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"The songs of birds may be considered as national melodies, for each has its own peculiar music." 🎶 Explore #birds through poems and #SciArt this #Feathursday with "The Language of Birds" (1837) by Mrs. George Spratt, in #BHLib via @FieldMuseum ➡️ https://t.co/qxPumqYMx7
"Laguna, New Mexico Looking from the East" by Thomas Moran (1837-1926), 9 3/8" x 12 3/8" watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper created in 1892, sold for $339,300 (est. $75,000/125,000) https://t.co/D27zmmNil6 #antiques #antique #art #artist #NewMexico #Laguna #Moran #auction
A day for sitting by the fire. ‘The emerald wreath : a fireside treasury of legends, stories, & c’ by John Francis O'Donnell (1837-1874) Dublin ; London : James Duffy 1864 #LeonardCollection
John Gould described 44% of Australia's bird species, many in this volume: "A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia" (1837). https://t.co/0yTqgnYtgV, digitised for @BioDivLibrary by @museumsvictoria @atlaslivingaust
This pollen #SciArt is some sweet 👁 🍬! "Ueber den Pollen" (1837) is authored by German chemist Carl Julius Fritzsche, who earned his doctorate with an 1833 thesis on pollen. Indulge this #TinyTuesday in #BHLib thanks to @IllinoisLibrary: https://t.co/Y91TL9Kf07 #plantsci
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Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was a German-American illustrator. He is considered to be one of the preeminent American illustrators of the early 20th century.
Study for 'Flowers for the President', 1837
Source: Christie's
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"Painting is but another word for feeling." John Constable
#Art is love!
John Constable, RA (11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the naturalistic tradition.
Flowers in a glass vase, study - circa 1814
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James Bateman’s The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala ([1837]-1843) is described as the “largest botanical book ever produced with lithographic plates”. Learn more about this beautiful #RareBook on #orchids, available in #BHLib thanks to @mobotgarden: https://t.co/DasJSWfIYq
7/18発売のNHKテキスト「まいにちドイツ語」8月号表紙です。オーストリア皇帝フランツ・ヨーゼフ一世皇后エリーザベト(1837〜1898)を描きました。表紙デザインはナカムラグラフです。https://t.co/16LxIbF6Wj
Today’s extinct animal of the British Isles #6: The Dalmatian Pelican.
A magnificent bird with a wingspan of up to 3.5 metres. Extinct in Britain due to habitat loss and human disturbance. Illustration, Edward Lear, 1837.
We live in wildlife poverty and most of us don't know it.