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Antique Sea Life Prints

Fishes & Sea Life Print: Shark, Seahorse, Sunfish, Stingray – Antique 1867
Fishes & Sea Life Print: Shark, Seahorse, Sunfish, Stingray – Antique 1867

Fishes & Sea Life Print: Shark, Seahorse, Sunfish, Stingray – Antique 1867

Located in Langweer, NL

Fishes & Sea Life Print: Shark, Seahorse, Sunfish, Stingray – Antique 1867 This striking antique print depicts a wide variety of marine life, including sharks, rays, sunfish, seahor...

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1860s German Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

Glass Sponges – Deep-Sea Marine Life, Royal Natural History, 1896
Glass Sponges – Deep-Sea Marine Life, Royal Natural History, 1896

Glass Sponges – Deep-Sea Marine Life, Royal Natural History, 1896

Located in Langweer, NL

Technique: Color process print Maker: Richard Lydekker, London & New York, 1896 Keywords: glass sponges, Hexactinellida, deep sea life, marine biology, oceanography, sea sponge, na...

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Late 19th Century British Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

Mackerel Jack and Surgeonfish – Decorative Antique Sea Life Lithograph, 1846
Mackerel Jack and Surgeonfish – Decorative Antique Sea Life Lithograph, 1846

Mackerel Jack and Surgeonfish – Decorative Antique Sea Life Lithograph, 1846

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique Print of Mackerel Jack and Orange Spine Unicornfish – Paris 1846 This elegant hand-colored lithograph features two distinct tropical marine species: Caranx scombrinus (commo...

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Mid-19th Century French Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

Marine Curiosities: An Assortment of Shells and Sea Life, 1845
Marine Curiosities: An Assortment of Shells and Sea Life, 1845

Marine Curiosities: An Assortment of Shells and Sea Life, 1845

Located in Langweer, NL

The illustration, an original hand-colored engraving, features a collection of shells and marine organisms, likely from various classes of the phylum Mollusca: 1. **Lingule anatine...

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1840s Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

Sea Splendor: A Tapestry of Marine Life in the Mid-19th Century, 1845
Sea Splendor: A Tapestry of Marine Life in the Mid-19th Century, 1845

Sea Splendor: A Tapestry of Marine Life in the Mid-19th Century, 1845

Located in Langweer, NL

In the two prints, a variety of marine organisms are depicted, predominantly from the echinoderm and mollusk phyla: **First Print:** 1. **Agathine zébrée** - Likely a gastropod with...

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1840s Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

Set of Three Engravings of Sea Urchins and Marine Life by Diderot, ca.1770
Set of Three Engravings of Sea Urchins and Marine Life by Diderot, ca.1770

Set of Three Engravings of Sea Urchins and Marine Life by Diderot, ca.1770

Located in Langweer, NL

Set of Three Engravings of Sea Urchins and Marine Life from Diderot’s Encyclopédie, ca. 1770 A fine set of three copperplate engravings from Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alember...

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1770s French Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

Original Antique Print of Seals, Sea Lion and Manatee by Bertuch, 1790
Original Antique Print of Seals, Sea Lion and Manatee by Bertuch, 1790

Original Antique Print of Seals, Sea Lion and Manatee by Bertuch, 1790

Located in Langweer, NL

Keywords: antique seal print, antique sea lion print, manatee print, sea cow print, marine mammal print, seal engraving, sea lion engraving, marine life print, ocean animal print, Be...

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Late 18th Century German Neoclassical Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

Coastal Wildlife Print – 19th Century Sea Lion Ocean Scene, Soft Pastels, 1894
Coastal Wildlife Print – 19th Century Sea Lion Ocean Scene, Soft Pastels, 1894

Coastal Wildlife Print – 19th Century Sea Lion Ocean Scene, Soft Pastels, 1894

Located in Langweer, NL

Smit, London, 1894 KEYWORDS: antique animal print, sea lion print, marine life art, coastal wall art, antique zoological print, natural history illustration, Victorian animal print,...

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Late 19th Century British Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

Sea Anemones – Colorful Marine Invertebrates, Royal Natural History, 1896
Sea Anemones – Colorful Marine Invertebrates, Royal Natural History, 1896

Sea Anemones – Colorful Marine Invertebrates, Royal Natural History, 1896

Located in Langweer, NL

Technique: Color process print Maker: Richard Lydekker, London & New York, 1896 Keywords: sea anemones, marine biology, ocean life, coastal decor, sea flowers, marine invertebrates...

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Late 19th Century British Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

Original Antique Print of Marine Worms and Polyps by Bertuch, 1805
Original Antique Print of Marine Worms and Polyps by Bertuch, 1805

Original Antique Print of Marine Worms and Polyps by Bertuch, 1805

Located in Langweer, NL

Keywords: antique marine life print, marine worm print, tube worm print, polyps, sea life engraving, marine biology print, ocean life print, Bertuch print, Friedrich Justin Bertuch, J.

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Early 1800s German Neoclassical Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

Ctenophores (Comb Jellies) – Marine Invertebrates, Royal Natural History, 1896
Ctenophores (Comb Jellies) – Marine Invertebrates, Royal Natural History, 1896

Ctenophores (Comb Jellies) – Marine Invertebrates, Royal Natural History, 1896

Located in Langweer, NL

Technique: Color process print Maker: Richard Lydekker (editor), The Royal Natural History, London and New York, 1896 Keywords: ctenophores, comb jellies, marine biology, ocean lif...

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Late 19th Century British Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

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Flowering Sea Onion: A 19th Century Hand-colored Engraving by William Curtis
Flowering Sea Onion: A 19th Century Hand-colored Engraving by William Curtis

Flowering Sea Onion: A 19th Century Hand-colored Engraving by William Curtis

By William Curtis

Located in Alamo, CA

This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Ornithogalum Squilla" (Common Red-rooted Sea-Onion or Officinal Squill), plate 918, published in...

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Early 1800s Naturalistic Antique Sea Life Prints

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Engraving

William Powell, Life at the Sea-side, Ramsgate
William Powell, Life at the Sea-side, Ramsgate

William Powell, Life at the Sea-side, Ramsgate

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H 33.08 in W 53.94 in D 2.37 in

William Powell, Life at the Sea-side, Ramsgate

By William Powell Frith

Located in London, GB

Life at the Sea-side, Ramsgate 1854, etching by William Powell Frith, in later gilt frame. Available to view at Brunswick House, London. Dimensions: 84cm (33") high, 137cm (54"...

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19th Century British Antique Sea Life Prints

Coral Bank in the Red Sea, underwater sea chromolithograph, circa 1880
Coral Bank in the Red Sea, underwater sea chromolithograph, circa 1880

Coral Bank in the Red Sea, underwater sea chromolithograph, circa 1880

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

'Coral Bank in the Red Sea' Antique English late 19th century chromolithograph. Sheet 18cm by 26cm, image 12cm by 20cm.

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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Sea Life Prints

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Lithograph

Ixia Spicata - Sea-green Spiked Ixia  Henry Andrews botanical engraving

Ixia Spicata - Sea-green Spiked Ixia Henry Andrews botanical engraving

By Henry C Andrews

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

'Ixia Spicata - Sea-green Spiked Ixia' Native of Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's R...

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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Sea Life Prints

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Engraving

Sea Onion & Crinum Plants: A Pair of 19th Century Hand-colored Curtis Engravings
Sea Onion & Crinum Plants: A Pair of 19th Century Hand-colored Curtis Engravings

Sea Onion & Crinum Plants: A Pair of 19th Century Hand-colored Curtis Engravings

By William Curtis

Located in Alamo, CA

This early 19th century hand-colored double fold-out botanical engraving is entitled "Ornithogalum Squilla" (Common Red-rooted Sea-Onion or Officinal Squill), plate 918, published in...

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Early 1800s Naturalistic Antique Sea Life Prints

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Engraving

Antique Chromolithograph of Marine Life with Coral, Fish and Sea Creatures, 1890
Antique Chromolithograph of Marine Life with Coral, Fish and Sea Creatures, 1890

Antique Chromolithograph of Marine Life with Coral, Fish and Sea Creatures, 1890

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique Chromolithograph of Marine Life with Coral, Fish, and Sea Creatures, ca. 1890 This engaging and finely detailed chromolithograph, titled “Das Leben im Meere” (Life in the Se...

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Late 19th Century German Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

Crustaceans & Cephalopoda – Pair of Marine Natural History Prints, Lydekker 1896
Crustaceans & Cephalopoda – Pair of Marine Natural History Prints, Lydekker 1896

Crustaceans & Cephalopoda – Pair of Marine Natural History Prints, Lydekker 1896

Located in Langweer, NL

Technique: Color process prints Maker: Richard Lydekker, The Royal Natural History, London & New York, 1896 Keywords: crustaceans, cephalopoda, lobster, crab, hermit crab, squi...

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Late 19th Century British Antique Sea Life Prints

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Paper

19th Century Sea Life Print
19th Century Sea Life Print

19th Century Sea Life Print

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H 15.75 in W 19 in D 1 in

19th Century Sea Life Print

Located in Culver City, CA

Newly framed specimen print of sea life on archival paper, floated on linen.

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19th Century English Antique Sea Life Prints

19th Century  Sea Life Print
19th Century  Sea Life Print

19th Century Sea Life Print

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H 15.75 in W 19 in D 1 in

19th Century Sea Life Print

Located in Culver City, CA

Newly framed specimen print of sea life on archival paper, floated on linen.

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19th Century English Antique Sea Life Prints

Rumphius Sealife Prints
Rumphius Sealife Prints

Rumphius Sealife Prints

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H 22 in W 17 in

Rumphius Sealife Prints

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Hand colored original prints of sea life anatomy in custom designed frame by voila!

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18th Century and Earlier Belgian Antique Sea Life Prints

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Wood

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Antique Print of Various Marine Life by Meyer 'c.1905'

Located in Langweer, NL

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Early 20th Century Antique Sea Life Prints

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Triggerfish and Filefish from Tropical Reefs, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1815
Triggerfish and Filefish from Tropical Reefs, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1815

Triggerfish and Filefish from Tropical Reefs, Antique Bertuch Print, circa 1815

Located in Langweer, NL

This hand coloured copper engraving of triggerfishes and a filefish, the armoured reef fishes with the locking spine that gives them their name, comes from the Vienna edition of Frie...

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Early 19th Century Austrian Antique Sea Life Prints

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Seaweeds, German antique underwater botanical chromolithograph print
Seaweeds, German antique underwater botanical chromolithograph print

Seaweeds, German antique underwater botanical chromolithograph print

Located in Melbourne, Victoria

'Algen I' (Seaweeds) German chromolithograph, circa 1895. Central vertical fold as issued. 240mm by 305mm (sheet)

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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Sea Life Prints

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Set of 9 Antique Prints of Various Handcolored Fish Species

Located in Langweer, NL

Set of 9 original antique prints of many fish species. These prints originate from 'Dictionnaire universel d'Histoire Naturelle' by d'Orbigny. Published 1861. Charles Henry Dessa...

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Antique Print of the Tubfish and other Fish species, 1844

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique print titled '1. Le Dactyloptère Pirapède 2. Le Trigle Hirondelle 3. Le Péristédion malarmat'. Old print of the tubfish and other fish species. This print originates from 'Oe...

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19th Century Antique Sea Life Prints

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Set of 3 Antique Fish Prints, Sword Fish, John Dory, Haddock, 1832
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Located in Langweer, NL

Set of three original antique fish prints. Star fish, Peprilus paru 78, and swordfish, Xiphias gladius 79. Haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus 84, and Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua 85. Jo...

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Maternidad, Signed Modern Woodcut Screenprint by Pedro Hanne Gallo
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Maternidad, Signed Modern Woodcut Screenprint by Pedro Hanne Gallo

Located in Long Island City, NY

"Maternidad" is a woodcut and screenprint by Colombian artist Pedro Hanne Gallo, from the Graficario de la Lucha Popular en Colombia -- a portfolio assembled by the Prografica Worksh...

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1970s Modern Antique Sea Life Prints

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Antique Print of the Tonguefish and Other Fish Species, 1844
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Located in Langweer, NL

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Antique Print of the Crowned Squirrelfish and Other Fish Species, 1844
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Located in Langweer, NL

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Original Antique Print of Four Corals by Bertuch, c. 1790
Original Antique Print of Four Corals by Bertuch, c. 1790

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Located in Langweer, NL

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Located in Carmel, CA

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2010s Contemporary Antique Sea Life Prints

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Pair of Original Antique Prints of Corals, C.1790

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Located in St Annes, Lancashire

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1790s English Georgian Antique Sea Life Prints

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Antique Seahorse, Frilled Shark & Curious Fish Engraving – Bertuch, 1821
Antique Seahorse, Frilled Shark & Curious Fish Engraving – Bertuch, 1821

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Located in Langweer, NL

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Antique Print of Various Algae by Meyer 'c.1895'

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Antique Print of Various Algae by Meyer 'c.1895'

Located in Langweer, NL

Antique print titled 'Algen I'. Original antique print of various algae. This print originates from the 5th edition of Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, published 1893-1897. Meyers Konve...

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Late 19th Century Antique Sea Life Prints

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Molluscs & Marine Invertebrates Print: Octopus, Slug, Snails, Conch – 1867
Molluscs & Marine Invertebrates Print: Octopus, Slug, Snails, Conch – 1867

Molluscs & Marine Invertebrates Print: Octopus, Slug, Snails, Conch – 1867

Located in Langweer, NL

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Antique Sea Life Prints For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of antique sea life prints is available at 1stDibs. The range of distinct antique sea life prints — often made from paper — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of antique sea life prints available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 19th Century. Antique sea life prints are generally popular furniture pieces, but Baroque style is often sought at 1stDibs. William Powell Frith produced beautiful antique sea life prints that are worth considering.

How Much are Antique Sea Life Prints?

Antique sea life prints can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $376, while the lowest priced sells for $85 and the highest can go for as much as $5,400.