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1959, Hawaii joined the USA as the 50th state. 🌺 Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair's "Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands" (1885) is an important record of Hawaiian flora in the 19th century. Learn more via ➡️ https://t.co/HiGqIdkMuG

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2019-08-22

"The Protofeminist Insects of & - perfect topic for a summer Art Herstory blog post! Read the guest post by Prof Emma Steinkraus () on matriarchal insects in C17th art: https://t.co/mMjgQPzrmV…

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2019-08-19

and of a veery (Catharus fuscescens). by Virginia Smith Jones for Illustrations of the and Eggs of of Vol. 2 (1886). View in with thanks to : https://t.co/9YXO2mdEb3 --

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2019-08-16

Harriet Isabel Adams, mid-19th C. botanical artist. Explore her Wild Flowers of the British Isles for via : https://t.co/DKx0cKUDm4 -- H/T to for this discovery!

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2019-08-15

Agnes Fitzgibbon (1833–1913), a Canadian botanical artist. Explore her lovely from Canadian Wild Flowers (1868) which was digitized for by the : https://t.co/M1fru8yqlh --

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2019-08-15

In 1925, published some 400 watercolors of American-native wildflowers by Mary Vaux Walcott (1860-1940) in the 5-volume "North American Wild Flowers" ➡️ https://t.co/K5fhJlmewd (via )

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2019-07-25

Sisters Harriet & Helena Scott were renowned for their skills as natural history illustrators. For explore their within "Snakes of Australia" (1869), authored by Gerard Krefft. In via ➡️ https://t.co/9Zvy14yiKL 🐍

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2019-07-16

Margaret Armstrong was a celebrated artist & avid naturalist. She produced the first comprehensive guide to wildflowers of the American west: "Field Book of Western Wild Flowers" (1915). Explore it for via ➡️ https://t.co/ILLfB9sIFU

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2019-07-15

Sobralia macrantha, by (English, 1803-1857), who died (July 9). Published in James Bateman’s The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala (1843). Source, , https://t.co/dAy7PxuAW9

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2019-07-09

Study of a Plant with Red-Purple Flowers (Sebastiana africana purpurea),1695 by (Dutch, 1673 or 1676–1757). Held at the , https://t.co/fusKL4R2TS

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2019-07-05

“We have uncovered a new American scientist and artist..." Read about Anne Wollstonecraft's botanical masterpiece via https://t.co/xl7QF11h0U, and see it here https://t.co/A2iwNFk4Pk via .

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2019-04-23

to the incredibly talented Maria Merian who was born in 1647. She was a remarkable woman who combined her passion for natural history with her skill in art, resulting in some stunning artwork

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2019-04-02

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2019-04-01

When Stephen W. Williams needed illustrations for his manuscript, he asked his wife, Harriet Goodhue! Check it out here: https://t.co/yJ7tKcOvDS via

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2019-04-01

Books on “Language of Flowers” presented the world of botany through dictionaries of flowers, floral poetry & prose. It was a popular genre for female authors. highlights this Victorian fad for https://t.co/ISPjPK3OML

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2019-03-30

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. explores her legacy for ➡️ https://t.co/zq4V3VVimy

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2019-03-29

"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 via ➡️ https://t.co/iFcktbZ4vt

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2019-03-26

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 via & ➡️ https://t.co/2UE4e6WbX4 🦂

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2019-03-26