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Flower Study, C17th, by #YunBing (#Qingyu 清於; Haoru 浩如; Chinese, Qianlong era, active late C17th– early C18th). Held by @metmuseum, https://t.co/tRDMlzoMvA #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
@KayEtheridge (@gettysburg Biology Dept) contributes a new guest post to the #ArtHerstory blog!
Curiosity & the Caterpillar: #MariaSibyllaMerian’s Artistic Entomology, https://t.co/4ooGfecco4
#womenartists #hernaturalhistory
On the occasion today (Jan 13) of the anniversary of Merian's death, we re-publicize the #ArtHerstory guest post
"The Protofeminist Insects of #GiovannaGarzoni & #MariaSibyllaMerian," by Emma Steinkraus, of @HSC1776:
[https://t.co/mMjgQPzrmV]
#hernaturalhistory #womensart
“E.F. Seedling Amaryllus 1819,” 1824, by #PriscillaSusanBury (1799-1838), who was born #otd (Jan 12). Held by @artsmia; source, https://t.co/XL4tQmwKJt #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #womenartists #womensart
Martagon Lily, n.d., by #AlidaWithoos (Dutch, c. 1661/2-1730). Held at the @rijksmuseum, https://t.co/KbOKNCzXRR #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
Per the @rijksmuseum website, the image above is *of* #MariaMargarethaVanOs, but not *by* her. So we add, Two Hyacinths, c. 1823-26, by #MariaMargarethaVanOs (Dutch, 1779-1862), who may have been born #otd (Nov 15). Held at @rijksmuseum, https://t.co/3JlHnoNBxr #hernaturalhistory
Thanks - LOVE her work! Here is some more.
Clockwise from top left: Bird's Nest & Ferns, 1863, @artinstitutechi; Untitled, 1876, @americanart; Bird's Nest in Cattails, c1875, @metmuseum; Grass & Poison Ivy, c1880, @PAFAcademy.
#FideliaBridges #womenartists #hernaturalhistory https://t.co/lErPAtuw1a
Blue passionflower, Passiflora Cerulea, c. 1826, by #AnneKingsburyWollstonecraft (#NancyWollstonecraft; American, 1791-1828), who was born #otd (Oct 29). @hathitrust digital library, via @CornellRMC (@Cornell), https://t.co/mGZsgW8wBG #hernaturalhistory #artherstory #womenartists
Born #OTD in Vienna, 1797 - Ida Laura Pfeiffer née Reyer, traveller, collector of insects, molluscs, plants... More about her in #free to access book on the Internet Archive "The last travels of Ida Pfeiffer...", 1861: https://t.co/ueHcspBWhj #HerNaturalHistory
Butea Frondosa, by #BertheHoolavanNooten (Dutch, 1817-1892), who was born #otd (Oct 12). Chromolithograph from Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java (1863-1880); source, @HeritageAuction, https://t.co/szs26ux4mw #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
Apple: Anisim / Malus domestic, 1907, by #ElsieLowerPomeroy (#ElsieELower, American, 1882-1971), who was born #otd (Sept 30). @USDA @National_Ag_Lib, https://t.co/4JD2jY0dsA #hernaturalhistory #artherstory #womenartists @parrishsl
Varieties of Convolvus, c. 1834, by #CarolineMariaApplebee (English, c.1786-1854), who died #otd (Sept 16). @RHSLibraries; source, https://t.co/454ozoKl8m #hernaturalhistory #womenartists #artherstory
Wood Warblers; two birds perched on the branch of a pine tree, by #JemimaBlackburn (Scottish, 1823-1909), who died #otd (Aug 9). Pl 38 in “Birds drawn from Nature,” Edinburgh, 1862. Held at the @BritishMuseum, https://t.co/wNuM2i1hYZ #hernaturalhistory #artherstory #womenartists
Phlox “Asia,” first half of the C20th, by #MaryEaton (English, 1873–1961), who died #otd (Aug 4). Plate 272 Addisonia; source, @BioDivLibrary, https://t.co/a95hjAIYyI #hernaturalhistory #womenartists #artherstory #MaryEmilyEaton
The Visualizing Knowledge section of the exhib showcases the work of well-known historical #womenartists—including #MariaSibyllaMerian & #GiovannaGarzoni—as well as others who achieved less renown in their careers.
Pic'd: Musa, ca. 1631, by #GiovannaGarzoni
#hernaturalhistory
Lankesteria parviflora, 1843, attr to #SarahAnnDrake (#SarahAnneDrake, English, 1803-1857), who died #otd (July 9). Edwards's Botanical Register (text by John Lindley); source, @Cornell_Library, https://t.co/07CXdYdvhg #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #botanicalart
Fleurs / Flowers, c. 1750, by #MadeleineFrançoiseBasseporte (French, 1701-1780), official painter of the Jardin du roi from 1740. Held at @laBnF; source, https://t.co/qBUzLw5yax #hernaturalhistory #womenartists #artherstory
Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle, 1693, by #MariaSibyllaMerian (1647–1717). Held at @Metmuseum, https://t.co/EEAfI9EJcR #hernaturalhistory #artherstory #womenartists
@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
Flower Study I, n.d., by #MargarethaDeHeer (Dutch, c. 1603–1665). Held at @groningermuseum; source,
https://t.co/bSsxWXpgC3 #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory @BioDivLib @HistSciArt @theflorajournal