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  • Head of Black Curassow, artist unknown but probably Joseph Smit. 1877
    Artefact of the month

    Joseph Smit - animal artist and illustrator

    Exploring the history and artworks of illustrator Joseph Smit

  • pink_headed_duck_painting
    Artefact of the month

    Art of the lost and rare: art works of extinct and endangered animals

    Discover some of the original artworks in ZSL's collections depicting animals which are under threat or are extinct.

  • James Godwin
    Artefact of the month

    Photographing artworks in ZSL Library

    A guest blog on photographing the ZSL Library artworks by James Godwin

  • Drawing of a red lionfish in the Reeves collection
    ZSL has inspired generations of artists, poets and authors

    Art, illustration and ZSL

    Over the past 200 years ZSL has inspired generations of artists, poets and authors – bringing people closer to nature than ever before.

  • Lithograph by Edward Lear Blue and yellow macaw
    Did you know, Edward Lear began his career at ZSL?

    Edward Lear and ZSL

    Edward Lear may be better known today for his limericks and nonsense poetry - such as ‘The owl and the pussycat went to sea’ - but before this he was an incredibly talented zoological artist, beginning his career with us here at ZSL.

  • birds drawing
    One of the UK’s largest repositories of animal images

    The ZSL drawings and prints collection

    ZSL's Zoological Library & Archives is one of the UK’s largest repositories of animal images. There are approximately 6000 original artworks at present. Contact us to view any of them in person.