Jean-Theodore Descourtilz
Jean-Théodore Descourtilz, a French naturalist and bird illustrator, died Jan. 13, 1855, at the age of about 57. Descourtilz travelled to Brazil in 1826 and began drawing the native birds. By 1834, he had collected enough paintings to publish Oiseaux brillans du...Scott and Stuart Gentling
Scott and Stuart Gentling, twin Texan natural history artists, were born Dec. 31, 1942. They moved to Fort Worth from Minnesota as young boys and never left, except for their education in Philadelphia and trips to sketch and paint. They ran across the work of John...Novel Graphics! Innovative Images in the History of Science
In partnership with UMKC Cockefair Chair, the Library is pleased to make Professor William Ashworth’s annual Cockefair Course available to the public for the first time.
Jonathan Fisher
Jonathan Fisher, a writer, naturalist, artist, and Congregational minister, was born Oct. 7, 1768, in what were then the British colonies. Raised in Massachusetts and educated at Harvard, he moved north in 1796 to the hinterlands of Blue Hill, Maine, about half-way up...
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