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Natural history and the park: Travels in Western Africa : in the years 1818, 19, 20, and 21, from the river Gambia through Woolli, Bondoo, Galam, Kasson, ... to the river Niger, by Gray and Dochard, 1825, BHL/Smithsonian.....https://t.co/nA3tpAxryZ #naturalhistoryillustration
Natural history illustration and the park: The living world : containing descriptions of the several races of men, and all species of animals, By ACL Arnold and EA Samuels, 1868, BHL/Smithsonian.......https://t.co/bSB0ItgUP7 #naturalhistoryillustration
Fungi and the park: Führer für Pilzfreunde : die am häufigsten vorkommenden essbaren, verdächtigen und giftigen Pilze, by E Michael and A Smallfuss, 3 vols, 1901-05, BHL/NYBG, https://t.co/jMM0M0cl9L #fungi #naturalhistoryillustration
Martagon Lily, n.d., by #AlidaWithoos (Dutch, c. 1661/2-1730). Held at the @rijksmuseum, https://t.co/KbOKNCzXRR #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory
Natural history illustration and the park: Les papillons, leur histoire, la manière de leur faire la chasse et de les conserver ...by EG Balland & JJGDulompre, BHL/Smithsonian, 1823 ... https://t.co/4bdetFMZLA #naturalhistoryillustration
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
Natural history illustration and the park: Säugethiere vom Celebes- und Philippinen-Archipel 1-2.....by A B Meyer, 1896-99....BHL/Smithsonian ....https://t.co/tLL7si7xdT #naturalhistoryillustration
Natural history illustration and the park: Illustrated natural history of the three kingdoms : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, by AB Strong, 1848, BHL/UCL....https://t.co/Bnp0gyqCVe #naturalhistoryillustration
Natural history and the park: Wild scenes and song-birds, by C Webber et al, 1854, BHL/Smithsonian .....https://t.co/tkNsFNM8Ti #naturalhistoryillustration #birdillustration
Audubon and the park: In the days of Audubon : a tale of the "protector of birds," with an appendix on the formation of Audubon societies, by H Butterworth, 1901, BHL/Uni California......https://t.co/SFKbZYQdtZ #naturalhistoryillustration
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
Natural history and the park: Bilderbuch für Kinder : enthaltend eine angenehme Sammlung von Thieren, Pflanzen, Blumen, Früchten, Mineralien......by FJ & C Bertuch, 1789-1830, BHL/Smithsonian.......3 vols.....https://t.co/zoqzE9Whxk #naturalhistoryillustration
Natural history and the park: Neighbors with claws and hoofs, and their kin. For boys and girls..... by James Johonnot, 1885, BHL/Uni California Library........https://t.co/f0DONwrQuj #naturalhistoryillustration
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
Caterpillars and the park: Collection iconographique et historique des chenilles; ou, Description et figures des chenilles d'Europe, by JA Boisduval, et al, 1832, BHL/University of Illinois, https://t.co/0kuGpmRSaQ #caterpillars #naturalhistoryillustration
Natural history and the park: Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals ..... 3 vols........1829-1833.....BHL/Smithsonian.....https://t.co/W0XrTh3lT1 #naturalhistoryillustration
📢Calling Artists + Biologists! —A FREE #NaturalHistory Illustration online course!✍️🏾—Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration, an award winning @edXOnline course by @NHI101x @Uni_Newcastle. —https://t.co/ov23H11Egx —Starts 10/7 #BioArt #ArtScience