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Frederick William Frohawk was born #OTD in 1861. He supplied #sciart for ZSL's Proceedings (now @JZoology), 23 plates between 1886 & 1900. These two examples both accompany 1886 papers by G.A. Boulenger, a #ZSLFellow & #Herpetologist.
For #WorldBookNight we are holding some library tours for #ZSLFellows & Patrons, getting up close to our #specialcollections including these Edward Lear plates in two books "Illustrations of the family of Psittacidae" & "Gleanings from the menagerie and aviary at Knowsley Hall"
This #SciArt by Maud Horman-Fisher illustrates beetles collected on Kilimanjaro by #ZSLFellow Harry H. Johnston. He is mostly famously associated with the okapi but he collected a wide variety of animals.
#WomensHistoryMonth #InternationalWomensDay2022 #WomensArt
John Gould was born #OTD in 1804. Former ZSL Curator of Birds, #ZSLFellow, Member of Council...
Here are a few of our favourite lithographs from the many volumes published by Gould. More on him & his hummingbirds in our recent guest #blog by Ann Datta: https://t.co/MaNoOCr86o