Black Squirrel (Sciurus niger) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 canberra published this map in 1746

published this map in 1746

their sinuous ridges and deep valleys vividly raised by shadowed relief

Pink & Red Flowers by Charles Goy (1929) is a lively interwar floral repeat that channels the elegance of Art Deco while anticipating the crisp stylisation of early Modernism

This is because geologists in the 1850s were still working to understand the Earth's tectonic history

archival art paper or artist’s cotton canvas

Black Squirrel (Sciurus niger) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 canberra published this map in 1746John Woodhouse Audubons Sciurus niger, Black Squirrel. Natural size. 1. Male, 2. Female. (1845) is a masterwork of Victorian zoological illustration, uniting scientific precision with painterly grace. The son and close collaborator of John James Audubon, John Woodhouse brought a keen eye for anatomy and behavior to the celebrated mid 19th century natural history plates. Here, a life sized pair of black squirrels is rendered with exquisite fidelity,