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    The Whims (1799) and The Follies (1815–23) of Francisco Goya
    Images / 
    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)
    Images / 
    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)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    The Spinning Sow (1673)

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

    Images from the First Colour Publication on Fish (1754)

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century

    The Frog (1908)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Strange Phenomena

    The Frog (1908)

    Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Ernst Haeckel’s Bats (1904)

    Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Contents of an Ostrich’s Stomach (ca. 1930)

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Death

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art
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    Animals & Beasts

    The Singerie: Monkeys acting as Humans in Art

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing

    The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)
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    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    The Difficulty of Ruling over a Diverse Nation (1578)

    Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals (1852)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Colonialism & the 'Other', Emotion & Expression

    Comparative Physiognomy: or, Resemblances Between Men and Animals (1852)

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Technology

    NYPL Release 187k Public Domain Images in Hi-Res

    Robin Redbreast (1907)
    Audio / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Robin Redbreast (1907)

    The First Circus (1921)
    Film / 
    Animals & Beasts, Drugs

    The First Circus (1921)

    Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Caw! Caw! or The Chronicle of Crows (ca. 1848)

    Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine

    Shells and other Marine Life from Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (1734)

    Bird Gods (1898)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Bird Gods (1898)