These are the pictures from The Natural History of Animals 1905, a series of beautiful natural history books, written by J.R. Ainsworth Davis and published by The Gresham Publishing Company.
This download features 12 hi-res images in JPEG format, scanned by us from an original copy of the book. They are 600dpi and range in size from 3304 to 5728 pixels wide/tall.
This collection includes 2 colour illustrations by Kuhnert, 6 colour illustrations by Fairfax Muckley, and 4 full-page engravings from the book. Pictures include a toucan, a lion, butterflies, a snake, kingfishers, and an octopus; ocean life, including an octopus and sea anemones; big cats and monkeys.
The pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.
The pictures in our collections are out of copyright in the United States, the UK, Canada, most of Europe, Australia and all countries that follow the lifetime plus 70 years rule. Read our blog post about public domain copyright rules for more information.
