For we're showing wood engravings from Augustus A. Gould's 'The Naturalist’s Library' (1850s). Learn more in our Tumblr post: https://t.co/qkM98pjlqs
#

3 13

Happy
(Australian Sea-lion, from John Gould's "Mammals of Australia" 1863, illustrated by Henry Constantine Richter) https://t.co/hS2Dvad8cs via

10 24

Lovely stories about our natural world can be found on the Library’s website. View beautiful illustrations from our collection and enjoy articles on conservation, animals, expeditions and more! https://t.co/fnsSnL3FZF

Images are from ‘The Birds of Australia’ by John Gould (1848)

18 72

014 Gouldian finch
014 コキンチョウ

スズメ目カエデチョウ科コキンチョウ属
オーストラリアの草原マングローブ、木林に住む
主にイネ科種子を雨期になると昆虫も食べる
生息地の減少や乱獲、感染症により減少している
1986年に捕獲が禁止された

5 39

Birds of the park: The birds of Europe, by E Gould, J Gould and E Lear, 1837....https://t.co/tZVUvuuNqq

0 0

Have you completed Mission 3 Detective https://t.co/IIhwB5ScWw? our Garden team monitor health & investigate reports of disease in British garden wildlife. These blackbirds are in Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain'

2 5

You may see moorhens nesting at around this time of year, so be sure to look out for them if you're near any bodies of water this week. This lithograph can be found inside John Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain', Vol. 4, 1873.

7 16

You'll often see just a flash of blue as these colourful birds fly past, but if you're very lucky you may see them perched and ready to dive for fish! These kingfishers are from John Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain', Vol. 2, 1873.

6 18

"To fulfil a wish I had long entertained, of dedicating to our most gracious Queen one of the loveliest of the ornithological productions of her antipodal dominions..." Victoria's riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae), in Gould's Birds of Australia (1869)

7 27

"Gouldian Finch"
A tribute to and , thank you for inspiring me every day.

Speedpaint coming soon!

2 12

Here's some for ya! They come from our mid-19th-century edition of 'The Naturalist’s Library,' edited by noted American physician and naturalist Augustus Addison Gould, and published in New York with 400 engravings. More owls here: https://t.co/VsGuonkwXl

0 11

To celebrate we have some blackbirds from John Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain' vol. 2! ZSL Librarian, Ann, celebrated this morning with Blackbirds and robins started first at 4.40am with a song thrush and many wrens soon joining in.

5 15

Passer Ammodendri, Severtzow. Turkestan Sparrow, from The birds of Asia, by John Gould London, 1804 🎨 At my favorite library, the !

0 1

John Gould is famous for his works on birds, but when he visited Australia in 1838, encouraged him to also study the mammals.

He was particularly fascinated with the red kangaroo, which he considered a zoological marvel

6 19

Hello I'm Thomas Roberts-Goulden, freelance illustrator trying to keep it indy, I have several graphic novels in the works, many written in collaboration with my twin brother check him out too!
https://t.co/wYXz3H67MC

0 2

This lovely sunshine is making us look forward to some lovely beach days! 😎 In the meantime, we have some beautifully observed paintings by the brilliant Clive Gould. See more of Clive's work here https://t.co/dqZKcc2oDl

1 6

You can break everything but so what
I can take anything

little dreams/ellie goulding

0 0

"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 Explore her life & works via & ➡️ https://t.co/fbsYS64ZmF

28 76

Elizabeth Gould contributed to many magnificent books, including "A monograph of the Ramphastidae" (1834). of explores her life & works on our blog for ➡️ https://t.co/fbsYS64ZmF

41 87