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Thomas de Leu – Resurrectio Domini – The Resurrection

May 7, 2018May 12, 2018 WCL 1687 Views christianity, religion

Thomas De Leu – The Resurrection Late 16th or Early 17th Century Copperplate Engraving by Thomas de Leu (1560-1612) entitled

Antique Prints Christianity

Descent from the Cross – Engraving After Raphael

May 7, 2018May 11, 2018 WCL 1806 Views christianity, religion

Descent from the Cross – The Deposition Large Format 1831 Engraving after Raphael’s 1508 work which hangs in the Galleria Borghese

Antique Prints Christianity

Francois de Paris and the Jansenist Miracles – Antique Engraving

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 WCL 1564 Views christianity, religion

Francois de Paris: Jansenist Miracles This unique 18th Century engraving commemorates the life and miracles of the Jansenist deacon (diacre)

Antique Prints Christianity

Adriaen Collaert after Martin de Vos – Miracle of the Five Loaves

May 7, 2018May 12, 2018 WCL 1575 Views christianity, religion

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fish or The Feeding of the Multitudes Early 17th Century Flemish Engraving by one

Antique Prints Christianity

Antique Engraving – The Apocalypse

May 7, 2018May 8, 2018 WCL 1442 Views christianity, religion

The Apocalypse Antique Engraving Probably 17th Century No signature. Dimensions: 12 X 16 cm

18th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History

Yellow Throated Warbler and Red Maple – J. M. Seligmann After Mark Catesby

May 7, 2018May 13, 2018 WCL 1213 Views Mark Catesby, natural history

Yellow Throated Warbler and Flowering Red Maple 1749 – J. M. SELIGMANN AFTER MARK CATESBY Finely handpainted copperplate print engraved

18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History

Seligmann after Catesby – Parus Uropygeo Luteo: The Yellow-Rump

May 7, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 1362 Views birds, Mark Catesby, natural history

Finely handpainted copperplate print engraved by Seligmann for his Sammlung verschiedener auslandischer und seltener Vogel based on the original plate

18th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History

Mark Catesby – 18th Century Copperplate – The Hermit Crab

May 7, 2018June 14, 2020 WCL 1116 Views Mark Catesby, natural history

Cancellus Terrestris Bahamensis: The Hermit Crab; Manghala arbor Curassafica, foliis Salignis: Button-Wood; Frutex trifolius resinosus;…T.33. 18th Century Copperplate Engraving –

18th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History

Mark Catesby – Lacertus Ominum Maximus – The Alligator and the Mangrove Tree

May 7, 2018June 14, 2020 WCL 1293 Views alligator, mangrove, Mark Catesby, natural history

Lacertus omnium maximus, Crocodilus: The Alligator from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands “The Largeness, Strength,

18th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History

Mark Catesby – Lacertus Cauda Caerulia – Plate LXVII – The Guana

May 7, 2018June 14, 2020 WCL 1154 Views Mark Catesby, natural history

Lacertus Indicus – The Guana – 18th Century Copperlate Engraving Original Hand-coloring Catesby described the Lizard thus: “This kind of

18th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History

Mark Catesby – Species from the Bahamas – Acacia Tree and Butterfly

May 7, 2018June 14, 2020 WCL 1215 Views Bahama, Bahamas, Mark Catesby, natural history

Acacia foliis amplioribus; siliquis cincinnatis.- “In the Bahama Islands these Trees grow to about fifteen Inches in Thickness, and thirty

18th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History

Mark Catesby – Plate XCIII – Flowering Plants from the Bahamas

May 7, 2018June 14, 2020 WCL 1253 Views Mark Catesby, natural history

18th Century copperplate engraving with original gand-coloring from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands Plate XCIII

18th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History

Mark Catesby – Plate XCVII – Anguis viridis (Green Snake) – Cassena Vera

May 7, 2018May 12, 2018 WCL 1116 Views Mark Catesby, natural history

Anguis Viridis: The Green Snake – From Mark Catesby – The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands

18th Century Antique Prints Botanical Botanical / Plants Natural History

Mark Catesby – The Ribbon Snake and Winter’s Bark

May 7, 2018May 12, 2018 WCL 1259 Views Mark Catesby, natural history

Anguis Gracilis Fuscus: The Ribbon-Snake 18th Century Copperlate Engraving by Mark Catesby with original Hand-coloring “This is a slender Snake,

18th Century Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology

Francois Nicolas Martinet – Birds from Encyclopedie

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 1297 Views birds

Original 18th Century copperplate print after a drawing by Francois Nicolas Martinet – one of the most famous bird illustrators

Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History

Francois Nicolas Martinet

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 1510 Views birds

Original 18th Century copperplate print after a drawing by Francois Nicolas Martinet – one of the most famous bird illustrators

Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History

Temminck’s Birds – Ortotome sepium by Jean Gabriel Pretre

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 1031 Views birds

Original handcolored copperplate engraving from Temmnick’s Nouveau Receuil des Planches coloriees d’oiseau. (New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds) Dimensions:

Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History

Temminck’s Birds – Poule d’Eau by Jean Gabriel Pretre

May 6, 2018May 15, 2018 WCL 1138 Views birds

Original hand-colored copperplate engraving from Temmnick’s Nouveau Receuil des Planches coloriees d’oiseau. (New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds) entitled

Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History

Saverio Manetti -18th Century Engraving of an Owl – Strige Maggiore

May 6, 2018June 5, 2020 WCL 1444 Views birds

Saverio Manetti Owl – Plate LXXXIV – Strige Maggiori o Strige Allocco From Storia naturale degli uccelli (The Natural History

Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History

Temminck’s Birds – Coucou geai by Nicolas Huet

May 6, 2018May 14, 2018 WCL 1146 Views birds

Original handcolored copperplate engraving from Temmnick’s Nouveau Receuil des Planches coloriees d’oiseau. (New Collection of Colored Plates of Birds) Dimensions:

Antique Prints Birds / Ornithology Natural History Ornithology

Saverio Manetti -Canadian Owl – 18th Century – Civetta del Canada

May 6, 2018June 5, 2020 WCL 1186 Views birds

Saverio Manetti Owl – Plate LXXX – Civetta del Canada. Noctua Canadensis From Storia naturale degli uccelli (The Natural History