#zoological illustration

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #GuineaPigAppreciationDay, the two earliest examples I've found of guinea pigs in the European visual record:

1. Painting attributed to Giovanni da Udine, n.d., artist active early 1500s to death in 1564

2. Drawing from the Felix Platter album, collected sometime between 1546-54

Attributed to Giovanni da Udine (Italian, 1487–1564) Head of a Guinea Pig oil on canvas laid on panel 6.5 x 7 in. (16.5 x 17.8 cm.) From Duke's Fine Art Auction catalog, 11th April 2013, Lot 215

Drawing collected by Felix Platter, to be used in Gessner's Historiae animalium. The drawings were made by several artists, mostly anonymous, and were collected between 1546 and 1558 (this one must date to no later than 1554 as it served as a reference for Gessner's woodcut published that year). Bijzondere collectie Universiteit van Amsterdam collection.

[archivepigeon]

hroo hroo!

I'm the archive pigeon. I collect vintage botanical and zoological illustrations from science publications and make them available on t-shirts, stickers, hoodies, notebooks, and more!

you can see the current collection at archivepigeon.threadless.com. I'm going to be adding more over the next few weeks. thanks for checking it out!

[xin-bloomx]

the beauty of microscopy

rattus norvegicus

thyreoidea, trachea, esophagus

institute of biology

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[vesubia-jugorum]

I love drawing critters

(you can find a print of this little dude here )

[ooksaidthelibrarian]

Recherches sur les poissons fossiles v.5(atlas)

[dharmaart]

Plains Zebra

White gouache and pencil on brown paper. This was done as a bit of an experiment and I also wanted to see how well my experience from drawing horses carried over to zebras.

[warcrimesimulator]

The Cruise of the Marchesa … With maps and … woodcuts drawn by J. Keulemans, C. Whymper and others … Second edition (1889)

Sable (Martes zibellina)

[dzydaria]

[emmaklee]

horse guts via @magictransistor

[wilkpreriowy]

Carnivores of the World (2011) Illustrated by Priscilla Barrett

[design-is-fine]

1/ Jan van Huysum, A Crab, 18th century. Watercolour and pencil on laid paper. 2/ Aert Schouman, A Long-tailed Widowbird and a Dominican Cardinal 3/ Aert Schouman, A Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), 1760–1780. Watercolour, over black chalk or charcoal on laid paper. Exhibition Passion for Pictures, Staedel Museum Frankfurt.

[arthistoryanimalia]

Happy #WorldTapirDay! These paintings of an adult & juvenile Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus) are 2 of the 477 watercolors of flora & fauna by Chinese artists commissioned by William Farquhar when he was the Resident of Malacca from 1803-18, now in the National Museum of Singapore.

Tapir of Malacca William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings Malacca, Malaysia watercolour on paper 37.6 x 54.1 cm (Image) / 58 x 44 cm (Mount) National Museum of Singapore Accession No. 1995-02885

Young Tapir of Malacca William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings Malacca, Malaysia watercolour on paper 38 x 54.2 cm (Image) / 58 x 44 cm (Mount) National Museum of Singapore Accession No. 1995-02884

[archivepigeon]

Everything on Threadless is on sale this week, including extra soft t-shirts for $14.95 USD! Now is a great time to get yourself some vintage zoology prints on t-shirts, stickers, notebooks, whatever your heart desires.

[xin-bloomx]

the beauty of microscopy IV

mus musculus (mouse) liver

infected with echinococcus multilocularis (fox tapeworm)

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[podartists]

La Perruche Edwards. Pl. 68. | Histoire naturelle des perroquets t.1 | Biodiversity Heritage Library | rawpixel

[ooksaidthelibrarian]

Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte [11-12], der Würmer, erster [-zweyter] Theil t.1 (1801)