Goat to Llama
G is for Goat
Emma M. Span papers, 1858-1916.
Ms. Coll. 776
More of Emma M. Span’s drawings can be seen at B is for Butterfly and H is for Hare.
G is for Grasshopper
Pierson, Clara D. Among the Meadow People. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1901.
Schimmel Fiction 3708
From the Caroline F. Schimmel Fiction Collection of Women in the American Wilderness
H is for Hare
Emma M. Span papers, 1858-1916.
Ms. Coll. 776
More of Emma M. Span’s drawings can be seen at B is for Butterfly and G is for Goat.
H is for Horse
Dr. Daniel and Eleanor Albert collection of cigarette and trade cards, circa 1835-1975.
Print Coll. 27
This is only one of MANY horse (and other animal) centered trade or cigarette cards in this collection.
H is for Horse
Richard Burn sketchbook, 1831-1832.
Ms. Coll. 873
Richard Burn appears to have loved his horses … there are several (all named) as well as humorous drawings of hunting scenes and events in the day-to-day life of this Scotsman.
H is for Horse
Locher, Jacob, 1471-1528. Apologia Jacobi Locher Philomusi Contra Poetarum Acerrimum Hostem Georgium Zingel Theologum Ingostadiensem Xynochylensem. [Strasbourg : Johann Grüninger, 1503]
GC5 L7888 505a
This woodcut title illustration depicts the author’s academic nemesis, the theologian Georg Zingel (1428-1508) of Ingolstadt, as a Medusa-like figure riding a horse shod with pattens (normally worn by humans to protect their footwear from becoming soiled).
I is for Ibex
Topsell, Edward. The History of Four Footed Beastes and Serpents. London: Printed by E. Cotes, for G. Sawbridge, 1658.
Founders 83, F
This volume is filled with beautiful drawings of all sorts of four-footed beasts–including the fiercest beaver you have ever seen!
I is for Insects
Japanese sketches: Manuscript, [18–?]
Ms. Codex 3
This is the third of three exquisite volumes containing paintings of insects, birds, sea creatures, and flowers. Every single page is beautiful.
J is for Jackal
[Astrological compendium: manuscript]. [Iran, ca. 1670]
LJS 414
This volume contains a few other drawings of animals, including scorpions and worms. You can see this entire volume online.
J is for Jellyfish
Church, Ella Rodman. Talks by the Seashore. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication and Sabbath-School Work, 1886.
From the Caroline F. Schimmel Fiction Collection of Women in the American Wilderness
K is for Koala
Marian Anderson collection of photographs, 1898-1992.
Ms. Coll. 198, vol. 38
Marian Anderson was photographed with this koala during a trip to Australia in 1962.
L is for Leopard
Joseph Benjamin McCaul pen and pencil sketches, 1886.
Ms. Coll. 918
For more of McCaul’s sketches, see A is for Alligator and L is for Lion.
L is for Lion
Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20. Vitae Patrum. Venundantur Lugduni : Ab Jacobo Huguetan …: Impressis per … Jacobum Sachon, 1512.
LatC V8316 512d
L is for Lion
Joseph Benjamin McCaul pen and pencil sketches, 1886.
Ms. Coll. 918
This delightful sketchbook contains the story of the Papal Bull and the English lion in a series of sketches. For more of McCaul’s sketches, see A is for Alligator and L is for Leopard.
L is for Llama
Malkus, Alida Sims. Along the Inca Highway. Boston [&c]: D.C. Heath and Co., 1941.
From the Caroline F. Schimmel Fiction Collection of Women in the American Wilderness