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I’ve squirreled away a modest collection of vintage squirrel imagery.

#mammals #canines #dogs #rodents #squirrels #C. Barnes

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Medieval kittens, from a 13th century English manuscript, (Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 533, fol. 13r)

#mammals #felines #cats

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Foxy: my collection of vintage fox imagery.

#mammals #canines #foxes #red foxes #Edmund Caldwell #fave

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Illustrations from The German and Viennese Cookbook, 1956

#mammals #ungulates #bovines #cattle #suidae #pigs #caprids #goats

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Five seagulls above turbulent sea | Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

#birds #gulls #Ohara Koson

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"M&F Flammeous Flycatcher (Muscicapa flammea)"

Indian Zoology; Second Edition. Translated from the Latin of Johann Reinhold Forster by John Aikin, M. D. Illustrated by Peter Mazell. 1790.

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#birds #passerines #minivets #orange minivet #Peter Mazell

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The Alpine Spaniel of St. Bernard

A Natural History of British and Foreign Quadrupeds. Written by James H. Fennell. 1843.

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#mammals #canines #dogs #working dogs #saint bernards

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Virginia Wildlife; vol. 30, no. 10. October, 1969. Cover illustration by William D. Rodgers, Jr.

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#birds #raptors #hawks #red-tailed hawk #William D. Rodgers Jr.

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Cow and Calf Elk | Olaus Murie (1889-1963)

#mammals #ungulates #cervids #elk #Olaus J. Murie

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🕷 American spiders and their spinningwork. V.3 Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia, 1889-93.

#bugs #arachnids #spiders #orbweavers #jeweled orbweaver #nordmann's orbweaver

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Gryllotalpidae sp. The Natural History of Insects; In Two Volumes. Vol. II. 1835.

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#bugs #insects #crickets #mole crickets

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Marco Polo's Sheep by Winifred Austen. From Wild Beasts of the World, Vol. Two. Written by Frank Finn, published in 1909.

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#mammals #ungulates #caprids #wild sheep #marco polo's sheep #Winifred Austen

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Grampuses by Louis A. Sargent. From Wild Beasts of the World, Vol. Two. Written by Frank Finn, published in 1909.

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#marine life #mammals #cetaceans #whales #orcas #Louis A. Sargent

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Niklaus Stoecklin (1896-1982, Swiss) ~ Das Tagpfauenauge / Peacock Butterfly, 1958

#bugs #insects #butterflies #peacock butterfly #Niklaus Stoecklin

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Drawing Animals. Written and illustrated by Maurice Wilson. Published in 1964.

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#mammals #primates #great apes #Maurice Wilson

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'Dragon'. Witold Pruszkowski. 1896.

#mythical #dragons #Witold Pruszkowski

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Pieter de Josselin de Jong - charcoal drawing of a sleeping dog.

#mammals #canines #dogs #Pieter de Josselin de Jong

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