Animal Inspo

Plate III from <n>Javanese Batik Designs from Metal Stamps</n> by <n>Berthold Laufer</n>, published in 1923.

An etching by <n>Crispijn van de Passe</n> from <n>George Wither</n>'s 1635 book of emblems.

<n>A blossoming shrub with two exotic butterflies</n> (c. 1708-1721) by artist <n>Hermanus de Wit</n>.

An illustration of the <n>Dragon of Solothurn</n> by naturalist <n>Johann Jakob Scheuchzer</n>, 1723.

A 1906 lithograph by <n>Anton Schöner</n> from <n>Emil Schachtzabel</n>'s book, <n>Illustriertes Prachtwerk sämtlicher Taubenrassen</n>.

A <n>Golden-hooded Tanager</n> and <n>Masked Tanager</n> from <n>Iconographie ornithologique</n> (1849) by <n>Paul Louis Oudart</n>.

Detail from the <n>South Netherlandish</n> tapestry <n>Shepherd and Shepherdess Making Music</n>, ca. 1500.

Engraving by <n>A. Bell</n> from <n>Oliver Goldsmith</n>'s "A History of the Earth and Animated Nature" (1825).

An illustration of the <n>Calliste flaviventris</n> by artist <n>Oudart</n>, printed by <n>Gemy Gros</n>.

Plate V from <n>Historiae naturalis de serpentibus libri II</n>.

Illustration of <n>Narayana, the Seven-Headed Serpent</n> by <n>James Churchward</n> from his 1931 book 'The Children of Mu'.