241) Barringtonia racemosa
2)
Datura stramonium
3) Greyia sutherlandii
4) Millettia grandis
5)
Schrebera alata
6)
Adenium obesum
7) Aloe arborescens (watercolour, 1888).
Botanical plates by Katharine Saunders (1824-1901) taken from ‘Flower Paintings of Katharine Saunders.’
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Botanical illustrations (1624) by Daniel Rabel taken from ‘Recueil de fleurs et d'insectes dessinés et peints sur vélin.’
Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Caladenia taken from ‘Western Australian Orchids’ (1930) by Emily Pelloe.
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Roman (2nd–3rd century A.D) wall painting fragment depicting a bird and ivy leaves. Fresco.
Image and text information courtesy The Met.
Summer day dress (French, circa 1872).
Cotton.
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James Pugh Kirkwood – Scientist of the Day
James Pugh Kirkwood, an American civil engineer, died Apr. 22, 1877, at the age of 70.
The Supremes, Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, and Mary Wilson, during a photo shoot in Detroit, 1967.
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Watercolor illustrations of flowers from Philip Henry Gosse’s 1844 sketchbook Referenda for Jamaica, rough sketches of plants & animals to help in identification.
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Finis Libri Secundi. The History of the World (1628) by Sir Walter Raleigh #sirwalterraleigh #finisfriday #historyoftheworld (go see the maps over at @bbrarebooks) (at B & B Rare Books, Ltd.)
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