Art Tokens

‘Cupid’ (1878), Julius Kronberg (Sweden, 1850–1921)

‘Trumpeting Angel’, David Humbert de Superville (Netherlands, 1770–1849)

‘Angel of the Revelation (Book of Revelation, chapter 10)’ (c.1803–5), William Blake (England, 1757–1827)

‘Jabiroe (Jabiroe mycteria)’ (1770), Aert Schouman (Netherlands, 1710–1792)

‘Chiroptera’ from * Kunstformen der Natur* (1904), Ernst Haeckel (Germany, 1834–1919)

‘A “Wiggle Much” Creature Looking at a Bird’s Nest’ (c.1910), Herbert Crowley (England, 1873–1937)

‘The Sea Monster’ (1881), Theodor Kittelsen (1857–1914). CC-BY, Nasjonalmuseet/Høstland, Børre.

‘Spooky the Screech Owl’ (1919), Louis Agassiz Fuertes (USA, 1874–1927)

‘Cuckoo in storm’ (1925–1936), Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877–1945)

Jūmantsubo Plain at Fukagawa Susaki’ (1857), Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, 1797–1858)

‘The Threatened Swan’ (c.1650), Jan Asselijn (Netherlands, c.1610–1652)

‘Portrait of Prince Azam Shah’ (late 1600s, early 1700s), Mughal (India)

From ‘The Blood Book’ (c.1850–1860), John Bingley Garland (England, Canada, 1791–1875)

‘Weiße Katze und zwei Zitronenfalter’, Arthur Heyer (Germany, 1872–1931)

‘Asakusa ricefields and Torinomachi festival’ (1857), Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, 1797–1858)

‘Summer: Cat on a Balustrade’ (1909), Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (France, Switzerland, 1859–1923)

‘The Serval’ (1861–1867), Joseph Wolf (Germany, 1820–1899)

‘Cat and Butterfly’ (1788), Min Zhen (Chinese, 1730–after 1788)

‘A lion, emerging from a cave’ (1972), J. Daniell after John Graham (1754–1817)

‘Tiger’ (1913), Franz Marc (Germany, 1880–1916)

‘Lion on the Watch’ (c.1885), Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904)

‘Citizen – Female Head’ (1879), Alphons Bodenmüller (Germany, 1847–1886)

‘Altarpiece No. 1 Group X’ (1915), Hilma af Klint (Sweden, 1862–1944)

‘The March of Intellect’ (c.1828), Robert Seymour (England, 1798–1836)

‘Glass Balls’ (1944), Theodor Barth (Switzerland, 1875–1949)

‘Landscape illustration’, Watanabe Seitei (Japan, 1851–1918)

‘When My Lords the Devils Have a Mind to Recreate Themselves on the Waters’, William Heath Robinson (England, 1872–1944)

‘A skeleton dressed as a devil with sword’ (1898), L. Crusius

‘The Lost World’ (1912), Harry Rountree (New Zealand, 1878–1950)

‘Landscape with Dog’ (1832), Thomas Doughty (USA, 1793–1856)

‘Welpen’, Federico Olaria (Spain, 1849–1898)

‘The Dogs of St. Bernard’, George Baxter (England, 1804–1867)

From ‘The Minotaur’ in Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1921), illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900–1931)

Matsuri Yatai Dragon (1844), Hokusai (Japan, 1760–1849)

‘Ryu sho ten’ (‘Dragon rising to the heavens’, 1897), Ogata Gekkō (Japan, 1859–1920)

Studies of a dragon (Italy, c.1560–1600)

‘The angry warrior’, Ferdinand Hodler (Switzerland, 1853–1918)

‘A Bird’s Egg’, James Sowerby (England, 1757–1822)

‘Akashita’ (‘red tongue’) from the Bakemono zukushi (Japan, c.1700-1800s)

‘Djer-Kiss, This so Parisian talc’ (1921), Frederick Richardson (USA, 1862–1937)

‘Still Life with Monkey, Fruits, and Flowers’ (1724), Jean Baptiste Oudry (France, 1686–1755)

From ‘Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing’ (c.1600s), originally by Zakarīyā’ ibn Muḥammad al-Qazwīnī (Iran, c.1203–1283)

‘Girl Holding A Snake – Innocence’ (1900), Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (Germany, 1851–1913)

‘Shenma’ (神馬, ‘Divine Horse’) from ‘Ansei ōjishin-e’ (Ansei Great Earthquake Pictures, Japan, c.1855)

‘Tiroler Bauernmädchen’, Carl Moser (Austria, 1873–1939)

‘Captain Higuchi, Company Commander in the Sixth Division’ (1895), Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japan, 1847–1915)

‘Shadow Figures of a Lantern and a Hawk’ (c.1842), Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, 1797–1858)

‘Hemipteres Pl. XX’ (1876-1878), Jules Rothschild (France, 1838–1900)

‘Fighting Orchids’ (c.1917), right side, Janus de Winter (Netherlands, 1882–1951)

‘Fighting Orchids’ (c.1917), left side, Janus de Winter (Netherlands, 1882–1951)

From a sixteenth-century watercolor manuscript preserved at the Herzog August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel.

‘Monkeys as Judges of Art’ (1889), Gabriel von Max (Austria, 1840–1915)

From ‘Kalenderblad voor januari tot en met maart 1923’ (1922), Leo Visser (Netherlands)

‘Eight Shadow Figures’ (1842), Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan, 1797–1858)

‘Une promenade dans le ciel’ (1847), J. J. Grandville (France, 1803–1847)

Death as a harlequin, playing bilboquet’, Johannes Josephus Aarts (Netherlands, 1871–1934).

‘Immortelle’ from The Flowers Personified (1847), J.J. Grandville (France, 1803–1847)

‘By the River Shore (warrior with chest and sword)’ (19th century), Ryūsai Shigeharu (Japan, 1802–1853)

‘Leaping Warrior’, Rene Bull (England, 1872–1942)