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Animal art has its roots in antique illustrations. The era from about 1500 to 1900 was a golden age for voyages of discovery, colonisation and scientific hobbies. Expeditions usually had scientific and economic objectives, so needed talented artists to document their discoveries, leaving us with treasured antique illustrations.. Aristocrats and industrialists accumulated huge wealth from colonisation, globalisation and the industrial revolution so had plenty of spare time and money to pursue scientific hobbies such as the study of natural history, flora and fauna. They could also afford to employ some of the finest artist to illustrate animals they were interested in. The era for great illustration ended when photography became popular at the beginning of the 1900s.
Our fine art prints of animals are inspired by antique illustrations. We make them with superb pigmented inks and heavyweight 300gsm German fine art paper made from 100% cotton and spring water.
Fine art print.Features a bulldog. The term “bulldog” was first mentioned in literature around 1500. The name “bull” was applied because of the dog’s use in the sport of bull baiting. Bull-baiting reached the peak of its popularity in england in the early 1800s until it was made illegal by the cruel..
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Fine art print.Features bumpnose trevally, african pompano (olistus malabaricus, argyreyosus vomer, blepharis sutor).Based on a rare hand coloured lithograph from the 1840s by Heinrich Schinz, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Features a butterfly fish (chaetodon).Based on an aquatint from 1807 by William Daniell, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Based on an antique illustration by Karl Brodtmann from the 1820s.Brodtmann was a famous Swiss naturalist. His illustrations are lifelike and impressive...
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Fine art print.Features camels, giraffe and llama.Based on a lithograph made in 1860s by Emil Hanselmann, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Based on an engraving from the 1820s by John Godman, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Based on an antique illustration by Karl Brodtmann from the 1820s.Brodtmann was a famous Swiss naturalist. His illustrations are lifelike and impressive...
US$45.00
Fine art print.Features a Caracal (Felis caracal). Caracals appear to have held some religious significance for the ancient Egyptians. Caracals were found in wall paintings, their bodies embalmed, and sculptures of caracals and other cats guarded tombs.Based on an engraving made in the 1840s by Liza..
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Fine art print.Based on an antique illustration by Karl Brodtmann from the 1820s.Brodtmann was a famous Swiss naturalist. His illustrations are lifelike and impressive...
US$45.00
Fine art print.Features gibbons, nylgau antelope, cassowary, lory parrot and opium poppy in south asia (the malaccas).Based on an antique print from the 1860s by Edmonston and Douglas, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Features Catfish (Silurus, Loricaria, Cobitis, Anableps, Platystachus).Based on an engraving made in the 1790s by Abraham Rees, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Cave Lion - Der Hohlenlowe. A prehistoric European or Eurasian cave lion, is an extinct subspecies of lion. It is known from fossils and many examples of prehistoric art.Based on an antique print from the early 1900s by Heinrich Harder, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Features spectacled cayman crocodile, anaconda and humming birds in South America (brazil).Based on an antique print from the 1860s by Edmonston and Douglas, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Features a Celebean black baboon.Based on a lithograph from the late 1800s by John Gerrard Keulemans, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Features a celestial map of Aries, symbolized by a ram.By Richard Rouse Bloxam...
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Fine art print.Features a celestial map of Cancer, symbolized by the crab.By Richard Rouse Bloxam...
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Fine art print.Features a celestial map of Capricorn, symbolized by a goat.By Richard Rouse Bloxam...
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Fine art print.Features a celestial map of Pisces, symbolized by the fish.By Richard Rouse Bloxam...
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Fine art print.Features a celestial map of Scorpio, symbolized by the scorpion.By Richard Rouse Bloxam...
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Fine art print.Features a celestial map of Taurus, symbolized by the bull.By Richard Rouse Bloxam...
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Fine art print.Features a chamois deer and guinea antelope.Based on an engraving made in ~1806 for John Good’s “Pantalogia”, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Features chamoix near an alpine glacier.Based on an antique print from the 1860s by Edmonston and Douglas, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Features a Char (Salvelinus) and Grayling (Thymallus thymallus) fish.Based on a lithograph made in about 1900 by Herbert Maxwell, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Features a Cheetah (Felis jubata). The cheetah can run faster than any other land animal.Based on an engraving made in the 1840s by Lizars, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Based on an antique illustration by Karl Brodtmann from the 1820s.Brodtmann was a famous Swiss naturalist. His illustrations are lifelike and impressive...
US$45.00
Fine art print.Features spaniels, bred to flush game out of dense brush. Retrievers were bred to retrieve game for a hunter. In this picture, a hunter has both types of dog, in order to flush and retreive his prey.By Louis Agassiz Fuertes, one of the finest animal artists of all time...
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Fine art print.Features chicken snake (Coluber quadrivittatus). Found in the USA from north carolina to florida.Based on a lithograph from the 1850s by John Holbrook, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Based on an antique illustration by Karl Brodtmann from the 1820s.Brodtmann was a famous Swiss naturalist. His illustrations are lifelike and impressive...
US$45.00
Fine art print.Features chiton seashells.Based on an engraving from 1776 by George Sowerby, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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Fine art print.Features clam and razor shells.Based on a lithograph made in 1860s by Emil Hanselmann, which we have carefully restored and enhanced...
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