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Transdisciplinary zoologist exploring animal iconography from around the world via intersections of natural history with art & visual culture history.
Current research interests include opossum & coati iconography; the visual record of Australasian monotremes & marsupials; parrots in European art; exotic birds in early modern Dutch art; and the contributions of women to the visual record of zoology.

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Four brooches, Eastern Germanic, c. 380-500 CE
silver, copper alloy, iron
Morgan Library display

“ symbolized immortality in the ancient world, perhaps because of their seemingly miraculous regeneration after long periods of dormancy. Cicada brooches were worn by women living along the Danube and on the northern shores of the Black Sea. The Goths converted to Christianity in the period after AD 350, and these brooches may have had connotations of spiritual renewal and rebirth.”

gallery sign: CICADA BROOCHES Cicadas symbolized immortality in the ancient world, perhaps because of their seemingly miraculous regeneration after long periods of dormancy. Cicada brooches were worn by women living along the Danube and on the northern shores of the Black Sea. The Goths converted to Christianity in the period after AD 350, and these brooches may have had connotations of spiritual renewal and rebirth. 19 Four cicada brooches, ca. AD 380-500 Eastern Germanic, silver, copper alloy, iron

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appreciation post:
Marble cylinder seals from ancient Mesopotamia, Late Uruk / Jamdat Nasr Period, c. 3500-2900 BCE:
(7) Three
(8) with a Plant
on display at The Morgan Library & Museum NYC

Scorpion with a Plant seal (numbered 8 on display) “Displayed here are seals with modern impressions replacing the clay used in antiquity. Below each impression is a photographic enlargement that clarifies the detail and beauty of the carving.”

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Happy to be otw to NYC to see both these exhibitions at The Morgan Library & Museum !
“Walton Ford: Birds and Beasts of the Studio” + “Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature”
https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/current

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Another wonderful piece to celebrate #WorldTurtleDay 🐢 during #BearAwarenessWeek 🐻:
Randy Chitto (Choctaw, b.1962)
#Turtle Storyteller with #Bear Hide
Ceramic sculpture, H 10 1/8 inches (25.7 cm)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Turtle-Storyteller-with-Bear-Hide/908DD6475EBA218C35AF0D8C545E5E3D
"Randy's artistic journey primarily centers around the turtle, symbolizing the Choctaw's storytellers, and the bear, representing the strength and courage of the male facet of the tribe."
https://randychitto.com/bio

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For 🐢:
Tsuba with Design of and Water
Okamoto Shigetsune, Chôshû School
Japan, early 19th c.
iron (decorative technique: sukidashi-bori, nikubori, kebori)
7 x 6.8 x 0.4 cm (2 3/4 x 2 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago 11.11583: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/11366/tsuba-with-design-of-turtles-and-water

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Here is a whole pile of turtles for ! 🐢
of Group of
Japan, 19th century
Ivory, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) x W. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 10.211.897: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/60191

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From the blog for : what does this unusual 18th c. English portrait from @philamuseum have in common with this early 20th c. Ottoman one from @PeraMuzesi? More than you may think! 😉 Find out more here: https://arthistoryanimalia.com/2023/05/23/animal-art-of-the-day-for-world-turtle-day-an-unusual-tortoise-portrait-from-18th-century-england-and-its-connection-to-ottoman-turkey/

  1. Still life with a Tortoise, 1743
  2. The Tortoise Trainer, 1906

zoomed in detail of the tortoise
Osman Hamdi Bey The Tortoise Trainer, 1906 version oil on canvas, 221.5 cm × 120 cm Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
zoomed in detail of the tortoises at the man's feet

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Party hat for 🐝: bee(s) in your bonnet!
Hat, 1960s
Designer: Bes-Ben (American, founded 1920), made in Chicago, USA
plastic, synthetic, cotton
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2006.74.6: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/128400

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For 🐝:
of on a Leaf
Japan, 19th c.
Ivory, H 1 1/8 x W 1 3/4 x D 1 in. (2.9 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 91.1.985 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/59697

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For 🐝:
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
, 1948
gouache & cut out paper, 101x241cm
Foundation Beyeler, Riehen, Basel
https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-matisse/bees-1948

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#Baturday :
Maurice Pillard Verneuil (French, 1869–1942)
Chauves-souris et pavots, tenture (#Bats and poppies, hanging)
From Plate 33 of L'animal dans la Décoration, 1897
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chauves_souris_et_pavots_tenture_papillons_et_campanules_papier_peint_-_L%27animal_dans_la_decoration_(1897)_by_M._P._Verneuil_(New_York_Public_Library,_enhanced_by_Rawpixel)_506%27790171_o.jpg
#ArtNouveau

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#FrogFriday :
Reg Davidson (Haida, b.1954)
#Frogs, 1994
silkscreen, 22 x 27 in.
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Frogs/131A9F84E61CCF2BEF273DA3DD9804E8
#FirstNationsArt #NativeAmericanArt #IndigenousArt

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Takeuchi Seihō (Japanese, 1864-1942)
Sika c.1900-10
https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/44266g1

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Jane Peterson (American, 1876–1965)
Grey Crowned
Watercolor, gouache, & pencil on paper
19.5 × 25.75 in (49.5 × 65.4 cm)
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/jane-peterson-grey-crowned-cranes

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A fine-looking friend for , found on fol. 98v of British Library Sloane MS 4016 (Tractatus de Herbis), Lombardy, Italy, c.1440.
https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastgallery104656.htm

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For / : a , I guess 😂
Cambridge University Library Kk.4.25 (Didactic miscellany, containing a and other texts), f. 89r
England, c.1230
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-KK-00004-00025/165

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Was updating my Amazon lists and just noticed this book is an incredible 85% off right now - if I didn't already own it I'd be jumping on this deal before it vanishes!
Feather and Brush: A History of Australian Bird Art by Penny Olsen (2022) https://amzn.to/3UZ98aZ

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Just in time for , an update to the ( & ) Historical Image Bank - many new finds added! https://arthistoryanimalia.com/monotremes-platypus-echidna-historical-sciart-image-bank/

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+ pair:
James E Bourhill (British, fl.1880-1887)

  1. Red , 1885
    oil on canvas 22½ x 31 in
  2. Duck-Billed , 1886
    oil on canvas 22¼ x 30½ in
    https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Red-Kangaroo/4C3E659DDD21E9C3
    https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Duck-Billed-Platypus/AD7747DB3CFF54A3

oil painting, landscape orientation, in gilded gold frame trio of platypuses in a waterside landscape, one to left curled up in a ball, one in center in full side profile, one to left facing front profile

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Happy !
Tomoo Inagaki (Japanese, 1902-1980) Calling c.1970 Woodblock print, W 18.5 x 22.8 in. (47 x 58 cm)
https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/40614g1

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Also born : Dante Gabriel Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882). :
Rossetti's : Pre-Raphaelites and Australian Animals in Victorian London (2008) https://amzn.to/3QH12B3 via

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Edward Lear was born (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888). :
Edward Lear's Nonsense Birds https://amzn.to/4bcMVMl via

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Edward Lear was born (12 May 1812 – 29 January 1888). :
The Natural History of Edward Lear, New Edition (2021) https://amzn.to/3UYZViZ via

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For when it’s during …
Vessel with Toad/Feline
Moche culture, Peru
Early Intermediate Period, 1-650 CE
Ceramic, 7 1/4 x 4 x 5 1/4 in. (18.4 x 10.2 x 13.3 cm)
Michael C. Carlos Museum 1989.008.061 https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/16182/vessel-with-toadfeline?ctx=f38075598fbf6644b7ad1726cf5c0d139758feee&idx=1#

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For and :
Julius Adam the Younger (German, 1852-1913
Four* and a (n.d.)
Oil on canvas. 25.5 x 35.4 cm
(*there is actually a 5th kitten in the painting, can you find it? 😉)
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Julius-Adam-the-Younger-Four-Kittens-and/EE44FB1712F557EB5E6C4D756601EAFD

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