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- Lion
- Heads of aye-aye, marmoset and East Indian Red Monkey
- The figure shows a professor and pupil. The former is demonstrating the bones of a skeleton.
The figure shows a professor and pupil. The former is demonstrating the bones of a skeleton. - Illustrating the general ideas on anatomy current at the Renaissance
Illustrating the general ideas on anatomy current at the Renaissance - 'Tiger'
'Tiger' - Fore-limb of Monkey compared to fore-limb of Whale
A. Fore-limb of Monkey B. Fore-limb of Whale What is meant by homology? Essential similarity of architecture, though the appearances may be very different This is seen in comparing these two fore-limbs, A, of Monkey, B, of Whale. They are as different as possible, yet they show the same bones, e.g. SC, the scapula or shoulder-blade; H, the humerus or upper arm; R and U, the radius and ulna of the fore-arm; CA, the wrist; MC, the palm; and then the fingers. - Well-marked Silver Black-banded Tabby
Well-marked Silver Black-banded Tabby - 'The Colonel' - White Persian
'The Colonel' - White Persian - Tutored Bear.—XIV. Century
One great part of the joculator's profession was the teaching of bears, apes, horses, dogs, and other animals, to imitate the actions of men, to tumble, to dance, and to perform a variety of tricks, contrary to their nature; and sometimes he learned himself to counterfeit the gestures and articulations of the brutes. - Dog Sleeping
Dog Sleeping - Tortoise Shell Manx
Tortoise Shell Manx - The layers of the head
The layers of the head - very Light Blue Tabby, 'Sylvie'.
very Light Blue Tabby, 'Sylvie'. - The first printed picture of dissection
The first printed picture of dissection - Properly Marked Siamese
Properly Marked Siamese - Siamese winner of many prizes
Siamese winner of many prizes - Cat with kittens
Cat with kittens - Properly marked black and white cat
Properly marked black and white cat - The Two White Birds
The Two storks - 'The old Lady' - Silver Tabby
'The old Lady' - Silver Tabby - 'Fez' - Persian
'Fez' - Persian - Osprey and Grakles
Osprey landing in its nest with food for its young - Example of a finely-marked Tortoiseshell Cat
Example of a finely-marked Tortoiseshell Cat - Example of a properly-marked Brown Tabby
Example of a properly-marked Brown Tabby - Diagram of the ventricles and the senses
Diagram of the ventricles and the senses with their relation to the intellectual processes according to the doctrine of the Renaissance anatomists. - Unusual Long Haired Cat
Unusual Long Haired Cat - Roger Bacons diagram of the Eye
Roger Bacons diagram of the Eye - The Anatomy of the Eye
The Anatomy of the Eye - English Wild Cat
English Wild Cat - Tortoiseshell-and-white Cat, finely marked
Tortoiseshell-and-white Cat, finely marked - Diagram of the senses, the humours, the cerebral ventricles, and the intellectual facultie
Diagram of the senses, the humours, the cerebral ventricles, and the intellectual facultie - An anatomical diagram of about 1298
An anatomical diagram of about 1298 - Game of Ball
Game of Ball - Example of Tortoiseshell Cat, very dark variety
Example of Tortoiseshell Cat, very dark variety - Example of a finely-marked Spotted Tabby He-Cat
Example of a finely-marked Spotted Tabby He-Cat - Group of Kittens at the Crystal Palace Cat Show
Group of Kittens at the Crystal Palace Cat Show - Cat at Show
Cat at Show - Venice, 1496, showing the ventricles of the brain
Venice, 1496, showing the ventricles of the brain - White Angora
White Angora - White cat - prize winner in 1879
White cat - prize winner in 1879 - Brown Tabby with the black bars far too wide
Brown Tabby with the black bars far too wide - The Microcosm
The idea of a close parallelism between the structure of man and of the wider universe was gradually abandoned by the scientific, while among the unscientific it degenerated and became little better than an insane obsession. As such it appears in the ingenious ravings of the English follower of Paracelsus, the Rosicrucian, Robert Fludd, who reproduced, often with fidelity, the systems which had some novelty five centuries before his time. - White Persian 'Miss Whitey'
White Persian 'Miss Whitey' - White Cat, winner of many prizes
White Cat, winner of many prizes - Archangel Blue Cat
Archangel Blue Cat - The Anatomy of the Eye
From Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica, Basel, 1543, p. 643. a, Crystalline humour; o, Albugineous humour; c, Vitreous humour; n, Cornea; q, Conjunctiva; m, Sclerotica; g, Secundina; h, Uvea; k, Arachnoidea; e, Retina. - The regions of the abdomen and their contents
- The arch of the aorta and its branches
- Lymphatics of the leg.
- Dark Blue, Small-banded Tabby
Dark Blue, Small-banded Tabby - Tutored Bear.—XIV. Century
One great part of the joculator's profession was the teaching of bears, apes, horses, dogs, and other animals, to imitate the actions of men, to tumble, to dance, and to perform a variety of tricks, contrary to their nature; and sometimes he learned himself to counterfeit the gestures and articulations of the brutes. - The cartilages of the larynx; the trachea and bronchi
- White Persian 'Tim'
White Persian 'Tim' - Lymphatics of the head and neck. B, the thoracic duct
- The right auricle and ventricle laid open
- A cross section of the skin
- Skeleton
- Curiously marked white and black cat
Curiously marked white and black cat - a white Persian - Muff
a white Persian - Muff - The root of the left lung