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Happy 90th Birthday to DICK TRACY! Crime-hating Calvinist Chester Gould debuted his endlessly inventive, brilliant, bonkers, grotesque version of the Great American Novel on Sunday, October 4, 1931.

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2021-10-06

Qui se souvient de sur les gars? Sorti en 1991 chez nous , il est inspiré du comic strip du même nom de Chester Gould en 1931. Une version existe aussi. J'aimais bcp !!!

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2021-10-04

Se cumplen hoy 90 años de la aparición de la primera tira de la serie con los mejores villanos de la historia... Dick Tracy, de Chester Gould!
(que, por cierto, está editando primorosamente )

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2021-10-04

top 9 ellie goulding songs in order <3

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2021-10-03

Are you following all the drama of the Australian bird of the year voting? The Gang Gang Cockatoo is a clear front runner with 955 votes. It's day 3 of voting though, so the Gouldian Finch could make a comeback! https://t.co/ZC9uW6Czl6 1/2

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2021-09-29

"Red-crowned Garrulax, Garrulax ruficeps"

White-throated/Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush, proposed endemic. Published in "The Birds of Asia" by English ornithologist John Gould (1804–1881) with notes provided by naturalist Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877) https://t.co/HUkTqDeah4

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2021-09-26

Keith Lister's talk in John Carr's neo-classical St Peter's Church this afternoon was 'Horbury in the time of Baring-Gould, 1864-7'.

https://t.co/ompwzoM0Yk

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2021-09-26

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

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2021-09-26

Un redraw de Webo :D (Edd xd, es que yo y mi pana le decimos egg o en español webo xd)
2021 2020

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2021-09-24

"Formosan Green Woodpecker, Gecinus tancol"

The grey-headed woodpecker. Published in "The Birds of Asia" by English ornithologist John Gould (1804–1881) with notes provided by naturalist Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877). https://t.co/ZgVXMQhd14

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2021-09-24

"Red-kneed Pomatorhinus, Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis"

The black-necklaced scimitar babbler. Published in "The Birds of Asia" by English ornithologist John Gould (1804–1881) with notes provided by naturalist Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877). https://t.co/FWUu6rV7Mx

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2021-09-23

"Formosan Jay, Garrulus taivanus"

subspecies of the Eurasian Jay. Published in "The Birds of Asia" by English ornithologist John Gould (1804–1881) with notes provided by naturalist Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877). https://t.co/D0wu19O70u

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2021-09-23

"Embroidered Barbet, Megalaema nuchalis"

Barbet. Published in "The Birds of Asia" by English ornithologist John Gould (1804–1881) with notes provided by naturalist Robert Swinhoe (1836–1877). https://t.co/ygPyuQy1Dt

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2021-09-22

In 1848, Gould published his 7-volume "Birds of Australia". 20 yrs later, he produced a supplement containing all the birds described since. All 1868 descriptions now also have DOIs:
Australian Cassowary https://t.co/c4blleEjYo
Albert Lyre-Bird https://t.co/oENLyFbF5Y

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2021-09-15

John Gould was born in 1804. Former ZSL Curator of Birds, Member of Council...
Here are a few of our favourite lithographs from the many volumes published by Gould. More on him & his hummingbirds in our recent guest by Ann Datta: https://t.co/MaNoOCr86o

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2021-09-14

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 by

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2021-09-14

Alexander von Humboldt was born in 1769. Polymath, explorer & naturalist. These birds are just a few examples of species named after him - Humboldt's penguin, aracari & hummingbird.
Penguin by J. Smit.
Aracari & hummingbird from volumes of John Gould.

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2021-09-14

Born John Gould British ornithologist & bird Published a series of monographs on birds illustrated by sublime plates produced with assistance of his wife & other artists Called father of bird study in Australia Worked with Darwin identifying finches

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2021-09-14

I think Robert Gould is the only artist who actually read the description of Elric, and tried to draw the person described.

This IS Elric.

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2021-09-13