Old Hunting Scene of the 'Camelopard', a Name Often Used for a Giraffe, 1813

African Wildlife and Hunting Scene – Antique German Engraving, c.1840 Description: This striking antique engraving titled “Afrika” depicts a vivid tripartite composition portraying African wildlife and traditional hunting scenes. At the top are three finely engraved and partially hand-colored animals: a red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus) on the left, a zebra in the centre, and an African wild dog...

Title: Die Giraffe (Giraffe) - Hand-Colored Zoological Print, Circa 1840 Description: This remarkable hand-colored lithograph, titled "Die Giraffe" (The Giraffe), illustrates the ...

Asian Wildlife and Hunting Scene – Antique German Engraving, c.1840 Description: This captivating antique engraving titled “Asien” depicts Asian wildlife alongside traditional hunting scenes in a decorative tripartite composition. At the top are three finely engraved and partially hand-colored antelopes: a blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) with its distinctive spiral horns, an Indian gazelle or chinkara (Gazella bennettii), and a greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) or similar large antelope species with lyre-shaped horns. Their detailed anatomical rendering and warm coloration highlight the European natural history fascination of the early 19th century. The middle register portrays an elaborate hunting expedition with an elephant bearing a howdah and rider, accompanied by horsemen and handlers. Surrounding them are multiple cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus...

Antique Handcolored Engraving of Giraffes, Quadruped III, c.1800 This original handcolored copperplate engraving features two giraffes (*Giraffa camelopardalis*), vividly illustra...

Print from a Collection of three faunistic prints: - Tiger an Jaguar - Elephant - Giraffe Printed manually on 100% cotton engraving paper in Florence Italy. Each print is entir...

Transport yourself to the Biedermeier era with this exquisite and rare original lithograph from the book "Neue Bildergalerie der Jugend." Published between 1831 and 1835 by Carl Hell...

Set of Six Elephant Hunting Scene Engravings in Gilt Frames. Antique Williamson & Howitt engravings of elephants in varied orientalist hunting scenes and landscapes in elegant corner...

Colour aquatint after Samuel Howitt (1756/7-1822). From Samuel Howitt's 'Foreign Field Sports' Samuel Howitt was an English painter, illustrator and etch...