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Lilford's "Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands" (1885-97) was illustrated with over 400 chromolithographic plates mostly after artworks by Archibald Thorburn & John Gerrard Keulemans. Explore all 7 volumes for #Feathursday via @AMNH ➡️ https://t.co/3nfxlY30OO
Franz Bauer (1758-1840) was the 1st artist-in-residence at @kewgardens. Improved heating methods in the Gardens' glasshouses enabled the growth of #orchids, which Bauer illustrated & John Lindley published. Find the #SciArt in #BHLib via @NHM_Library ➡️ https://t.co/CmbUaRNzFA
The oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) by Deborah Griscom Passmore from her album of American wildflowers. Passmore (1840-1911) was an artist for the @USDA Division of Pomology for 19 years. View her album in #BHLib via @USDA_ARS ➡️ https://t.co/ZqGZYwNwA5 #HerNaturalHistory
"Flore forestière" (1872) by Charles de Kirwan (then a sub-inspector of forests in France) describes the trees and shrubs of Europe. It is illustrated with 18 chromolithographs depicting 350 figures. Explore it in #BHLib via @mobotgarden ➡️ https://t.co/w8ElEJkJwj
“Language of Flowers” — a popular Victorian literary trend — used flowers to represent various sentiments. Tyas' 1869 monograph on the subject was a guide to many different floral emblems & their meanings, complete with poetry & #SciArt. Via @NYBG ➡️ https://t.co/dqp124rXHB
#OTD 1959, Hawaii joined the USA as the 50th state. 🌺 Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair's "Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands" (1885) is an important record of Hawaiian flora in the 19th century. Learn more via @chicagobotanic ➡️ https://t.co/HiGqIdkMuG #HerNaturalHistory
The 25-volume "Icones florae Germanicae et Helveticae" (1834-1912) is a comprehensive work on the flora of middle Europe. It features over 3,000 hand-coloured engraved and lithographic plates. Explore the work in #BHLib thanks to @NYBG ➡️ https://t.co/ob3JMuLaew 🌸🌼🌸
Dinoflagellates for #TinyTuesday! The Free-living Unarmored Dinoflagellata (1921) by C. Kofoid & O. Swezy features #SciArt made by the authors from living material with the aid of a camera lueida & colored by Anna Hamilton. In #BHLib via @GersteinLibrary: https://t.co/hl6kbbf3if
Herpetologist and former director of @MCZHarvard Thomas Barbour was born #OTD 1884. He traveled the globe extensively for scientific studies, particularly throughout Cuba. Explore his "The Herpetology of Cuba" (1919) in #BHLib via @mayrlibrary ➡️ https://t.co/OfRTZ2bl23
Happy #Feathursday! The red-throated parrotfinch (Erythrura psittacea) is found in New Caledonia. #SciArt by H. Goodchild for "The Avicultural Magazine", v. 8 (1901-1902). Contributed in #BHLib via @AMNH ➡️ https://t.co/Mq3WsWox6V 🐦