Historic Illustration and Photography
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65 imagesHistoire naturelle des poissons (Natural History of Fish) is a 22-volume treatment of ichthyology published in 1828-1849 by the French savant Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) and his student and successor Achille
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35 imagesThe Divine Comedy, 14th century Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, (Hell) Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise or Heaven)
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83 imagesDavid Roberts RA (24 October 1796 – 25 November 1864). He is especially known for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, a prolific series of detailed lithograph prints of Egypt and the Near East that he produced from sketches he made during long tours of the region (1838–1840).
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181 imagesImages of the Bible from the book 'Bible Gallery' Illustrated by Gustave Dore Published by Cassell & Company Limited in London and simultaneously by Mame in Tours, France in 1866. This gallery contains drawings of topics from the Torah and Old Testament. Colour was added to some images with the aid of Artificial intelligence (AI)
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32 imagesfrom Zoologia typica; or, Figures of new and rare animals and birds described in the proceedings, or exhibited in the collections of the Zoological Society of London. By Fraser, Louis. Zoological Society of London. Published London, March 1847
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49 imagesHand painted color plates of birds. Most from Fauna boreali-americana; or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America, containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Capt. Sir John Franklin by Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865 Published 1829
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57 imagesZoologia typica; or, Figures of new and rare animals and birds described in the proceedings, or exhibited in the collections of the Zoological Society of London. By Fraser, Louis. Zoological Society of London. Published in London, 1847