Classic Animal Illustrations

Vintage illustrations depicting various animals including an elephant and other fables, in a variety of artistic styles and historical contexts.

'Shooting a Lion; Life in a South African Colony', 1875. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C.

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Illustration depicting a elephant by Rudyard Kipling. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Dated 20th century

J.M. Conde illustrated the tales of the legendary Greek Fablist Aesop, including the story of the Fox and the Crane, with its moral "who would make jokes must take jokes." Conde published his drawings in 1905 in New York.

A woodcut engraving depicting a hare caught in a snare. Dated 19th century

Lying male man. A melted man lies on his back down a staircase in the rocks. Above him a spring flood. A light beam comes from its mouth with an aurea.

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Engraving depicting the life cycle of a Cossus Cossus (Goat Moth), a moth of the family Cossidae. Dated 19th century

Opossum or Possum on tree branch, vintage engraved illustration. Animaux Sauvages et Domestiques - For kids - 1892.

'Shooting a Lion; Life in a South African Colony', 1875. From, 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Insects, cricket. undated

Barn owl, Tyto albawird, attacked by day birds, illustration from 1880 / Schleierkauz, Schleiereule, Tyto albawird, von Tagvögeln angegriffen, Illustration aus 1880, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert,.

Cynocephalus baboon, Africa, Aldrovandus 1645.

Penguin Snowball Fight Ink drawing of two penguins having a snowball fight at the North Pole. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaulxFleetx 812513

Narcissus Nicaise perilous adventures in the Congo. Pierrot barked against a large ostrich, vintage engraving. Narcissus Nicaise perilous adventures in the Congo. Pierrot barked against a large ostrich, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10657293

SEPTEMBER was called ' Gerst-monath', barley-month so named from the liquor called 'beerlegh' made in that month, and hence 'barley.' The subject of the woodcut is a boar-hunt.

Nuwa is a creator deity. It is said that Nuwa existed in the beginning of the world. She felt lonely as there were no animals so she began the creation of animals and humans. On the first day she created chickens. On the second day she created dogs. On the third day she created sheep. On the fourth day she created pigs. On the fifth day she created cows. On the sixth day she created horses. On the seventh day she began creating men from yellow clay. By the Han Dynasty, she is described in literature with her husband Fuxi as the 'parents of humankind'. Paintings depicting them joined as half people - half serpent or dragon date to the Warring States period. Nuwa is also the traditional divine goddess of the Miao (Hmong) people.

Illustration depicting a racehorse spooked by a passing train, on the Berkshire Downs. Dated 19th century

First plants and animals first, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

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Resting horses. Franz Marc (Germany, 1880-1916). Germany, 1911-1912. Prints; woodcuts. Woodcut on wove paper

Ride a Cock-Horse to Banbury Cross ... Woodcut illustration from an early nineteenth century book of English nursery rhymes.

Elephant Raising Timber, Rangoon, Burma, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Engraving depicting fairies and a stag beetle. Dated 19th century

Photo collection Government information service. Gene Eggen: Woodcut proclamation on the shepherds (Luke 2, 9-14). undated. Limburg, Ulestraten

Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus), a bat species from the genus of long-eared bats, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date unknown

Insects, Common mourning beetle with larva, Large deathwatch beetle, Blaps mortisaga is a beetle from the family of black beetles, Tenebrionidae. It is also called death announcer, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Sketch titled 'Head of a Horse' by Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (1452-1519) an Italian polymath of the Renaissance.

Snake feeding in the Berlin Aquarium in 1878, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europ...

Norman horse with rider; Cheval Cauchois; Studies of horses and other animals; Etudes De Chevaux et Autres Animaux. A soldier from the French army rides a horse from the Pays de Caux in Normandy.

A woodcut engraving depicting a pheasant trap using a mirror which the cockbird will attack, thinking he sees a rival and will spring the trap. Dated 14th century

The fox and the grapes. Aesop's Fable, 15th cent. French woodcut, Anvers.

Grass snake (Tropidonotus natrix), historical illustration, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopedia, 1897

A scene depicting devils and witches in Hell, mistreating some unfortunate people who have been transported there. Date: 1835

Anaconda (Eunectes murinus), illustration from Meyers Konversations-Lexikon encyclopaedia, 1897

Historical drawing, satirical depiction of a music band, animals making music, after an image from the 14th Century

Insects, 1. glider butterfly, Papilio podalirius, 2. polygonia interposita (Vanessa) levana, 3. caterpillars, 4.black lattice butterfly, Vanessa prorsa, 5. pupae, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

An Aesop prawn and some other sea creatures. Date: 1856

Whaling scene in Japan Date: 1878

Illustration (for colouring in), Cecil Aldin's Painting Books, Our Animals. Showing three pet mice with a dish of food. Date: circa 1909

Thanksgiving - Illustration shows a large turkey, a jug of alcohol, and a pie with their feet locked in stocks and a long line of pilgrims dancing around them, circa 1913

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Ugly Duckling, in the Letter Book Series. Showing a yellow duckling flapping happily in the pond, and his concerned foster mother, an old white hen, squawking at him in horror. Date: 1921

View of seagulls, fishing boat in background

Buffalo hunt. Fight between a bison and a pack of wolves in the North American region. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

THE GREAT ELEPHANT CONTROVERSY, AN ELEPHANT BELONGING TO THE RAJAH OF PUTTIALA PRECISELY SIMILAR TO MR. BARNUM'S ELEPHANT AT THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS

The Boar Erymanthian, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Aesop's Tale of a Wolf and Sheep

The organist Paul Hoffaner playing in a carriage drawn by a camel, by Albrecht Durer. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1880

'Hogs Killing a Rattlesnake', 1930. Artist: John Steuart Curry.

Elephant Carrying Timber, Rangoon, Burma, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

The manner of catching a crocodile... Date: circa 1570

The Moorhen and its nest, vintage engraving. The Moorhen and its nest, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679575

A fox is pleading before the lion dressed as king while an execution of a fox takes place outside. Reproduction of an etching by A. Fox after J. Wolf.

Long-fronted spider crab, Macropodia longirostris Ghost crab, Sea spider, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Illustration depicting a young boy chasing birds. Dated 19th Century

An engraving depicting a shepherd and his dog. Dated 19th century

Trout , Fishing & hunting gear, Trout, Dead animals. Louis Prang & Company Collection

A Swineherd, by Decamps, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

The pobble caracater by Edward Lear (1812 ñ 1888) English artist, illustrator, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks,

Punch magazine's comment on the unwelcome departure of the elephant Jumbo from England to America with P.T Barnum. Here Mr Punch suggests Barnum take an altogether different beast, the MP and atheist Charles Bradlaugh(caricatured as an incalcitrant wild boar), instead of the much loved Jumbo. Date: 1882

superstition mythical creatures ""spraying or blowing wale"" woodcut ""Historia animalium"" by Conrad Gesner 4th volume ""Piscium et aquatilium animantium natura"" 1558,

Hunting cranes, after Jean Stradan, vintage engraving. Hunting cranes, after Jean Stradan, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10679425

Dinosaur in the park. Hand drawn vector illustration in cartoon style.

He Soon Spied the Hook and Poked it with His Nose, Storybook Kids

Cartoon - Political Ogopogo. John Collins (1917-2007)

Ferruginous Thrush. Dated: 1831. Medium: hand-colored etching and aquatint on Whatman paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Robert Havell after John James Audubon.

Vintage Dog Book Plate, Storybook Kids

Insects, Stag Beetle and Heldbock, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

The Court of the Jackal Rajah. Based on an Indian proverb that says that even in the jungle the jackal can be king. The painting is based on two stories: The upper one shows a royal figure sitting on a divan with two servants, and the lower one shows a court scene with two creatures, probably foxes, to be judged by the jackal raja, 1890, East India, Bengal, Kolkata, Temple Kalighat, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original from d

ELEPHANT HUNTING IN CEYLON

Both dogs were up thousands of birds, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.

Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni), 1898, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model, original date unknown

Famished camel in the desert, Saudi Arabia. Pilgrimage to Nedjed, cradle of the Arab race by Lady Anna Blunt 1878-1879, Le Tour du Monde 1882

An otter. Pencil drawing by Jonathan Kingdon.

Hunting for Mallard or Wild Duck (Anas platyrhynchos), Hunting, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact ...

UNDINE Undine, the water sprite, on horseback in the forest with her knight. Date: First published: 1811

Cartoon - A Bird Rostap (1866-1949)

Samuel Howitt, 1756-1822, British, A Monkey and Young, after 1799. Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Bear and Canoe Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). Bear and Canoe, 1895. Watercolor with touches of gum varnish over graphite on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper, 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm). American Art 1895

Ants on the beach. Hand drawn vector illustration eps10

Gift for the grangers c1873. chromolithograph. Promotional print for Grange members showing scenes of farming and farm life.

Sprinkhaan, Julie de Graag, 1918 print paper. chalk insects: grass-hopper

Skeleton of gorilla, vintage engraved illustration. Earth before man a 1886.

Illustration of the report by Pliny Secundus that in the area of Narbonne, when the shoals of mullet were in the shallows, the local fishermen would call up the dolphins to hem in the fish to stop them escaping to deeper water.

Three Chinese boys and a eating cat, Elly Verstijnen, c. 1900 - c. 1930 drawing Three smiling Chinese guys stand in a row. The middle boy holds a parasol. Under a cat that sniffs on a plate on which a fish lies. paper. ink. pencil pen / brush Chinese. parasol, sunshade. cat

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Mongrel Puppy Book. Scamp the mongrel bites the tops off some asparagus stalks, then goes to sleep contented. Date: 1912

'La Chauve-Souris les Ailes entendues & La Chauve-Souris sur ses quatre Jambes', c1763. Creator: Christian Friedrich Fritzsch.

J.M. Conde illustrated the tales of the legendary Greek Fablist Aesop, including the story of the Donkey in the Lion's Skin, with its moral "those who assume a character generally over-act." Conde published his drawings in 1905 in New York.

Two of a kind! , Skunks, Emperors, Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Bumps and Bruises -- Humpty and Dumpty the twin rabbits lose their way and get bumped and bruised. Date: 1912

New Guinea. It has managed the house of the devil by an allee turtle scales, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Tom's first encounter with the lobster. Date: First published: 1863

Pasturage - André Dunoyer de Segonzac

Cartoon - The Bear sees a Shadow Rostap (1866-1949)

Alice in Wonderland: The Lobster, Alice in Wonderland

White Urus, Horned Mammals

Poor Guinea Pig, Victorian Children's Literature

Group of cat drinking milk, vintage engraved illustration. Animaux Sauvages et Domestiques - For kids - 1892.

Zoology - Arachnids - Orb-weaver spider (Ummidia audouini), illustration

Illustration of a Sealyham terrier called Bunch, by Cecil Aldin. Seen here enjoying his afternoon tea from a saucer, with a newspaper spread underneath. Date: 1932

Fairies live on good terms with animals and birds - here, fairies are combing goats' beards, something which goats themselves find it hard to do, having no hands (or combs).

A bear hunt. Iron penetrates deep into the flesh, vintage engraving. A bear hunt. Iron penetrates deep into the flesh, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656850

Owl wearing monocle reading book on branch

Cartoon - Trying to Teach an Old Dog New Tricks. John Collins (1917-2007)

Fierce gorilla

THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF 'Walking by his wild lone through the Wet Wild Woods & waving his wild tail'. Date: First published: 1902

A fair day's catch in Florida , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

This little pig went to market, this little pig stayed home - Nursery Rhyme

Darwin With An Ape , Cartoon Artist Unknown Downe House, Downe, London, England

The punishment of a traitor. The elephant crushes his head with a single blow, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

The Festival of the Animals; La Fiesta de los Animales. Francisco Toledo (b.1940). Gouache, watercolour and black ink on paper. Painted in 1973. 48 x 65.5cm.

Stalking Panther, Asia - Magazine Covers

illustration of a galleon sailing ship at sea with whale done in retro woodcut style. galleon sailing ship at sea with whale

The fish are real friendly 'round here - they all fall for your line - and how! , Fish, Fishing & hunting gear, Fishing, Boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Vespertilio leporinus, greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat, Noctilio leporinus, Greater haremouth bat, a species of bat in the family of haresmouths, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from 1860, Mammals, Greater haremouth bat, a species of bat in the family of haresmouths, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from 1860 .

Medieval trained bears: Anglo-Saxon gleemen with sticks and horns peforming over a trained bear, 10th century (top), juggler with bear and drummer with chained bear, 14th century (middle), and woman dancing in front of a bear chained to its master but scourged to attack, 10th century (bottom). Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.

Goldilocks in Baby bear's Bed, Children's Literature

Improved Suffolk Pig, Vine, John

'Treed' at monkey jungle, miles south of Miami Florida , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Sea monster attacking ship

I had a beautiful dream last night , Fish, Fishing & hunting gear, Fishing, Boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Newfoundland Dog Sled, Canada, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

I'm bringing a small one home by plane. Meet me with a truck , Fish, Airplanes, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Snip and Snap on the Rug, Victorian Children's Literature

Row with animals and plants, c. 1685 Zwolle paper. prepared paper snipping Zwolle paper. prepared paper snipping

A romantic unicorn playing saxophone. Kids coloring book page with color template. Vector cartoon illustration on white background. Linear drawing. For colorings, prints, posters, stickers, puzzle. Cute unicorn playing saxophone kids coloring with color template

Fox and birds with christmas tree

Man with laptop balancing between two horses in river

Bears discover the Porridge, Children's Literature

Mowgli and the Lone Wolf , Wolves, Boys. John D. Merriam Collection

A cartoon commenting on the popularity of reconstructions of extinct animals were being shown at the Natural History Museum. Dated 19th century

Frontispiece illustration by Cecil Aldin, The Elephant. Date: 1933

Book illustration, May beetles annoying Uncle Fritz in bed, Max and Moritz, A Story of Seven Boyish Pranks, Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch, 1865

Circus - Animals and Performers, Elephants

Hases sit on the meadow rabbit sitting on the meadow copyright: xzoonar.com/DR.XNORBERBERTXLANGEX 14306541

Two acrobats fall into the lions' cage, Paris. The lions are scared which makes them attack the uninvited visitors, although their tamer tries to keep them under control. Date: 1907

Mammals, Bush-tailed monkey, Simia trepida, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from 1860

Bird and Grenade, bird with hand grenade as anti-war metaphor, 2002, Banksy, exhibition about the street artist, Muelheim, Germany, Europe

So many fish here - they come up and whistle just to let you know where they are! , Fish, Fishing & hunting gear, Fishing, Boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

What Big Ears you Have, Children's Literature

The spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum) Great false vampire bat or Linnaeus's false vampire bat, is a large carnivorous leaf-nosed bat found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. It is the largest bat species in the New World Republic of Panama. Central America. Explorations in the Isthmus of Panama and Darien 1876-1878 by Armand Reclus (1843 - 1927) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1880

A brown bear cub tries to catch a badly thrown bun. Date: 1907

Lambs in garden

The Drumming Duck , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Alice in Wonderland: Alice and the Mock Turtle, Alice in Wonderland

K is for Kangaroo, C.B. Falls - Animal Alphabet

So many fish here - they come up and whistle just to let you know where they are! , Fish, Fishing & hunting gear, Fishing, Boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

A cute dingo puppy with an enormous bone in its mouth. Date: 1907

Did 'ja catch anything else , Fish, Fishing & hunting gear, Piers & wharves, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

I Remember Making Hay

Cartoon - The Elephant and the Mouse. John Collins (1917-2007)

A cat caracater by Edward Lear (1812 ñ 1888) English artist, illustrator, author and poet, and is known now mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks,

Victorian lion crest vector image

Chickens and ducks on a pond in front of three houses oil painting - chickens and ducks on a pond in front of a farm, property released copyright: xzoonar.com/christianxlängerx 12540848, model released, symbolic photo, property released

Looks like the big ones won't bite! , Fish, Fishing & hunting gear, Fishing, Boats, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Wildlife surrounding family camping in tent at night

Hand feeding jumping porpoises, Marine Studios, Marineland, Florida , Sports & recreation facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States