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Elizabeth Gould and the Birds of Australia
Elizabeth Gould was one of the 19th century’s most gifted scientific illustrators — and one of its least celebrated. Her hand-colored lithographs for The Birds of Australia gave European eyes...
Elizabeth Gould and the Birds of Australia
Elizabeth Gould was one of the 19th century’s most gifted scientific illustrators — and one of its least celebrated. Her hand-colored lithographs for The Birds of Australia gave European eyes...
The Herefordshire Pomona and the Art of the Eng...
In 1876, the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club began publishing the finest record of English fruit ever produced. The Herefordshire Pomona — illustrated by women artists Alice Ellis and Edith Bull...
The Herefordshire Pomona and the Art of the Eng...
In 1876, the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club began publishing the finest record of English fruit ever produced. The Herefordshire Pomona — illustrated by women artists Alice Ellis and Edith Bull...
Anne Pratt and the Quiet Beauty of British Grasses
Anne Pratt walked the meadows and marshlands of Britain and transformed the humblest grasses into objects of scientific wonder and artistic beauty. Her 1855 chromolithograph plates — so celebrated that...
Anne Pratt and the Quiet Beauty of British Grasses
Anne Pratt walked the meadows and marshlands of Britain and transformed the humblest grasses into objects of scientific wonder and artistic beauty. Her 1855 chromolithograph plates — so celebrated that...
Mark Catesby and the First Great Portrait of th...
In 1731, a British naturalist who had taught himself to etch gave the American Flamingo its first great scientific portrait. Mark Catesby’s Plates 73 and 74 from The Natural History...
Mark Catesby and the First Great Portrait of th...
In 1731, a British naturalist who had taught himself to etch gave the American Flamingo its first great scientific portrait. Mark Catesby’s Plates 73 and 74 from The Natural History...
Edwards’s Botanical Register: Sarah Drake and t...
From 1815 to 1847, a London horticultural magazine documented the exotic plants arriving in British gardens with hand-colored copper engravings of extraordinary quality. Edwards’s Botanical Register was the premier illustrated...
Edwards’s Botanical Register: Sarah Drake and t...
From 1815 to 1847, a London horticultural magazine documented the exotic plants arriving in British gardens with hand-colored copper engravings of extraordinary quality. Edwards’s Botanical Register was the premier illustrated...
El Tesoro de la Juventud: Eleven Flowers from F...
We return to our favourite childhood encyclopedia. This time, El Tesoro de la Juventud gives us one of its most exuberant plates: eleven ornamental flowers from four continents, gathered on...
El Tesoro de la Juventud: Eleven Flowers from F...
We return to our favourite childhood encyclopedia. This time, El Tesoro de la Juventud gives us one of its most exuberant plates: eleven ornamental flowers from four continents, gathered on...