#historical animals

[seanthedracunyan]

Hachikō: its good that we can meet up again. After all. We did so much for japan

Bunchan the finch: yes your attachment to your human is beyond amazing hachikō-san.

Forever stationmaster Tama: Urara-chan is your racing doing good as of late

Haru Urara: im sitting with legends. What did i do to have these amazing animals with me

Yashima no Hage-tanuki: you never gave up on anything

[magmagazine]

Progress report on Cher Ami! Getting close to finished, but the background needs something

[enbycrip]

Medieval cats from The Aberdeen Bestiary, circa 1200.

It’s super-fascinating because, while the faces don’t seem particularly feline to me, these are *clearly* drawn from actual observation - look at those classic kitty postures!

You can see more images from the manuscript and read about its provenance here:

About The Manuscript - The Aberdeen Bestiary

About The Manuscript - The Aberdeen Bestiary - MS 24

[catpartyletsgo]

Herman the Coast Guard Cat

The WWII Coast Guard at the port of Baltimore decided they needed a mouser aboard their navy vessel, and soon found Herman, known as an “expert mouser” and hired him to keep the ship free of mice and rats. Herman then officially became a member of the U.S. Armed Forces at eight months old. “It is a good thing to get rid of rats in general,” Col. Richard P. Strong, Medical Corps, United States…

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[nickysfacts]

I get the idea, but I still think it’s kind of messed up to keep him stuffed instead of giving him a proper burial!🦅

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[aliceunderskies]

Genetically modified budgies and plaster casts of horse's teeth, from a review of the "Making Nature" exhibition at the Wellcome Collection. (http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/02/23/our-animal-history-making-nature/)

[catpartyletsgo]

Mrs. Chippy - Antarctic Explorer Cat

At this point, we all know about Ernest Shackleton and his Antarctic expeditions, right? Did you also know there was a VIK (very important kitty) aboard the Endurance? In 1915, Shackleton and his crew set sail to Antarctica. One of the crewmembers, Scottish shipwright and carpenter Harry ‘Chippy’ McNish (chippy being a colloquial British term for a carpenter), brought his cat with him. Chippy…

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[erinsvintageemporium]

Animals in Fashion Plates:

Fashion plates focus on, well, *fashion*, but sometimes they feature a bit more than just clothes. The artists who create fashion plates... sometimes seem to have drawn the animals from memory, leading to some pretty weird-looking creatures. For this April Fools', I'd like to highlight some of the non-human creatures that I've found in my collection. First up we have the dogs.

Unidentified large, black dog from 1865, unknown artist [1865-08 PET01]

A king charles spaniel from 1870, artist Jules David [1870-11 LJD974B]

Some sort of terrier, I think? Unknown artist, 1871 [1871-06 PET01]

I think this is meant to be some sort of greyhound, whippet or similar? Artist unknown, 1879. The whole plate will be posted later this month, on the 21st. [1879-04 PET01]

Another greyhound-like creature, this time from 1885, artist probably De Casimacker (signature in reverse on the plate) [1885-00 JDD4541]

The singular cat that I've been able to find is this one from 1893, artist Esnault [1893-03 JDD4927]

Horses:

How do you depict the back of a riding habit? Draw a man on the back of a horse. From 1830, artist unknown. [1830-02 PCD704]

A pair of carriage horses in the background of an 1879 plate, artist unknown [1879-03 PET01]

Another pair of carriage horses, by De Casimacker [1885-00 JDD4541]

Birds - living only, I'm not counting birds-on-hats for this.

A pair of small parrots/budgies (or at least that's what I'd call them) in a cage from 1870. [1870-02 PET01]

Some sparrows, or sparrow-like birds from 1885, artist Lacourier. [1885-00 JDD4542]

I don't know what this bird is. Artist Esnault, 1895. [1895-06 JDD504x]