Italian images; early naturalist. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without retstriction in the US.

Fish and whales, a little on the creepy side for a children's book illustration. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Whale; dutch engraving. Scan of 2 d image in public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Animal Prints. Complements of Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

American natural history. Part 1.--Mastology (1828). Scans of 2 d objects in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Animal Prints. Complements of Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Animal Prints. Complements of Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Animal Prints. Complements of Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Dolphin. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle (Vol. 5) (1822). Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

American natural history. Part 1.--Mastology (1828). Scans of 2 d objects in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Annals and magazine of natural history : including zoology, botany and geology (1842)

Charles Darwin, Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle (London, 1838-1843). F8.1. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed be free to use without restriction in the U.S.

Voyage of Governer Phillip to Botany Bay. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Animal Prints. Complements of Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Animal Prints. Complements of Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Animal Prints. Complements of Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Animal Prints. Complements of Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 1885. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Animal Prints. Complements of Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Animal Prints. Complements of Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Animal Prints. Complements of Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Coucou ... Les voila! .. (c1922). Juvenile illustration of diving dolphin. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

French naturalist illustration, "Annales des sciences naturelles : comprenant La physiologie animale et végétale, l'anatomie comparée des deux règnes, la zoologie, la botanique, la minéralogie et la géologie." 1829. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Scans of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Scans of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Natural history report (1914). Scan of 2 d objects in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Natural history report (1914). Scan of 2 d objects in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people : in three parts, comprising I. Mammalia : II. Birds : Part III. Reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, worms, molluscs, zoophytes, &c. : with 91 coloured plates, including about 850 figures, and numerous additional illustrations in the text (1889). Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed be free to use without restriction in the U.S.

Beached dolphin, Algeria or Morocco (?) Scans of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

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Italian images; early naturalist. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without retstriction in the US.

Elephant seal. Vintage French Animal Print. Complements de Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Spotted seal.Vintage French Animal Print. Complements de Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Spotted seal. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Vintage French Animal Prints. Complements of Buffon, 1838. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Walrus, but not the kind found in the Gulf of Mexico. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique, : contenant l'histoire naturelle de ces pays, l'origine, les moeurs, la religion & le gouvernement des habitans anciens & modernes. Les guerres & les evenemens singuliers qui y sont arrivez pendant le séjour que l'auteur y a fait. Par le R.P. Labat, de l'ordre des freres prêcheurs. (1742). Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

White spotted seal. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

British Mammals, 1896. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

British Mammals, 1896. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Sea lions or seals, group illustration on rocks. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Voyage to Antarctica. 1839-1843. Seal. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Natural history of the animal kingdom for the use of young people : in three parts, comprising I. Mammalia : II. Birds : Part III. Reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, worms, molluscs, zoophytes, &c. : with 91 coloured plates, including about 850 figures, and numerous additional illustrations in the text (1889). Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed be free to use without restriction in the U.S.

Illustration from voyage to Greenland; person kayaking by a bunch of seals on rocks; big ship in background. Gray and chartreuse green French engraving. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Seasons with the Sea-Horses : or, sporting adventures in the northern seas (1861). Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Seal. French animal illustrations, color, 18th century. Scans of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 1885. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Illustration; seals playing on a rock near the surf. Via NOAA. Scans of 2 d images in public domain believed to be free to use with out restriction in the US.

The California horticulturist and floral magazine (1870). Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Animal; headshots. Seal in profile. Scan of 2 d images in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Bierstadt painting. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Farllon Islands, 1887, Bierstadt. Painting. Please see http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WLA_cma_Farallon_Island_1887.jpg for information about creative commons license. Scan of 2 d image in the public domain believed to be free to use without restriction in the US.

Suckling, Shackleton - Rowett Expedition, Antarctica, 1921-1922 via Flickr Commons. Scan of 2 d object in the public domain believed to be free tto use without restriction in the US.