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Anne Pratt (1806-1893) was one of the most popular artists & writers of the "Golden Age of botanical art". Producing 20 publications, she helped popularize flower study. @FieldMuseum explores her legacy for #HerNaturalHistory ➡️ https://t.co/zq4V3VVimy #FloraFriday
"Erucarum ortus" (1718) is a Latin translation of Maria Sibylla Merian's 2nd work, "Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung", depicting first-hand observations of insect life cycles & their food plants. See it in #BHLib via @LloydLibraryMus ➡️ https://t.co/iFcktbZ4vt #HerNaturalHistory
#HerNaturalHistory: Miss E. J. Beck illustrated the anatomy of scorpions for Sir Edwin Ray Lankester's "On the muscular and endoskeletal systems of Limulus and Scorpio" (c1883). In #BHLib via @Mann_Library & @Cornell_Library ➡️ https://t.co/2UE4e6WbX4 #WomensHistoryMonth 🦂
Named for #AndrewMellon (born #OnThisDay), the @MellonFdn supports a new #Plant #Humanities Initiative w/ @DumbartonOaks & @JSTOR. Apply by 4/5 to spend July studying how #plants change the world: https://t.co/3lFTYFfhTg.
📷: Jane Elizabeth Giraud #HerNaturalHistory
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Mary & Elizabeth Kirby's book 'The Sea and its wonders',1871, is global in scope & is not simply a guide to the British seashore, it includes oceanography, chemistry & biology as well as information about seals! #InternationalDayoftheSeal #HerNaturalHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
Ravens are common characters in mythology worldwide, ranging from symbols of bad luck to trickster characters & creator deities. #SciArt by Jemima Blackburn for "Birds from Moidart and elsewhere" (1895): https://t.co/LdRDCh11ES #HerNaturalHistory #FolkloreThursday #Feathursday
Ella V. Baines, who started her floral business in Springfield, Ohio in 1896, offered roses, plants, bulbs & seeds for sale via her catalogs. Explore some of those offered in celebration of the #FirstDayOfSpring & #HerNaturalHistory ➡️ https://t.co/sq0mHxUnYS (via @USDA_ARS) 💐
Eagerly awaiting signs of life in my garden--such as the Fritillaria I planted last autumn! Illustration by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald,1915, via @WikiCommons @hunterian #SpringEquinox #Spring #InternationalDayOfHappiness2019 #HerNaturalHistory
Happy #FirstDayOfSpring! 🌸🌺🌼
Celebrate the promise of spring blossoms with seed catalogs from Carrie H. Lippincott, whose business was the 1st seed company in the U.S. to be founded & managed by a woman ➡️ https://t.co/PuInh8ol8y #HerNaturalHistory #SpringEquinox
#HerNaturalHistory: #Gladiolus #SciArt by Louise-Cécile Descamps-Sabouret for 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘶𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘦 (1899). Contributed in #BHLib by @HarvardLibrary Botany Library ➡️ https://t.co/cieE0cTNWz #5womenartists 🌼🌺🌸
"A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains" (1831) is the 1st publication Elizabeth Gould illustrated. She learned lithography from Edward Lear to produce the #SciArt. Explore her life & works via @book_historia & @SILibraries ➡️ https://t.co/fbsYS64ZmF #HerNaturalHistory
Mary Emily Eaton was the principal artist for the @NYBG publication "Addisonia" from its inception in 1916 until 1932. She created over three-quarters of the magazine's 800 illustrations. Explore her work in Flickr ➡️ https://t.co/1jjRjHa4Fl #5womenartists #HerNaturalHistory
Elizabeth Gould contributed #SciArt to many magnificent #bird books, including "A monograph of the Ramphastidae" (1834). @book_historia of @SILibraries explores her life & works on our blog for #HerNaturalHistory ➡️ https://t.co/fbsYS64ZmF #5womenartists
The "Black-headed Snake" exquisitely & expertly illustrated by Harriet Scott, in "The Snakes of Australia" (Krefft 1869). https://t.co/cllxbymNin via @mayrlibrary @BioDivLibrary #BlackheadedPython (Aspidites melanocephalus) #WomensHistoryMonth #HerNaturalHistory #WomenInScience
"A Guide to the Trees" (1900) described nearly 200 trees & shrubs. In #BHLib via @uoftlibraries, it was 1 of 3 botanical guidebooks that botanist Alice Lounsberry & artist Marian Ellis Rowan collaborated on. Learn more on our blog ➡️ https://t.co/hdbTfJYYsw #HerNaturalHistory
From royal patrons to being a member & exhibitor at the Royal Academy & being an illustrator for @kewgardens, Margaret Meen's artistic & botanical legacies are extensive. @oak_spring explores her life & work for #HerNaturalHistory ➡️ https://t.co/vgueu0msWT #5womenartists
Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair's "Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands" (1885) includes 44 chromolithographs based on Sinclair's watercolors & describes 37 indigenous species. Learn more about the work via @chicagobotanic ➡️ https://t.co/HiGqIdkMuG #HerNaturalHistory
Orange trumpetvine (Pyrostegia venusta). #FloraFriday #SciArt by Lena Lowis for her book "Familiar Indian Flowers" (1878), which depicts "some of the familiar flowers to be met with in our Indian gardens". In #BHLib via @IllinoisLibrary: https://t.co/3M7Irk6JVu #HerNaturalHistory
Botanist Alice Lounsberry & artist Marian Ellis Rowan collaborated on 3 botanical guidebooks that were intended to make #botany accessible for a popular audience. Explore their work via @mayrlibrary for #HerNaturalHistory ➡️ https://t.co/hdbTfJYYsw #FloraFriday 🌸🌺🌼
Sarah Anne Drake was commissioned by John Lindley to provide #SciArt for several of his publications, including "Sertum orchidaceum" (1837-41). Explore the work in #BHLib via @mobotgarden ➡️ https://t.co/KWnbAg5X1c #5womenartists #HerNaturalHistory