British dogs at work (1906)

Illustrated by G. Vernon Stokes, book can be found here

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Paintings of Dogs

Berthe Morisot

Abraham Cooper

Edwin Landseer

Franz Marc

Gustave Courbet

Anonymous

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

Theo van Doesburg

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"lesser Egyptian jerboa, Jaculus jaculus" - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

via en.wikipedia.org

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Group of crows. (1895) /NYPL Digital Gallery | Detail ID 820426

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'Macgregor', owned by James R. Dempster, Ladyton

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Kookaburras

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Conrad Gesner’s Historiae Animalium

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This amazing book dated 1551 can be viewed online here
http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/gesner/gesner.html

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At home with wild nature

Book published in 1922 that can be found here

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Louis Wain's Far-Out Crazy Cats

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Cats in the Past

Mascot on a HMAS Encounter, Australia

Cat in the Window

Cat sitting on a Radio

Soldier's  goodbye with Cat

Child with Cat and Dog

Cat watching Bird

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Chet Phillips Illustration Literary Pets

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Historical Penguins

Ice cased Adelie penguins after a blizzard at Cape Denison / photograph by Frank Hurley

by State Library of New South Wales collection

Wreck of the 'Gratitude', Macquarie Island, 1911

by Powerhouse Museum Collection

by State Library of New South Wales collection

by State Library of New South Wales collection

by State Library of New South Wales collection

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Dogs from the past

From a fascinating collection by the National Media Museum found on Flickr

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A Book for Cat Lovers

This book was written by Frances Simpson and published in 1903, it covers the history of domesticated cats, their personalities, how to look after them, breeds and so on. It has hundreds of photos and illustration and it's a big tome. Not to be missed if you like cats, history and photos of women with big hats. Read it here.