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@SHNHSocNatHist These paintings are attributed to Harriet G. Williams, and accompanied this hand-written manuscript prepared by her husband. From @BioDivLibrary @HarvardLibrary https://t.co/yJ7tKcOvDS. #BHLib #HistSciArt #HerNaturalHistory
Bowl-sized Poppies (Princess Victoria Louise) have opened up in the last couple of days. They capture the late-afternoon sunshine so well! #GardensHour
#SciArt from 'Plants of the coast of Coromandel', https://t.co/XBF70mJoMJ via @BioDivLibrary @mobotgarden Peter H. Raven Library. #SciArtSunday #HistSciArt #BotanicalIllustration #SolaceInNature #botany
@BioDivLibrary Yes, that technique shows up in some other illustrations too! And it's got a beautiful title page. These came from https://t.co/jBHV6pSzD7.
"After the return of the Wheat Ear...there is seldom any severe frost," wrote Alex Berger in May, 1755. "When you see the White Wagtail, you may turn your sheep into the fields; and when you see the Wheat Ear, you may sow your grain." #CalendarOfFlora #EnvHist #birb #birdwatching
Red carpet looks as flowers: Elle Fanning in Dior x Papaver orientale
The "May" dress by Dior from @metmuseum's #CostumeInstitute. The dress features grasses and clover embroidered in silk floss on organza, like a meadow gone to seed. (S/S 1953). 📸: @metmuseum 👗: @Dior
"I bet you walked by a dandelion today... Dandelions are global citizens and global teachers." That taproot moves deep into the earth, bringing nutrients to the surface, into its leaves, flowers, and seeds. [Ill.: Flora Londinensis, vol. 1, 1777, via @BioDivLibrary @SILibraries]