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[histsciart]

Colorful beetles (Order Coleoptera) by Edward Donovan for his Epitome of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans (1805).

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[heaveninawildflower]

Lepidoptera taken from 'An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and Other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans' by E. Donovan.

Published 1805.

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira.

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[blueiscoool]

Edward Donovan An epitome of the insects of China 1798

[lindahall]

Edward Donovan – Scientist of the Day

Edward Donovan, an Irish/English naturalist and illustrator, was born Feb. 1, 1768.  

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[podartists]

Pisce lupo atlantic (Anarhichas lupus) | Edward Donovan | The Natural History of British Fishes (1802) | rawpixel

[jadeseadragon]

Edward Donovan (Anglo-Irish, 1768 - 1837): Lithographs from The Natural History of British Fishes, including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species, 1802.

Originals from the New York Public Library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.

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[whatjanesaw]

Edward Donovan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Donovan