Art for Science?s Sake, Science for Art?s Sake
(Posted February 20, 1998 ? Issue 25)
"Images from Nature," an exhibition of drawings and paintings from the
library of the Natural History Museum in London, was held recently at Christie's gallery in London. More than seventy of the world's finest natural history artworks were on display, some for the first time. Selected from the museum's collection of half a million pieces, the exhibit included eighteenth-century paintings of Cook's first voyage to Australia by Sydney Parkinson, and
works by Ehret, the brothers Franz, and Ferdinand Bauer, as well as pieces
by contemporary artists.
Grey Heron (Ardea Cinerea)
by William MacGillivray, c. 1835
Watercolor, 965 x 735 mm
? The Natural History Museum, London
(click on the image to see more)
The Tesselated Parrot Fish (Scarus Ghobban)
by Olivia Fanny Tonge, c. 1910
(also called Blue Barred Parrotfish)
Watercolor, 180 x 260 mm
? The Natural History Museum, London
(click on the image to see more)
Special offer for HMS Beagle readers
The exhibition catalogue, Images from Nature: Drawings and
Paintings from the Library of The Natural History Museum is
available to HMS Beagle readers by mail order at a special discounted price
of #12.50 (regular price #15.50). To order, send a check for #12.50 to:
HMS Beagle Special Offer
Department of Library and Information Services
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD
Checks must be in GBP and made payable to The Natural History
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