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Images about Anura

40 images from works
  • A male frog, playing a guitar, serenading a female seated on a mushroom. Photograph by J.P. Soule, 1876, after a drawing.
  • A male and female frog promenading. Photograph by J.P. Soule, ca. 1876, after a drawing.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • The head of a frog, in the fourth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.
  • Scenes from the life of Moses before the Exodus. Etching, 1799.
  • Frogs: eleven figures showing the skeleton, circulatory system, and stages of development of the frog. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • The head of a frog, in the early stages of a physiognomic metamorphosis into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.
  • A frog setting off to see his lady-friend. Photograph by J.P. Soule, ca. 1876, after a drawing.
  • Two bulls fighting by a pond sending frogs leaping into the water. Etching by W.-S. Howitt, ca 1800.
  • An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.

Works from the collections

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    The head of an animal, in the sixth stage of a physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog to an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

    Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801. | Reference: 34714i
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    The plague of frogs. Etching by J. Luyken.

    Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712. | Reference: 6048i
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    A creature undergoing physiognomic metamorphosis from a frog into an ideal head of Apollo. Coloured drawing by J.C. Lavater, 179-.

    Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801. | Reference: 34716i
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    Seven animals from Japan, including two frogs, a snail, a slug, a water-bug and a silver fish. Gouache painting.

    | Reference: 23645i
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    A male and female frog courting, watched by a frog voyeur. Photograph by J.P. Soule, 1876, after a drawing by F(?). Lord.

    Lord ***. | Date: 1876 | Reference: 644717i
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Related topics

Human behavior - Animal models
Face
Apollo
Physiognomy
Amphibians
Metamorphosis, Biological
Biology - History
Physiology, Comparative
Snakes
Plagues of Egypt

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