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Elizabeth Cust, Mrs Yorke (c.1770). Francis Cotes (English, 1726-1770). Oil, wood and canvas. National Trust, Erddig.

This portrait of Elizabeth Cust was commissioned to mark her marriage to Philip Yorke I in 1770. She stands in a landscape posing as a shepherdess and holds a crook decorated with flowers in her right hand. The costume, flowers and natural setting allude to notions of innocence and purity.

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The Combat of Aeneas and Turnus. Aureliano Milani. Italian 1675-1749. oil/canvas. Christie’s Oct. 2020. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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Boreas and Oreithyia. 18th.century. Giovanni Battista Cipriani. Italian 1727-1785. oil/canvas. Sotheby’s Oct. 2020. http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

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John Zoller, Orange Sunshine, 2020,Acrylic on canvas, 48 in. diameter

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Nilamadhava (Vishnu), Odisha

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Deepalakshmi, Tamil Nadu, Bronze

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Happy Feline Friday! Here’s an illustration of felis lybica ornata, more commonly known as the Asiatic wildcat. Found throughout Central Asia, it is well adapted for both arid and forest environments where it hunts a variety of small prey including rodents, lizards, and insects. It is roughly the same size as the common domestic cat.

Image from:Sir WIlliam Jardine’s The Naturalist Library. Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1843.

Call Number: QL3 .J37 1843 Vol. 3

Catalog Record: https://bit.ly/3jU0IwM

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Happy Feline Friday!

This black cat comes from the 19th and 20th century children’s magazine, Chatterbox, which was published weekly in the U.K. and annually in the U.S. and the U.K.

Image from: Chatterbox. Boston : Estes & Lauriat, 1883.

Call Number: AY12 .C45 1883

Catalog record: https://bit.ly/2tAkhBw

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It’s Feline Friday! Ocelots are a species of wild cats native to the Southwestern United States, Central America, and South America. Since they were first described in the mid 1750s, there has been considerable debate over the existence of various subspecies. This specimen, described as F. Macrourus in the early 1800s, is no longer recognized as a valid subspecies. Over the centuries since it was first recorded, ocelot subspecies have been proposed based on coat patterning, skull size, and DNA analysis.

Images from: Georges Cuvier’s The Animal Kingdom. London : printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria Lane, [1827-1835] Call Number: QL45 .C943 1827 Vol. 2 Catalog Record: https://bit.ly/33o8TKi

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In his work, Polymetis, Joseph Spence contemplates Classical Roman understanding of the natural and supernatural world. As he discusses their use of globes, he includes this 18th-century celestial sphere which shows the twelve zodiac signs as they appear in the night sky.

Images from: Joseph Spence’s Polymetis: or, An enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets. London : printed for R. Dodsley …, 1747. Call Number: N5613 .S65 1747 Catalog Record: https://bit.ly/2ZkIBHU