Turning the pages of this 1950s Ladybird book to see what's changed. Today: the Goldfinch.
Here's the illustration by Allen Seaby, my recent digital photograph and a drawing from when I was a child.

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‘Bullfinch’

(British Birds and their Nests, 1953)

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🦑 drew her in my style she is so beautiful 😭😮‍💨

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Ladybird Book Nature Corner.
Linnet

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Fieldfare and Bullfinch
(1953)

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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 9..
Woodblock prints

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After the storm, here comes the snow! Snow and Hare c.1923 by trained Allen William Seaby, purchased by in 1949. Colour woodcut on paper. (C) Estate of the Artist.

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Bullfinches, Allen William Seaby, c.1911; ©Estate of the Artist; National Galleries Scotland.

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Bullfinches, Allen William Seaby, c.1911; National Galleries Scotland

Via Art Look Gallery

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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 4.
Woodblock prints

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Bullfinches
woodcut by Allen William Seaby c.1911
https://t.co/GluQn6c61k

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Ladybird book in the spotlight, part 18.
‘A Second Book of British Birds and their Nests’

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Bullfinches by Allen William Seaby (1867 – 1953)

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Profoundly influenced by Japanese woodblocks, Allen W. Seaby (1867-1953) was known for his prints of wildlife, of ornithology, & wild ponies which bridged traditional wildlife depiction & fine art. 'Printmaking,' he wrote, 'is a sort of magic very captivating to many minds'.

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How lovely to wake up to the sound of birdsong now Spring has sprung!
Bullfinches c.1911 by English artist and student and later professor Allen William Seaby in collection

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Calming image of the day.
Allen William Seaby, Magpie, c. 1903

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Ladybird Book Nature Corner.
Puffin

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