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The images of these lovely ladies promenading with their puppies were scanned for our digital collection Wisconsin Arts Projects of the WPA from volume 5 “Modern - Women” of the Costume Design portfolio created in the 1930s. Learn more: https://t.co/diG5dtjhsI

On this #EarthDay we present these vibrant, hand-colored lithographic illustrations from volume 4 of Asa Strong’s 4-volume work 'The American Flora,' published in New York by Green & Spencer btw 1850 and 1853, w/ illustrations by Edwin Whitefield. More: https://t.co/b4tmjAsuUQ

Today we present botanical illustrations from our American Geographical Society Library’s set of French natural history books 'Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle.' Learn more about the books here: https://t.co/g9WDX7GGvB

Yesterday was a glorious 70 degree day in Milwaukee and it got us excited for spring flowers! Today we are featuring flower studies from 'Research: Design in Nature,' edited by John Gilbert Wilkins, published by the Field Museum in 1926. Learn more: https://t.co/9OWZ0UmJRL

Look how nicely these herons and egrets are maintaining their distance! If these wading birds can do it, so can we!

These images are hand-painted prints from Rex Brasher’s massive, limited-edition, 12-volume set 'Birds and Trees of North America.' More: https://t.co/k4A7BFs41H

Today we present illustrations from Volume One of the revised edition of 'Paxton’s Flower Garden' by John Lindley and Sir Joseph Paxton and published in London in 1882. The color illustrations we are featuring today are by Walter Hood Fitch. Learn more: https://t.co/zauxZ041CY

While selecting images for last week’s post on the wood engravings of Agnes Miller Parker, we came across this lovely engraving of a Barn Owl nestled in a bower above a churchyard for the 1938 Limited Editions Club printing of Thomas Gray’s "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"

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For our final artist in the #5WomenArtists challenge on this #FinePressFriday, we present work by the outstanding Scottish wood engraver Agnes Miller Parker. These engravings are from Thomas Gray‘s, 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,' published by the Limited Editions Club.

It looks like this boy and this raven are dutifully following social distancing during this time of COVID-19. This illustration is from our copy of 'Deutsche Jugend: Neue Folge,' published in Berlin by Alphons Dürr in 1887. Learn more: https://t.co/pkssBTQxiK #Feathursday