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The Whale, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsThe Whale, c1850. Around the main illustration of harpooning a whale and the whalers being tossed from their boat are vignettes of the uses to which the whale was put after the carcass had been cut
The Dog, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsThe Dog, c1850. The central image shows a typical collie sheepdog. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): the shepherds companion
The Swan, Goose and Duck, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsThe Swan, Goose and Duck, c1850. The central image is of the three different birds. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left)
The Pig, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsThe Pig, c1850. The central image shows a sow and piglets. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): a swineherd with pigs in a forest to eat acorns
The Elephant, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsThe Elephant, c1850. The central image shows the Indian elephant in front and African elephant behind. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left)
Crustacea and Reptiles, c1850. Artist: Robert Kent ThomasCrustacea and Reptiles, c1850. The central image shows a lobster, crab, turtle, scallops, whelks and prawns, cowrie shells, lobster and crab pots and shrimping nets
Domestic Fowl, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsDomestic Fowl, c1850. The central image shows a cockerel, hens and chicks. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left)
The Bee, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsThe Bee, c1851. The central image shows bee skeps and plants on which bees forage, and Indian, American and South European bees
The Goat, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsThe Goat, c1850. The central image is of a goat and kid. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left): milking goats for milk and cheese; an Eastern goatherd
The Ass, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsThe Ass, c1850. The central image shows the ass or donkey (Equus asinus). Surrounding vignettes show animals (clockwise from top left)
The Rein Deer, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsThe Rein Deer, c1850. The Lapps (Samek or Samer), nomadic herdsmen of the Arctic from the Kola peninsula to northwest Sweden whose traditional way of life depended on their herds of semi-domesticated
The Camel, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsThe Camel, c1850. The central image shows the Arabian Camel or Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) with a single hump, and the Asian or Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) with two humps
The Hare and the Rabbit, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsThe Hare and the Rabbit, c1850. The central image shows wild and domesticted rabbits. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left)
The Sheep, c1850. Artist: Day & HagheThe Sheep, c1850. The central image is of sheep of the Black Faced breed. Surrounding vignettes show (clockwise from top left)