Sarah Finn
Special Collections Librarian / Print Historian
Fascinated by the history of scientific illustration. Documenting natural history books I encounter in my research 📚🦋
- Seaweed and algae from ‘American card album’ manufactured by L. Prang & Co. Boston, Mass. patented April 5th, 1864. I saw this beautiful album at Boston Athenæum. #bostonathenaeum #naturalhistory #seamosses #sciart
- ‘Studies in Animal Life’ by George Henry Lewes. London: Smith, Elder, 1862. I saw this wandering around UW-Madison’s Memorial Library. #naturalhistory #insectart #publishersbinding #sciart #insectillustration
- The month of February from the ‘Floral Calendar Gathered from the Glen,’ by Wisconsin artist and naturalist Charles P. Durward (1844-1875). Each of the twelve months is represented with a delicate painting of plants and flowers. Milwaukee Public Library. #botanicalart #specialcollections
- Egg illustrations by Adolphe Philippe Millot from Nouveau Larousse illustré encyclopedia, published under the direction of Claude Augé for Éditions Larousse between 1897 and 1904, in 7 volumes and a supplement. #naturalhistory #animalart #sciart #birdsegg #ornithology
