Although swarms of passenger pigeons once darkened the sky in the eastern US, the species became extinct in 1914. With much expenditure it is tried to breed it back.
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Although swarms of passenger pigeons once darkened the sky in the eastern US, the species became extinct in 1914. With much expenditure it is tried to breed it back.
Happy #Feathursday! Long-billed Corellas (Cacatua tenuirostris). #SciArt by John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter for Gould’s Birds of #Australia, Vol. 5 (1848). View more in Biodiversity Heritage Library with thanks to Smithsonian Libraries for digitizing: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48400950 _________________________________________________ #Corella #Birds #WildOz #Ornithology #HistSciArt #HistoricalSciArt #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Science #Art #ArtAndScience #Illustration #ScienceArt #Artists #ArtHistory
Insects of the Netherlands, illustrated from Life.
By Sepp, Jan Christiaan, 1739-1811
Publication info Amsterdam: JC Sepp, [1762-1860] Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign BioDiv. Library
Louis Agassiz Fuertes – Scientist of the Day
Louis Agassiz Fuertes, an American bird artist, was born Feb. 7, 1874.
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Then straight he flew like valiant knight. Illustration from a Fairy Mary’s Dream - 1870 - via Wikimedia (via The British Library)
Balancing Bar and Climbing Stand Hints Towards Physical Perfection 1859
The fern portfolio.
By Heath, Francis George, 1843-1913 Publication info London,Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge;1885. BHL Collections: New York Botanical Garden
Ferdinand Bauer is regarded as one of the world’s greatest natural history painters.
A large collection of his work has been brought together for the first time, allowing the world to examine it close up.
The British species of angiocarpous lichens, elucidated by their sporidia.
By Leighton, William Allport, 1805-1889 Publication info; London,Printed for the Ray society,1851. Contributor: Earth Sciences - University of Toronto (archive.org) BIODIV LIBRARY
All by inventor Mungo Ponton (1802-1880)
The titles are in the captions and all of these and more can be found on the official website: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/search?search=mungo%20ponton&page=0
John Mix Stanley – Scientist of the Day
John Mix Stanley, an American painter and explorer, was born Jan. 17, 1814…
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1) Calendula Flaccida
2) Verbena
3) Magnolia
4) Gordonia
5) Nymphaea
6) Dionaea
7) Cotyledon
8) Calendula Chrysanthemifolia
9) Lantana
10) Campanula
Illustrations taken from ‘Jardin de la Malmaison’ by E. P. Ventenat, P. J. Redouté. Published 1803 by Crapelet.
Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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The Mammals in illustrations from nature .
By Schreber, Johann Christian Daniel, Goldfuss, Georg August Wagner, Johann Andreas,,de -1846
BHL Collections: Ernst Mayr Library of the MCZ, Harvard University
Two girls dancing.
Coloured illustration with a line drawing version to colour. Taken from ‘Walter Crane’s Painting Book’ by Walter Crane.
Published 1889 by George Routledge & Sons.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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This oblivious couple are not distracted by anything except each other, not even a dandy peacock strut, which only aims to attract attention. However, the goat certainly sees him and looks none too happy. Maybe they all need to buy shoes from the Common Sense Shoemaker…
The esthetic drive. 122 North Eighth Street, near Arch, common sense shoemaker, Sylvan Dalsimer, manager. [graphic]. Philadelphia : Graf Bros, c1882.