Heinrich Harder was one of the best illustrators of dinosaurs and prehistoric animals.
He was a German artist and naturalist, also well known for painting murals of extinct creatures for Berlin Zoo and for making a life sized Iguanodon sculpture for the main entrance. Harder eventually became an art professor at Berlin University.
The Reichardt Coca Company commissioned him in the early 1900s to illustrate large collecting cards about dinosaurs and prehistoric animals , and these remain some of the best depictions of dinosaurs and prehistoric animals. The collecting cards were issued in a hard cover titled "Tiere der Urwelt" which means "animals of the prehistoric world."
Harder obviously had a superb imagination and was able to visualise the animals in the scenery they might have inhabited, based on the scant fossil records of the time. Remarkably, his illustrations are still considered reference material.
Our fine art prints are inspired by antique illustrations. We make them with superb pigmented inks and heavyweight German fine art paper made from 100% cotton and spring water.
A Diplodocus Dinosaur (Der Diplodokus). One of the most famous dinosaurs. For many years, was the longest dinosaur known, being up to 35 m (115 ft). Many fossils have been found in the USA.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully resto..
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Ichthyosaur - Ichthyosaurier. Huge marine dinosaurs. Existed from 245m to 90m years ago.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Gigantic Iguanodon - Riesenhafte Iguanodonten. Huge dinosaur dating from the late Jurassic Period to the late Cretaceous Period of Asia, Europe, and North AmericaThis is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Plesiosaurus - Der Plesiosaurus. Large marine dinosaurs from Jurassic Period.There are many modern day myths about it such as the Loch Ness monster.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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A Pteranodon flying dinosaur (Der Riesenflugsaurier Pteranodon). Pteranodons were Huge flying dinosaurs (pterosaurs) with wingspans over 6 metres (20 ft). Lived in the Cretaceous period of North AmericaThis is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have ca..
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Pterodactyl - Fledermaus-Saurier. Flying dinosaur. The first identified flying reptile. Fossils found in Germany date from 150m years ago.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Extinct Moa birds with ancient Maori hunting them. The Moa bird was found in New Zealand up to at least 1300ad. It was one of largest birds that has ever lived.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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A superb rare vintage illustration of Tuatara. The Tuatara is famous because it is the only survivor of an ancient group of reptiles that roamed the earth at the same time as dinosaurs. It hasn't changed much in over 225 million years! The relatives of Tuatara died out about 60 million years ago whi..
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Prehistoric Hesperornis birds (Der Vogel Hesperornis). They were flightles aquatic birds and an important early find in the history of avian fossils. Fossils have been found from about 80m years ago in America.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we..
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Archaopteryx feathered dinosaurs flying over a beach. A giant prehistoric dragonfly is in the background. The Archaopteryx is the famous missing link between birds and dinosaurs. The first feathered dinosaur fossil found was of an Archaopteryx. Archaeopteryx has more in common with other dinosaurs t..
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An Archegosaurus dinosaur on the bank of a river through a prehistoric forest of tee ferns and primitive trees. This dinosaur amphibian resembled a crocodile and lived around 300 to 350 million years ago. Fossils have been found in GermanyThis is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s..
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A superb illustration of a coral garden (Eine Korallenbank). Because of their origin over 400 million years ago, corals are a living link with some of the earliest life on earth.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enh..
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A superb vintage illustration of two Duck-billed Platypus. The German name for the animal was "Das australische Wasserschnabeltier". Platypus and Echidna are the only are monotremes (order of egg-laying mammals). The four species of echidna, together with the platypus, are the only surviving members..
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A superb vintage illustration of two echidna, one sleeping and one eating. The German name for the animal was "Das Echidna-Tier". Echidnas are monotremes (order of egg-laying mammals). The four species of echidna, together with the platypus, are the only surviving members of that order and are the o..
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Extinct Great Auk birds (Der Der Riesenalk). Great Auks were found in the waters of the North Atlantic, from northern Spain to the coasts of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Ireland, and Great Britain.The Great Auk was about 85cm (33 in) tall. It was flightless but a powerful swimmer. The Great A..
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Hadrosaudrid dinosaurs (Der Hadrosaurier). They were huge duck-billed dinosaurs related to Iguanadon. Fossils have been found in Asia, Europe and North America.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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A superb illustration of Horseshoe Crabs (Der Pfeilschwanz-Krebs), one of the earliest arthropods. Because of their origin 450 million years ago, Horseshoe crabs are considered living fossils.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully re..
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Prehistoric Ammonites (Ammonshorner). Trilobites are one of the earliest arthropods. Their well known fossils are up to 550 million years old.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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A prehistoric Giant Armadillo with cavemen armed with spears hunting it. The German name for the animal was "Riesengurteltier".This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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A prehistoric Deinotherium (Das Dinotherium). It's name means "terrible beast" and it was huge prehistoric relative of elephants. Fossils have been found in Asia, Africa, and Europe.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and..
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Ground Sloth - Riesenfaultier. Prehistoric sloth.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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A prehistoric Mastodon - mammals related to elephants which inhabited North and Central America up to their extinction about 11,000 years agoThis is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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A Moeritherium which is a prehistoric ancestor of the elephant. The German name for the animal was "Das Moeritherium". They were Prehistoric mammals related to the elephant that lived about 37-35 million years ago.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, whic..
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A prehistoric Palaeomastodon which were mammals that lived 35 million years ago and are believed to be ancestors of elephants. Related to Moeritherium.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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A prehistoric Protoceras - a prehistoric animal that looked like a deer. Fossils found in America date from 33 million years ago.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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A prehistoric Rhinoceros with two horns. The German name for the animal was "Das Arsinoitherium". They were Rhinoceros-like herbivores that lived in northern Africa from 36 to 30 million years agoThis is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefull..
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A prehistoric Rhinoceros with one huge horn. The German name for the animal was "Das Einhorn Elasmotherium". It was a huge Eurasian rhinoceros native to the steppes, south of the range of the woolly rhinoceros of Ice Age Europe. Elasmotherium looked a bit like a horse, but it had a large single horn..
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A prehistoric Rhinoceros with two horns. The German name for the animal was "Das Teleocerasm". They were Rhinoceros-like herbivores with a body more like a hippo. Fossils dating back 5 million years have been found in America and France.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s b..
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Sea lilies (crinoids) exist today. Fossils of crinoids as old as 350 million years have been found. This artwork shows an artist's impression of what they looked like millions of years ago based on their fossils.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which ..
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Tarsiers exist today and are considered living fossils. Fossils of tarsiers are found in Asia, Europe, and North America and show they have not changed much in the past 45 million years.This is a fine art print of a lithograph from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored..
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