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Glenn Gould by Drew Hewitt 🎨 🎶

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2019-03-16

Elizabeth Gould (1804-1841) was a prolific and incredibly talented, creating of 100s of View more of her work in : https://t.co/j2TDNnrwl1 --

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2019-03-15

Elizabeth Gould introduced Australia's birds to the world (John couldn't draw). These, like so many of her exquisite works, accompany the descriptions of species new to science. https://t.co/plsIUZaKvc Via

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2019-03-14

Glenn Gould's annotated copy of the Goldberg Variations.

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2019-03-05

in 1971, the Leadbeater's Possum became Victoria's faunal emblem

John Leadbeater was ’s first taxidermist. Professor McCoy had previously attempted to name a bird for him but was beaten to naming rights by John Gould!

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2019-03-02

Happy Large Frogmouths (Batrachostomus auritus). by and John Gould for Gould's Icones Avium (1837-38). View more in : https://t.co/kDrDKFVptF --

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2019-02-14

Still wondering what to give your loved one on
(inspiration from Gould 's "Birds of Australia" via ) https://t.co/BhV0bFUEIS

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2019-02-14

In 1838, John Lewin's "A Natural History of The Birds of New South Wales" (the 1st illustrated book published in Australia) was revised by Gould, Vigors & Horsfield. Compare their beautiful 4th ed. with the 3rd (1822) on https://t.co/96N0TYR8cM via

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2019-02-12

This Day I’d like to celebrate all the wonderful women represented in the library collection, including Anna and Susanna Lister, Elizabeth Gould, Maria Sibylla Merian, Helena Forde and Harriet Morgan, as well as all the inspiring women I work with

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2019-02-11

Fall Into The Sky featuring the FABULOUS Ellie Goulding 💖💖💖

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2019-02-10

These fragments of Budgerigar were collected during the voyage of HMS Beagle in Australia by Commander John Lort Stokes and we found them in the pages of a notebook in the incredible collection at in 2007. In 1840 John Gould introduced the first living Budgies to UK

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2019-01-29

Happy Explore John Gould's "The of Australia" (1848-69), with illustrations by Elizabeth Gould, Waterhouse Hawkins, Edward Lear & H.C. Richter. This is of Albert's Lyrebird (Menura alberti), in via : https://t.co/ps39K2q2Us

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2019-01-28

The Great Flying Phalanger, from Gould's "Mammals of Australia", 1863. https://t.co/LpaU3VDXsk &

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2019-01-15

All that glitters is Gould? ✨ Come along and explore the collections with us in the first event of the new year. Tuesday 8 Jan, 12-2pm.

Can you recognise which volume this magical image comes from? Try see if you can find it here: https://t.co/cFpXp4Kwrn

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2019-01-03

For day 10 of our here are a pair of grasshopper warblers from Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain' vol. 2. We chose these because the word 'grasshopper' makes us think of leaping! Less tenuous connections to follow, we promise...

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2018-12-30

Day 4 of our and we're sharing blackbirds. Why? Well, it's thought the song originally referred to 'colley' birds, which is an archaic term for blackbirds. This pair feature in John Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain' vol. 2

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2018-12-23

On the eleventh day of my true love gave to me...
Eleven ladies dancing

The dancing ladies are lapwings that wildly wheel, roll, and tumble in the air during courtship display

Northern lapwing from John Gould’s ‘#Birds of Great Britain’, collage by Kathy Heyward

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2018-12-23

For day 2 of our is a pair of turtle doves, which can be found in John Gould's 'Birds of Great Britain', vol. 4.

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2018-12-21

On the seventh day of my true love gave to me...
Seven a-swimming

from John Gould's '#Birds of Great Britain' via - https://t.co/jNzm0p7t2f

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2018-12-19