Paul D Stewart / Portait of Albertus Seba, the Dutch pharmacist and collector of natural rarities, age 66 (b. May 12th 1665 - d. May 2nd 1736). Portrait with tinting, showing off rarities from his collection acquired...
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Paul D Stewart / Copperplate engraving of mythical hydra with hand colouring by J. Chapman 1806 after engraving by Seba in his 'Treasury of Natural History' (1734). In 1735 a young Linnaeus visited Hamburg. While ther...
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Paul D Stewart / Illustration of a mythical Brazillian animal by Albertus Montanus, 1673. Copperplate from the German edition of his Dutch 'The New World'. A strange creature being pursued by colonials in the jungles...
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Paul D Stewart / Illustration 'Of the Tiger' (Panthera tigris) a 1607 engraving with later tinting from Edward Topsell's 'History of four Footed Beasts'. Topsell produced one of the first printed English Bestiaries, c...
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Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus) 'Of the Elephant' a 1607 engraving with later tinting from Edward Topsell's 'History of four Footed Beasts'. Topsell produced one of the first English...
