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Birds such as hummingbirds have jewel-like, iridescent feathers. A challenge for artists trying to depict them. John Gould's artists painted on gold leaf, here are a couple of examples from his 'A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds', 1861. #Summer of Colour

A Purple heron by Edward Lear for today's #onlineartexchange theme of purpliest purples 💜
A #lithograph in volume 4 of John Gould's 'Birds of Europe', 1837.
#Summer of Colour

Born #OnThisDay 1781 bird artist Antoinette Pauline Jacqueline Knip née Rifer de Courcelles, 1781-1851. Responsible for the #book 'Les Pigeons'. These prints are from the 2nd ed., 1808-43, text by C.J. Temminck & Florent Prëvost. #WomensArt #SciArt #Pigeons #OTD
#Summer of Colour

#HappyBirthday to Elizabeth Gould who was born #OnThisDay in 1804! Gould contributed hundreds of lithographs to her husband’s (John Gould) glorious folio volumes, and here are some examples of her skill, in ‘The Birds of Europe’ (1837). #WomensArt #SciArt

Frederick William Frohawk was born #OTD in 1861. He supplied #sciart for ZSL's Proceedings (now @JZoology), 23 plates between 1886 & 1900. These two examples both accompany 1886 papers by G.A. Boulenger, a #ZSLFellow & #Herpetologist.

Are you taking part in the 2022 Big #ButterflyCount this #weekend?
These are a few of the #Butterflies you may see, engravings from August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof's, (1705-1759) 'De natuurlyke historie der insecten, ...', Haarlem : Bohn & Wit, [1764].
https://t.co/c7bCVqG5f1

Slightly late for #InsectWeek22 but for #Wasp Wednesday - a few plates from Volume 4 of 'British entomology being illustrations...', by John Curtis. London: Reeve, 1862.
#SciArt #InsectWeek @WaspWoman

Frédéric Cuvier was born #OTD in 1773. These illustrations are from his 4 volume 'Histoire naturelle des mammifères', 1824-42, written with Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. The animals were mainly depicted from life.

One of the most wonderful books on insects - Maria Merian's insects of Surinam. Our copy was published in 1726. #InsectWeek22 #EntHist #WomensArt

We featured Trichoptera from Curtis earlier in the week but today we focus on Coleoptera in ‘British entomology being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland...’ by John Curtis, 1862. In 16 volumes. #InsectWeek22 #EntHist