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Creepy crawlies? This plate shows a variety of colorful insects from William Kirby and William Spence's An introduction to (1846)

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2019-08-23

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

These sleek terns come from Part I, Volume II of the set Natural History of New York (1843). https://t.co/7N5VDrLJ4m

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2019-08-14

Interesting. We're also trialling that in our aquarium and Natural History Gallery too. Proving very impactful for our visitors

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2019-08-08

More from yesterday's session proofing this large of a . Getting texture and life into mezzotint is challenging but they need to emerge as a real presence for me..something more than

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2019-08-06

We're enamored of the orange of this nasturtium from William Curtis' Botanical magazine (vol. 1, 1793)

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2019-08-01

Here's one of the new ceratopsian skulls which was offered for the first time at SDCC- Regaliceratops! Sculpting by Raul Ramos

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2019-07-25

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