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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.

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

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

Two-horned Asian Rhinoceros.

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

North American Buffalo having a gambol.

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

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

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

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

The Hunting Cheetah. Sports of the East.

Hippopotamus: With detail of skull.

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

Egyptian Dromedary and Persian Bactrian Camel.

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.

Indian Rhinoceros

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bactrian Camel. Engraved by John Chapman.

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

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

After Johann Elias Reidinger.

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.

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

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

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

Indian Elephant.

Asian Elephant.

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

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

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

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.

With Gazelles, Sumatran Tiger and a Civit.

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

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

Adult, baby and adolescents.

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

After William Daniels.