The 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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#HerNaturalHistory #ArtHerstory #BirdsInArt

Maria Sibylla Merian was born #OTD (2 Apr 1647) so I thought now was as good a time as any to post about her famous #opossum image and the long-lasting myth it created:

Merian’s Opossum and the Staying Power of Animal Images
https://arthistoryanimalia.com/2023/04/03/merians-opossum-and-the-staying-power-of-animal-images/

(Image: Marmosa murina family, plate 66 of Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, posthumous 1719 edition)

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For #InternationalWomensDay and #WomensHistoryMonth check out this database of women natural history artists found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library by Historical SciArt:
https://histsciart.com/womeninhistsciart/
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