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  • A pair of fabulous creatures, human in appearance but with the heads of animals. Gouache painting by an Persian artist, ca. 1600 (?).
  • Surrounded by animals in the Garden of Eden, Eve ascends from Adam's side. Line engraving by J. Haeyler after C. van den Broeck.
  • The angel Raphael appears among the animals in the garden of Eden to gaze upon Adam and Eve. Aquatint with etching by R. Pollard, 1792, after C. Metz.
  • Travellers in England in the seventeenth century transporting their animals and belongings on a pack-horse across a rocky pass. Wood engraving by G. Dalziel after William Harvey.
  • Adam is standing in the garden of Eden looking up to the godhead while being surrounded by the animals of the creation. Coloured engraving by J. Pass after C. P. Marillier.
  • A pained wolf with its paw in a caltrop is presented to the lion and its attentive looking entourage of wild animals in a makeshift camp in the forest with a fox scribbling in a book. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • Two mothers with crying babies and one in a walking frame; comparing the human infant's helplessness with the self-sufficiency of newborn animals. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.
  • Two mothers with crying babies and one in a walking frame; comparing the human infant's helplessness with the self-sufficiency of newborn animals. Engraving by P. Galle, c. 1563.
  • Christ holds up a glass heart filled with animals (sins) and cures a sick woman with the fluid from the wound in his side. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1578.
  • Over 3 million animals die in British laboratories every year : ignore it and it won't go away / British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection.
  • Over 3 million animals die in British laboratories every year : ignore it and it won't go away / British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection.
  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : the animals order : notice is hereby given that a pigstye situate at Studley, in the Parish of Bremhill, in the county of Wilts, in the occupation of Mrs. Eliza Chivers, is, by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, ordered, determined, and declared to be a place infected with SWINE FEVER, and that the limits of such pigstye are the limits of such infected place... / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • Materia medica from a Chinese apothecary's shop: heads and beaks of birds, hoofs and legs of other animals and bears' feet in lines on the ground. Photograph.
  • Humans shown in their relationships with their pet animals, including a man trying to teach his crow the principles of language and children snail racing. Coloured lithograph.
  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : the animals order : notice is hereby given that the pigstye situate at Patterdown Farm, in the parish of Chippenham, in the county of Wilts., in the occupation of Mr. William Dew, which by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, was, on the 27th day of November, 1884 ordered, determined, and declared to be a place INFECTED WITH SWINE FEVER, is now by the said local authority to be free from swine fever / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • Balarāma, Subhadrā and Jagannāth in the temple at Puri, with many human and sacred figures, buildings and animals. Tempera painting by a painter of Puri, Odisha, ca. 1880/1910.
  • Balarāma, Subhadrā and Jagannāth in the temple at Puri, with many human and sacred figures, buildings and animals. Tempera painting by a painter of Puri, Odisha, ca. 1880/1910.
  • Balarāma, Subhadrā and Jagannāth in the temple at Puri, with many human and sacred figures, buildings and animals. Tempera painting by a painter of Puri, Odisha, ca. 1880/1910.
  • Balarama, Subhadra and Jagannath in the temple at Puri, with many human and sacred figures, buildings and animals. Oil painting by a painter of Puri, Orissa, ca. 1880/1910.
  • The menagerie of Blaauw Jan (Jan Berentsz Westerhof) in Amsterdam: animals including ostriches, monkeys, lions and peacocks are shown in and around a large central cage, surrounded by people drinking at tables. Etching, 1751.
  • Experimental inquiries, part the second : containing a description of the lymphatic system in the human subject, and in other animals : illustrated with plates. Together with observations on the lymph, and the changes which it undergoes in some diseases / by William Hewson, F.R.S., and teacher of anatomy.
  • Experimental inquiries, part the second : containing a description of the lymphatic system in the human subject, and in other animals : illustrated with plates. Together with observations on the lymph, and the changes which it undergoes in some diseases / by William Hewson, F.R.S., and teacher of anatomy.
  • Human figures with the faces of animals are crowded in a room and one figure standing by the open door is addressing the cat woman who is holding a glass. Engraving by Toms after E. Heemskerck.
  • Illustration emphasizing the ancient pseudo-science of physiognomy which tries to determine a man's character from his outward resemble to animals. In this illustration is shown the traits of a male and an dog
  • The members of a rich family are embroiled in a fight, the husband is kicking the wife, who in turn is about to hit him with the keys, the rest of the household, including children and animals, follows suit; representing Discord. Engraving by C. de Passe after M. de Vos.
  • A warrior wearing armour riding on a mythical creature in the shape of a horse, but formed by a variety of animals, people, birds and fish, holding a snake in each hand. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.
  • Game animals, birds and waterfowl (23 varieties), lying dead on the ground beneath an oak tree, in a pastoral setting. Etching, by G. Van der Gucht after P.A. Rysbrack (?), 1750/1770?.
  • A continuation of New experiments physico-mechanical touching the spring and weight of the air, and their effects. The second part: wherein are contained divers experiments made both in compressed and also in factitious air, about fire, animals, etc. Together with a description of the engines wherein they were made / [Robert Boyle].
  • A continuation of New experiments physico-mechanical touching the spring and weight of the air, and their effects. The second part: wherein are contained divers experiments made both in compressed and also in factitious air, about fire, animals, etc. Together with a description of the engines wherein they were made / [Robert Boyle].
  • A continuation of New experiments physico-mechanical touching the spring and weight of the air, and their effects. The second part: wherein are contained divers experiments made both in compressed and also in factitious air, about fire, animals, etc. Together with a description of the engines wherein they were made / [Robert Boyle].