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This page represents only a small part of our collection of original Antique prints of Wild Animals. Please click on an image to see it in high-resolution, with details of the work itself.  For enquiries and purchases, please do contact us.

Barbary Lioness. Felis Leoena barbarica.

Persian Gazelle. Gazella subgutturusa. Male gazelle from Bussorah drawn from life at the society’s Vivarium.

Zebra (Equus): Male Zebra. Engraved by John Pass.

Female Rhinoceros and young elephant with tusks added by Edwards. Drawn from life in London.

Felis Onca. Male.

Canadian Lynx. Lynx canadensis. Drawn from life at the society’s Vivarium.

Wombat: Tasmanian Wombat. Phascolomys wombat. Adult with young bred in its enclosure at the society’s Vivarium.

North American Buffalo having a gambol.

After George Stubbs.

Grizzly, European Brown, American Black and Polar Bear with key.

Clouded Tiger (Clouded Leopard): Felis macroselis. Captured in Assam as a cub and drawn from life at the Zoological Society’s Vivarium.

Painted Ocelot: Felis picta. Captured in Central America and drawn from life at the society’s Vivarium.

Reserved: Felis Tigris.

Indian elephant. Engraved by John Pass.

Giraffe: Two men leading it by a halter. Not seen in Europe since the time of Julius Caesar, a giraffe was presented to Cosimo dei Medici in 1485; another would not be seen until the mid 19th century. With text in French.

Bear: Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) and Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) with detail of head, snout and paws.

Bactrian Camel. Engraved by John Chapman.

Serval: Felis serval. Captured in West Africa near the Gambia River and drawn from life at the Zoological Society’s Vivarium.

Great Anteater. Mymecophaga jubata. Captured in South America. and drawn from life at the society’s Vivarium.

Hippopotamus: Hippopotamus amphibius. Captured on the White Nile and drawn from life at the Zoological Society’s Vivarium.

After Johann Elias Reidinger.

Barbary Macaca. Incus Sylvanus

Hippopotamus: With detail of skull.

Two-horned Asian Rhinoceros.

With Gazelles, Sumatran Tiger and a Civit.

Alpaca: Lima pacos. Breed in captivity and drawn from life at the society’s Vivarium.

Hare, Lepus timidus with descriptive text: Founded in 1698, the SPCK is the oldest Anglican mission and publishing house of the Church of England.

Lemur (Maucauco): Ring-tailed Lemur, Bush Baby (Galago), and Flying Lemur (Colugos).

Lions and lioness stalking an antelope. Africa.

Patagonian Skunk. Mephitis humboldtii. Drawn from life at the society’s Vivarium.

Adult, baby and adolescents.

After a drawing by Samuel Carter, the prominent natural history artist.

Egyptian Jerboa: With a Spectacle (stalked eye) Fly and Pyramids in the background.

Cheetah: Felis jubata. Captured in South Africa and drawn from life at the society’s Vivarium.

Halmaturus Billardieri: Tasmanian Wallaby. Two wallabies, one in foreground, other in grassy background.

After William Daniels.

Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger). Thylacinus cynocephalus. A pair captured near Launceston and drawn from life at the Zoological Society’s Vivarium. Extinct in the wild by 1930, the last captive died in 1936.

West African Lion. Felis Leo senegalensis.

Indian Elephant.

Lioness: Felis leo. Captured near the Euphrates. Drawn from life with cubs bred in captivity at the society’s Vivarium.

Kangaroo: Eastern grey (Macropus major) and Red (Kangaurus laniger) kangroos with a Swamp Wallaby (Macropus Ualabatus).

Indian Rhinoceros

Zebra: Pair from the Cape of Good Hope after missionary Guy Tachard, with an Ibex after explorer Peter Kolben.

The Hunting Cheetah. Sports of the East.

Elephant: Indian and African elephant with detail of head and trunk.

Giraffe (Cervus): Cameleopard. Engraved by John Pass.

Pangolin (Manis): Short tailed and longtailed Pangolin (scaly anteater) with skeleton of a mammoth Pangolin. Engraved by John Pass.

Asian Elephant.

Felis onca originating from Central and South America.

Indian Elephant, Elephas Indicus. Founded in 1698, the SPCK is the oldest Anglican mission and publishing house of the Church of England.

Egyptian Dromedary and Persian Bactrian Camel.

Asiatic Lion and Lioness, Bengal Tiger, Leopard and Jaguar.

Wapiti Deer (Elk). Cervus canadensis. Breed in captivity and drawn from life at the Zoological Society’s Vivarium

Stalking deer, surrounded by vignettes of other wildlife scenes.