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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.

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.

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

Zebra: Dauw (Mountain Zebra) Mare and colt

Mouse: Harvest Mouse with Earthworm.

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

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

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

Bear: Himalayan Brown Bear by a waterfall.

Monkey: White headed Capuchin Monkey. Cebus hypoleucus.

The Hunting Cheetah. Sports of the East.

Mongoose: Indian Grey Mongoose. Herpestes Mungo.

Monkey: Chimpanzee. Troglodytes Niger.

Leopard: After Josiah Wood Whymper with descriptive text.

With Gazelles, Sumatran Tiger and a Civit.

Otter: European river Otter -Lustra vulgaris with text. Founded in 1698, the SPCK is the oldest Anglican mission and publishing house of the Church of England.

Snow Leopard: Felis uncia.

Hares and Rabbits: Common, Calling and Alpine Hares with Common and Hooded Rabbits.

Monkey: Diana, Guereza, Varied, Collared and Green monkeys with an Orangutang.

Hippopotamus: With detail of skull.

Giraffe: Female and male Giraffes.

Monkey: Green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)

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

Clouded Leopard (Riman Dahan): Felis Macrocelis.

Monkey: Large headed Capuchin. Cebus monachus.

Leopard: Felis Leopardus

Rhinoceros: Indian, White and African with a Hippo and Tapir.

Crocodiles with two warthogs at a waterhole.

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

Brown Bear. After Josiah Wood Whymper with descriptive text.

Macaque: Red Gold macaque with details of the skull. From the voyage of La Bonite 1836-7.

North American Buffalo having a gambol.

Elephas Africanus: African Elephant. Drawn from life.

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

Asian Elephant.

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.

Camels: Bactrian, Arabians and Indian.

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

Koodoo (Kudu): African Antelope Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Lion (Felis Leo). After Josiah Wood Whymper with descriptive text.

Egyptian Dromedary and Persian Bactrian Camel.

Two-horned Asian Rhinoceros.

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

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

Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros indicus).After Josiah Wood Whymper with descriptive text.

Rhinoceros: African Rhino (Rhinoceros Africanus) and Sumatran Rhino (Rhinoceros bicornis Sumatricus).

Whiptail Wallaby: Macropus parryi,

Mongoose: Yellow Mongoose. Cynictis Steedmanni

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

Jaguar: Felis Onca

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

Crocodile: Nile crocodile – Crocodilus niloticus with text.. Founded in 1698, the SPCK is the oldest Anglican mission and publishing house of the Church of England.

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

Zebra: Plains Zebra (Hippotigris Antiquorum)

Indian Elephant.

Indian Rhinoceros

Rhinocerous Simus: Square Nosed or White Rhinoceros. Drawn from life.

Baboon: Papio Syvanus.

After Johann Elias Reidinger.

Camel: Dromedary or Arabian Camel. Engraved by John Chapman.

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

Elephant: Asian elephant. Male, female and calf.

Lobster: British lobster – Homarus vulgaris with text. Founded in 1698, the SPCK is the oldest Anglican mission and publishing house of the Church of England.

Bat: Greater horse-shoe bat.

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

Polar Bear. With descriptive text. Founded in 1698, the SPCK is the oldest Anglican mission and publishing house of the Church of England.

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

After William Daniels.

Beaver: European beaver – Castor fiber with text. Founded in 1698, the SPCK is the oldest Anglican mission and publishing house of the Church of England.

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

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

Squirrel: Red squirrel.

Tiger (Felis Tigris). After Josiah Wood Whymper with descriptive text.

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

Bat: Reddish-grey Bat.

Adult, baby and adolescents.

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

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