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    A Bestiary of Loss
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Death, Natural World

    A Bestiary of Loss

    Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s *Medusae of the World* (1910)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Floating Phantoms: A. G. Mayer’s Medusae of the World (1910)

    Howard Pyle's *The Mermaid* (1910)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Howard Pyle's The Mermaid (1910)

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1859–1915)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Strange Phenomena

    Fearful Symmetry: Inkblot Books (1859–1915)

    Jan Luyken’s Frontispiece for *Osteologia* (1680)
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Religion, Language

    Jan Luyken’s Frontispiece for Osteologia (1680)

    Ferdinand van Kessel’s *Four Parts of the World* (ca. 1689)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Travel & Exploration

    Ferdinand van Kessel’s Four Parts of the World (ca. 1689)

    Bruegel the Elder’s *Big Fish Eat Little Fish* (1556)
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    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    Bruegel the Elder’s Big Fish Eat Little Fish (1556)

    Unnatural Selection: Emil Schachtzabel’s Pigeon *Prachtwerk* (1906)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Unnatural Selection: Emil Schachtzabel’s Pigeon Prachtwerk (1906)

    Between Frogs and Gods: Illustrations of Physiognomy
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Emotion and Expression

    Between Frogs and Gods: Illustrations of Physiognomy

    *Odd Showers* (1870)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Strange Phenomena

    Odd Showers (1870)

    *Clavis Artis* by “Zoroaster”
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Clavis Artis by “Zoroaster”

    William Baillie-Grohman’s *Sport in Art* (1913)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Sport

    William Baillie-Grohman’s Sport in Art (1913)

    Adolf Schmidt’s *Atlas der Diatomaceenkunde* (1890)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Adolf Schmidt’s Atlas der Diatomaceenkunde (1890)

    John Singleton Copley’s *Watson and the Shark* (1778)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Stories

    John Singleton Copley’s Watson and the Shark (1778)

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)

    Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Kawanable Kyōsai’s Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (1890)

    The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Emotion and Expression

    The Expressions of Emotion in the Pigeons (1909–11)

    Edouard Joseph d’Alton’s Illustrations of Animal Skeletons (1821–1838)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Edouard Joseph d’Alton’s Illustrations of Animal Skeletons (1821–1838)

    John Gould’s Mammals of Australia (1845–63)
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    Animals & Beasts

    John Gould’s Mammals of Australia (1845–63)

    D. A. Rovinskii’s Collection of Russian Lubki (18th–19th Century)
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    Animals & Beasts, People, Politics

    D. A. Rovinskii’s Collection of Russian Lubki (18th–19th Century)

    Augustus Jansson’s Queen City Ink Adverts (1903–1907)
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    Animals & Beasts, People

    Augustus Jansson’s Queen City Ink Adverts (1903–1907)

    Buffon and de Sève’s Quadrupeds (1754)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Buffon and de Sève’s Quadrupeds (1754)

    The Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505)

    The Beast of Gévaudan (1764–1767)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    The Beast of Gévaudan (1764–1767)

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