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Lithograph of a Wood Pigeon from John Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain’; printed in sections 1862-1873. Two versions are shown, to emphasise the ‘hand-coloured’ aspect of these early publications, with sets of pages possibly tinted by different craftspeople.
Did you know #Mozart had a pet starling which could sing part of his Piano Concerto in G Major? #BirdDay
Will your bird have any special skills? #PenToPaper
Here's John Gould's starlings from 'The Birds of Great Britain' for inspo!
Discover Gould here: https://t.co/XK3fG0B4pP
#ParrotsAtoZ C is for Coxen's fig-parrot (Cyclopsitta coxeni), SE Queensland and NE New South Wales, Australia. Endangered due to habitat clearance, rarely seen or photographed; mature population may be only 50-250. Pic from Gould's "The Birds of Australia" via @BioDivLibrary
New bat portrait! The Gould's Wattled Bat, with the shiniest pearly whites you'll ever see #art #drawing #bat #bats #gouldswattledbat #batsarenotscary #protectbats
Only the male blue-collared parrot (Geoffroyus simplex) of New Guinea, today's species (under B) in #ParrotsAtoZ, actually has a blue collar. Photos are rare, so here's a plate from Gould's "The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan islands" (1875-1888) via @BioDivLibrary
Listening to Glenn Gould's Bach English Suites album, a 2 LP set from 1977. Never noticed this before: the superb Don Hunstein portrait of Glenn on the front cover is matched by a cheeky portrayal of Johann Sebastian on the back.
https://t.co/wcdE0ufu2a
I hope everyone Quetzal excited when we retrospectively assign DOIs to historic species descriptions! We've just DOI'd Gould's 1858 "A monograph of the Trogonidæ" (trogons & quetzals): https://t.co/4r9MBbX8CC digitised for @BioDivLibrary by @mayrlibrary @Harvard #RetroPIDs
It's a Pitta so much of our historic literature is lacking DOIs. We're rectifying that! Every species description in Gould's "Monograph of the Pittidae" (1880-81) now has a DOI. #RetroPIDs @BioDivLibrary
Necklaced Pitta https://t.co/mWpWvBhoh6
Bengal Pitta https://t.co/vSB5IeMBu2
Clive Gould's artworks showcase the majestic power and beauty of the ocean through glorious colour work and sensitivity to fine details. See more of Clive's work here https://t.co/dqZKcc2oDl #Pembrokeshirecoast #art #Wales #gallery #welshartists #seascapes
Q. What does "Paradise" mean for a historic publication?
A. Being discoverable & persistently citable within the modern linked network of knowledge.
I present John Gould's birds of paradise, now with DOIs. e.g. https://t.co/JkTHWHHzzf #RetroPIDs
More: https://t.co/hWDbcls6Te
Can you work out why these birds are stuck together?
Or is it toucan fusing?
🖼️: Sulphur & White-breasted Toucan, H.C. Richter from John Gould's A monograph of the Ramphastidae, or family of toucans (1854) via @biodivlibrary @SILibraries @smithsonian https://t.co/b0UVEPR5pa
There are a number of pieces within the Figurative Art Now Exhibition (currently available to view online) that feature apples. We've explored them on our blog: https://t.co/Ftbxpd7cuv
Work featured includes David Gould's 'Study of Twenty One Apples' available to buy online 🍎
Or, if you'd prefer to wallow in the blues, here's a Blue Thrush (Le Merle bleu), a Blue Tit (La Mésange bleue) & a Blue-throated Warbler (Le Bec-fin gorge bleue).
🖌️from John Gould's 1837 "The Birds of Europe" digitised for @BioDivLibrary by @SILibraries https://t.co/AMyHOcCA2f
If you're feeling blue about the now-extended #MelbourneLockdown, here's a pink flamingo (Le Flamant) to cheer you up. I'm now working on v.4 of Gould's "Birds of Europe". The stunning plates are lifting my spirits. DOIs to come. #RetroPIDs https://t.co/RR2i7vTV9L @BioDivLibrary
Four and X in Edd Gould's 2005 art style
Characters©️ @jacknjellify
#CartoonArt #bfdi #eddsworld #FanArtFriday #ArtistOnTwitter
Every species description in every volume of Gould's The Birds of Australia now has a DOI, a unique identifier enabling the persistent linking, sharing, citing & tracking of this spectacular content. @BioDivLibrary @atlaslivingaust @CrossrefOrg https://t.co/Czm2LSxIWQ #RetroPIDs
Tom Nook in Edd Gould's 2005 art style
Character©️ @NintendoAmerica
#CartoonArt #AnimalCrossing #TomNook #Eddsworld #FanArt #ArtistOnTwitter
The PowerPuff Girls in Edd Gould's 2005 art style
Characters©️ @cartoonnetwork
#CartoonArt #powerpuff #eddsworld #fanart #ArtistOnTwitter
#OnThisDay 170 years ago in 1851 - John Gould's Hummingbird House opened @zsllondonzoo
During 1851 it attracted over 75,000 visitors.
Look out for our guest #blog by Ann Datta about this incredible #exhibition, it will be going live here soon: https://t.co/SmRz1wGWcq
#OTD
According to John Gould's Mammals of Australia (1863), early colonists primarily came to know feathertail gliders - the world's smallest gliding mammal - because they often crawled out of branches that were thrown on travellers' fires. #Marsupials #WildOz https://t.co/Jlbfm4IvMh