Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia
695 followers · 1108 posts · Server historians.socialThe remarkable Ellis Rowan was born #OTD (30 Jul 1848 – 4 Oct 1922). #DTK she traveled to New Guinea in 1916-7 (when she was almost 70!) and with help from Indigenous Papuans was able to find and paint most of the known species of Birds of Paradise?
See the collection here via the National Library of Australia:
https://nla.gov.au/whats/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/birds-paradise-ellis-rowan-new-guinea
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Dr Louisa McKenzie · @LouisaMcKenzie
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I caught up with Prof. Jill Burke about her upcoming book, How to be a #Renaissance Woman, for The Times Luxury.
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