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🐉 British libellulinae, or, Dragon flies: . London: Printed by J.C. Bridgewater, 1845.. Original source Image description: Illustration of four detailed dragonflies labeled 1 to 4, showing variations in body color and wing structure. The top two dragonflies have elongated bodies with translucent, veined wings; one is predominantly blue, the other brown. The third dragonfly is green with red eyes and distinct wing veins. The fourth is light green with a longer abdominal segment and more delicate wings. Small diagrams below the third and fourth dragonflies indicate differences between male and female tail structures. The insects are depicted on a plain pale background, emphasizing anatomical features typical of British libellulinae from an 1845 natural history book.
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'The moon who dreamt he was a kite’ by DD McInnes
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Put on your shoes, Mercury, and fly!
By Sir William Blake Richmond - English portrait painter, sculptor and a designer of stained glass and mosaic. He is best known for his portrait work and decorative mosaics in St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
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Alicja Miller (Polish, 1994) - Falling to the Magic Garden (2022)
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Paul Klee, Analÿse verschiedener Perversitäten, (Indian ink and watercolor on paper on cardboard), 1922 [Centre Pompidou, Paris. Public domain. Photo: Philippe Migeat/Centre Pompidou]
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The story of Shen Nong, born of a princess and heavenly dragon, and teacher to the ancient Chinese of agriculture and herbal medicine: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-legend-of-the-divine-farmer @ExploreWellcome
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Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, En llamas [On fire], 2022, grafito, acuarela y gouache sobre papel bañado en cera
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'Wild Beast Wood' by Sidney Sime, (1865 - 1941)
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Amoroso, from Jugend Magazine by Ephraim Moses Lilien (1900)
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