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Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889) 

Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889) created botanical SciArt for her Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants, which you can view in @biodivlibrary.

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#BotanicMonday: Cyrtosperma johnstonii, a native of the Solomon Islands. #SciArt by Matilda Smith for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 140 (1914), edited by Sir David Prain. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at @mobotgarden to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/476776 _________________________________________________ #BHLCurtis #MatildaSmith #WomeninBHLib #WomenInScience #WomenInNaturalHistory #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #MBG

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Anna Botsford Comstock (1854-1930) 

Anna Botsford Comstock created SciArt featuring insects. View more of her work from publications digitized and contributed to @biodivlibrary.

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Winifred Austen (1876-1964)

South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris). The Wild Beasts of the World, Vol. 2 (c1909) by Frank Finn. View more in @biodivlibrary.

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Emma Homan Thayer (1842-1908) 

Emma Homan Thayer created botanical #SciArt for her Wild Flowers of the Pacific Coast (c1887). View more in @biodivlibrary's Flickr account. 

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Elsie Wilkins Sexton (1868-1959) 

Elsie Wilkins Sexton created SciArt of the marine life discovered during the voyage of the "Southern Cross", published in 1902. View more of her work in @biodivlibrary.

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Cornelia Maria Clapp (1849-1935)

Cornelia Maria Clapp created fish SciArt for her ichthyology research. View more of her work from her dissertation which was digitized and contributed to @biodivlibrary.

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#Orchids (Galeandra baueri) for #BotanicMonday! Botanical #SciArt by Sarah Ann Drake for Bateman's Orchidaceae of #Mexico and #Guatemala (1837-43). View more in Biodiversity Heritage Library : http://ow.ly/bqUn30gxJLs _________________________________________________ #WomenInScience #WomenInNaturalHistory #WomeninNatHist #HistSciArt #HistoricalSciArt #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #Science #Art

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Nest of a Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis). #SciArt by Virginia Smith Jones for Howard jones, Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio, Vol. 1 (1886). Contributed for digitization by Smithsonian Libraries (@silibraries) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34907677 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #GreyCatbird #Catbird #Nest #Eggs #birds #Ornithology #BirdsNest #VirginiaSmithJones #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix

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#SciArtFix Swamp Arum (Lasimorpha senegalensis). Botanical #SciArt by #MatildaSmith, who was our featured artist for this week's #BHLSundayGarden. This illustration comes from Volume 124 (1898), which was edited by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/450568 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #SwampArum #Arum #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt

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Rocky Mountain Pond Lily (Nuphar polysepala). #SciArt by Matilda Smith for Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 146 (1920). Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/470375 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #BHLCurtis #RockyMountainPondLily #YellowPondLily #PondLily #WaterLily #WaterLilies #floriculture #flowers #Botany #BotanicalArt #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #WomeninBHLib #WomenInScience #WomenInNaturalHistory #WomeninNatHist #MatildaSmith #MBG

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Mushrooms (Plicaturopsis crispa). #SciArt by Frances Reed for Anna Maria Hussey, Illustrations of British Mycology, Ser. 2 (1855). Contributed for digitization by the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden (@nybg) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2893734 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Mushrooms #Mycology #Fungi #AnnaMariaHussey #FrancesReed #WomeninBHLib #WomenInScience #WomenInNaturalHistory #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #NYBG

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Bog Beacons

Bog Beacon (Mitrula paludosa), also known as Swamp Beacon. SciArt from Anna Maria Hussey, Illustrations of British Mycology, Ser. 1 (1847). Contributed for digitization by the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of @nybg.

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#SciArtFix Rose-of-Venezuela (Brownea grandiceps). #WomenMW #SciArt by Anne Henslow Barnard for Joseph Dalton Hooker, Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 106 (1880). Contributed for digitization by the Peter H. Raven Library at Missouri Botanical Garden (@mobotgarden) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/436708 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #MuseumWeek #RoseofVenezuela #AnneHenslowBarnard #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #floriculture #flowers #flowersofinstagram #Botany #BotanicalArt

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#SciArt from #MarvelousMerian! Giant Sphynx Moth (Cocytius duponchel), Caterpillar & Pupa (Neococytius cluentius), and Plant (Annona sericea). From her groundbreaking work, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705). In @biodivlibrary via @silibraries: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41398744 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #MariaSibyllaMerian #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #Entomology #Insects #Moths #Caterpillars #Pupas #HistSciArt #HistoricalSciArt #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #Science #Art

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Happy #Feathursday! Blue-crowned Trogons (Trogon curucui) are common in South American rainforests. #SciArt by Elizabeth Gould for John Gould, Monograph of the Trogonidae, P.2 (1835). Contributed for digitization by Ernst Mayr Library, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/215891 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #Trogons #Birds #Ornithology #ElizabethGould #WomeninBHLib #WomenInNaturalHistory #FemaleArtists #FemaleIllustrators #WomenInScience #WomeninNatHist #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #Biology #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #LibrariesofInstagram #Libraries #SciArtFix