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

    The Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505)

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

    The Beast of Gévaudan (1764–1767)

    Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Agnes Catlow’s Drops of Water (1851)

    Jan van Kessel’s Signature of Caterpillars and Snakes (1657)
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    Animals & Beasts, Communication

    Jan van Kessel’s Signature of Caterpillars and Snakes (1657)

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds
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    Animals & Beasts

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds

    Anecdotes of Animals (1905)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Anecdotes of Animals (1905)

    Kumataro Ito’s Illustrations of Nudibranchs from the USS Albatross’ Philippine Expedition (ca. 1908)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Kumataro Ito’s Illustrations of Nudibranchs from the USS Albatross’ Philippine Expedition (ca. 1908)

    Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Early Experiments with X-Rays (1896)

    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1917)
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (1917)

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Images from William Saville-Kent’s The Great Barrier Reef of Australia (1893)

    Flatfish Camouflage Experiments (1911)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Flatfish Camouflage Experiments (1911)

    Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish

    Drawings of Tetradons and Diodons (ca. 1838–42)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Drawings of Tetradons and Diodons (ca. 1838–42)

    Images from German “Caterpillar Calendar” (1837)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Images from German “Caterpillar Calendar” (1837)

    Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911) — Cats and Captions before the Internet Age
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    Animals & Beasts

    Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911) — Cats and Captions before the Internet Age

    The Whims (1799) and The Follies (1815–23) of Francisco Goya
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Humour & Satire

    The Whims (1799) and The Follies (1815–23) of Francisco Goya

    The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)
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    Animals & Beasts, Design & Typography, Natural World, Food

    The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)

    Illustrations from the Lights of Canopus (1847)
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    Animals & Beasts, Wisdom

    Illustrations from the Lights of Canopus (1847)

    Music in the Margins: The Funeral of Reynard the Fox (13th century)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Music in the Margins: The Funeral of Reynard the Fox (13th century)

    Photographs of Sea Stars (1917)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Photographs of Sea Stars (1917)

    Public and Private Life of Animals (1877)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Politics, Humour & Satire

    Public and Private Life of Animals (1877)

    The Burning Stable (1896)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts

    The Burning Stable (1896)

    The Spinning Sow (1673)
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Spinning Sow (1673)

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)