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Victorian botanical artist's desk with fresh orchard fruits, lithographic stones, brushes and a half-finished chromolithograph plate — Miss May Rivers style - LeBonJournal

The Art of the Orchard: Miss May Rivers and The...

In the early 1890s, a botanical artist known only as Miss May Rivers illustrated one of the most ambitious horticultural projects of the Victorian era. Her chromolithographs for John Wright's...

The Art of the Orchard: Miss May Rivers and The...

In the early 1890s, a botanical artist known only as Miss May Rivers illustrated one of the most ambitious horticultural projects of the Victorian era. Her chromolithographs for John Wright's...

The three medieval towers of Ghent reflected in the Leie river at golden hour, Belle Époque atmosphere, summer 1913 - LeBonJournal

The Last Golden Summer: Ghent’s Exposition Univ...

In the spring of 1913, Ghent opened the most ambitious world's fair Belgium had ever staged — 130 hectares, up to nine and a half million visitors, and a set...

The Last Golden Summer: Ghent’s Exposition Univ...

In the spring of 1913, Ghent opened the most ambitious world's fair Belgium had ever staged — 130 hectares, up to nine and a half million visitors, and a set...

Victorian laboratory with Magnetism & Electricity Journal — John Emslie 1850 James Reynolds on oak bench with brass galvanometer, Leyden jar and oil lamp - LeBonJournal

When Electricity Stopped Being Magic: John Emsl...

In 1850, John Emslie drew two plates for London publisher James Reynolds that captured an extraordinary moment: the instant when electricity and magnetism ceased to be cabinet curiosities and became...

When Electricity Stopped Being Magic: John Emsl...

In 1850, John Emslie drew two plates for London publisher James Reynolds that captured an extraordinary moment: the instant when electricity and magnetism ceased to be cabinet curiosities and became...

Detail of Gianbattista Morandi's Historia Botanica Practica 1744 botanical engraving plates with hand-coloured floral specimens and ornate Prussian blue borders on aged vellum - LeBonJournal

Gianbattista Morandi and the Art of Botanical P...

In 1744, the Italian botanist and physician Gianbattista Morandi published in Milan a work that stands among the finest achievements of Enlightenment botanical illustration: Historia Botanica Practica. Combining anatomical precision...

Gianbattista Morandi and the Art of Botanical P...

In 1744, the Italian botanist and physician Gianbattista Morandi published in Milan a work that stands among the finest achievements of Enlightenment botanical illustration: Historia Botanica Practica. Combining anatomical precision...

Victorian desk with bronze scissors, cut colored paper, pressed wildflowers and a half-finished botanical composition on black background - LeBonJournal

Scissors and Black Paper: The Mysterious Ellen ...

She is known only as Ellen W. — no surname, no biography, no portrait. And yet the album of 26 cut-paper flower compositions she created in Great Britain in 1835...

Scissors and Black Paper: The Mysterious Ellen ...

She is known only as Ellen W. — no surname, no biography, no portrait. And yet the album of 26 cut-paper flower compositions she created in Great Britain in 1835...

Exotic tropical fish swimming in crystal clear turquoise ocean waters of the East Indies - LeBonJournal

The Most Fantastical Fish Ever Painted: Louis R...

In 1719, a Franco-Dutch bookseller named Louis Renard published in Amsterdam what would become one of the most extraordinary — and most debated — works of natural history ever printed....

The Most Fantastical Fish Ever Painted: Louis R...

In 1719, a Franco-Dutch bookseller named Louis Renard published in Amsterdam what would become one of the most extraordinary — and most debated — works of natural history ever printed....