moth., Wenceslaus Hollar, etcher, 1646, Flanders, etching, Wenceslaus (or Wenzel) Hollar (1607-77) was an Anglo-Czech artist, and one of the greatest and most prolific printmakers of the 17th century. His art reveals his immensely wide subject range, and reflects the priorities of his time: religion, mythology, satire, landscapes, geography and maps, portraits, women, costumes, sports, natural history, architecture, heraldry, numismatics, ornaments, title-pages and initials.

Carl Pischinger depicts the Katzkopf from the front using pencil, showing facial features, structure, and details, 1856.

The Lithuanie wood W: Descriptive memory on the Imperial Forest of Białowieża Lithuanie written by the Baron de Brincken, chief curator of the Royanne of Poland, member of the Department ., Warsaw 1828. Dietrich, Friedrich Christoph (1779 1847), Sokołowski, Jakub (1784 1837), Glücksberg, Natan

Self-portrait Jan Brandes. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: Feb-1786. Place: Galle. Measurements: h 195 mm × w 155 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

OLD SIGN OF THE 'BOAR'S HEAD', LONDON

Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann (20, 1807 in Scheuchenstein, municipality of Miesenbach, Lower Austria, died July 7, 1862 in Vienna) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist. Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century.

Geit (Capra hircus). Geijte-Buk / Hircus / Bouc (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 158 mm × w 216 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Above, red-figured Greek pouring vessel with a round body and a short spout; below, detail of decoration showing a stylised leopard. Watercolour by A. Dahlstein, 1760/1780 ().

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate XXIII. Dated: c. 1575/1580. Dimensions: page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joris Hoefnagel.

PINTURA REALIZADA POR ENFERMO MENTAL - SIGLO XX. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPANIEN.

Vlinders en motten. Motten. / Papillons (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 267 mm × w 175 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Henry De Worms , Baron Pirbright (1840-1903).

Detail of ceiling painting in the tomb of 'Aichesi', Thebes, Egypt, (1928). '1120 B.C.' After Prisse D'Avennes. Plate XIII, fig 38, from "An Encyclopaedia of Colour Decoration from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the XIXth Century" with explanatory text by Helmuth Bossert. Ernst Wasmuth Ltd., Berlin, 1928

Gaal, Pieter, Netherlands, Jacobus Cornelis, Head of a ram with horns turned backwards, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 125 mm, width 145 mm, 1796 - 1866-12-20, print maker, printmaker, 1858 - 1858, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Noord-Nederlands, 1769-07-19 - 1819-01-18

Greeting from the Jungfernstieg, Hamburg, Germany, postcard with text, view around ca 1910, historical, digital reproduction of a historical postcard, public domain, from that time, exact date unknown, Europe

Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate XXXIV. Dated: c. 1575/1580. Dimensions: page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joris Hoefnagel.

Needlework pattern, circa 1885, Germany, by A Todt, Th. Wilh. Meister. Bequest of Mrs Mary H. Quin, 1956.

Wright, Wilhelm von, work, Mustatokko, 1836 - 1857, lithography, painted with water colors, graphics, sheet width 29.7 cm, sheet height 24.7 cm, Wilhelm von Wright 1810 - 1887, Swedish-Finnish painter and amateur naturalist.

Meunier, Constantin, work, Valaja, 1902, technique text: pastel and gouache on paper, painting, 80 cm x 67 cm

Haarlem, Vinne, Isaac Vincentsz. van der, Baars, a roach and a rudd, verso lower left - stamped, print, prints, height 162 mm, width 166 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1665-10-24 - 1740-04-15, print maker, printmaker, 1675 - 1740, paper, woodcut

Kapitolinisches Taubenmosaik Doves drinking from a dish, from the Tomb of the Volurifii on the Via Appia, 1st century AD still image. 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Mosaics, Roman, Bowls (Tableware), Birds in art

Brunner, F. (Fl. Ca 1825-1832), Ozi B Łózef, Józef (Vilnius; Litographic Zak 1833-1863);

The Madame B Album Made 1870-1879 France. Albumen print with watercolor (in album) . Marie-Blanche Hennelle Fournier

Mary E Humes, Stern Board, c 1940 Stern Board

Cartouche opgehouden door een steenarend, kwak en roerdomp. Lombard album (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1585. Place: Nederlanden. Measurements: h 420 mm × w 332 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Rolleway on Ceylon. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 10-Oct-1785 - 14-Feb-1786. Place: Sri Lanka. Measurements: h 195 mm × w 155 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Illustration by Tenniel, from the 1890 edition of 'Alice in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll.

Ram of the Roman god Mercury with ears of wheat. In carnelian. Ariete di Mercurio. In corniola. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.

Wright, Magnus von, work name: Törmäpäsky, 1828, lithography, painted with watercolors, graphics, sheet width 27.6 cm, sheet height 22.2 cm, image width 15 cm, image height 6.9 cm

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate XV. Dated: c. 1575/1580. Dimensions: page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Joris Hoefnagel.

Veduta di Tunga, James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, undated, Graphite, gray wash, pen and brown ink, red pencil on moderately thick, moderate texture, cream laid paper, Sheet: 14 7/8 × 21 1/2 inches (37.8 × 54.6 cm), architectural subject

Bookplate: T for Terence., 1946, Wellington, by E Mervyn Taylor. Gift of Mrs E Henderson, 1987.

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