Collector's Cabinet
Collecting natural history specimens began among doctors and pharmacists in the 16th century, and was taken up by European aristocrats. It continued as a popular hobby for the well-to-do through the 19th century. The craze for amassing collections of shells, insects, taxidermic specimens of animals and minerals was preoccupied with creating comprehensive systems of classifying natural phenomena. The impulse to classify was accompanied by a fascination with exotic species, and also with oddities and aberrations such as two-headed snakes. Read our online article about Collector’s Cabinets.
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Astronomy, Diagram, Solar System, Muggletonian Baxter Engravings, Antique Prints, 1846
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Decorative Arts, Neoclassical, Rhyton Cup, Griffin, Bronze, Antique, 19th Century
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Globe, Astronomy, Armillary Sphere, Copernican, Internal Orrery, Antique, Paris Mid 19th Century
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Globe, Astronomy, Armillary Sphere, Copernican, Internal Orrery, Pasteboard, Antique, Paris, Early 19th Century
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Globe, Astronomy, Armillary Sphere, Copernican, Internal Orrery, Pasteboard, French
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Globe, Astronomy, Armillary Sphere, Ptolemaic, Antique, Delamarche, Paris, late 18th Century
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Globe, Astronomy, Orrery, Armillary Sphere, Bryant Celestial Indicator, Antique, Hartford, 1872
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Map, World, Specialty, Nova Reperta, Stradanus, Old Master, Antique Print, Antwerp, 1591
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Maritime, Collectible, Sailors’ Folk Art, Shell Valentine
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Natural History Art, Animals, Frogs & Snakes, Albertus Seba, Antique Print, Amsterdam, mid 18th Century
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Natural History Art, Animals, Snakes, Cobra, Albertus Seba, Antique Print, Amsterdam, mid 18th Century
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Natural History Art, Birds, Chickens, Frish, Pair, Antique Prints, Berlin, 18th Century
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Natural History Art, Birds, George Edwards, Owls, Antique Print Pair, London, mid 18th Century
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Natural History Art, Birds, Gould, Yellow-billed Spoonbill, Birds of Australia, Antique Print, 1830s-40s
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Natural History Art, Birds, Manetti, Ducks, Framed, Set of 4, Antique Prints, Florence, mid 18th Century
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Natural History Art, Birds, Manetti, Seabirds, Pair, Antique Prints, Florence, mid 18th Century
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Natural History Art, Botanical, Tropical, Pineapple, Plantae Selectae, Ehret, Antique Print, London, 18th C
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Natural History Art, Insects, Butterflies and Moths, Moses Harris, Antique Prints, London, 18th C.
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Natural History Art, Insects, Butterflies, Albertus Seba, Antique Prints, Amsterdam, Mid 18th Century
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Natural History Art, Mammals Bats, Albertus Seba, Antique Print, Amsterdam, mid 18th Century
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Natural History Art, Mammals, Anteater, Wombat, Zoological Sketches, Joseph Wolf, Antique Prints, 1860s
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Natural History Art, Mammals, Atlante Zoologico Popolare, Italy, Antique Prints, 19th Century
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Natural History Art, Mammals, Kangaroo and Potoroo, Atlas Zoologique, Pair Antique Prints, 1824
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Natural History Art, Marine Life, Crabs, Albertus Seba, Antique Prints, Amsterdam, 18th Century
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Natural History Art, Monkeys, Audebert, Antique Prints, c. 1800
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Natural History Art, Sea Shells, Albertus Seba, Antique Print, Framed, Amsterdam, 18th Century
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Natural History Art, Sea Shells, Albertus Seba, Antique Prints, Amsterdam, 18th Century
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Natural History Art, Sea Shells, Albertus Seba, Antique Prints, Amsterdam, mid 18th Century
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Natural History Art, Sea Shells, Martini & Chemnitz, Antique Prints, Germany, 18th Century
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Natural History Specimen, Antique Sawfish Bill Rostrum
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Natural History Specimens, Biblical Collector’s Cabinet, Antique, Late 19th Century
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Old Masters, Illuminated Manuscript, Botanical, Gouache on Vellum, 1480-90
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Portrait, Astronomer, Galileo Galilei, Patinated Bronze Statue Sculpture, Antique, 19th Century
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Portrait, Galileo Galilei, Statue Sculpture, Antique, 19th Century
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Science, Medical, Anatomy, Skeletons and Rhinoceros, Albinus, Pair Antique Prints, London, 18th C.