Category Archives: Botany

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The women in mycology played a crucial, yet too often overlooked, role in establishing the field during the Victorian period.…

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By the time Anna Maria Hussey’s seminal publication, Illustrations of British Mycology, was published between 1847 and 55, the history…

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Illustrations of British Mycology In the field of mycology, countless female scientists have helped shape modern understanding of a once…

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Anna Atkins' Cyanotypes Blog Header showing a negative of a fern in blue and white

Anna Atkins’ cyanotypes artfully blend the worlds of botany and photography. Creating a collection of Prussian blue impressions that would…

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A detailed sketch of a male figure with arms and legs extended in different positions by Leonardo da Vinci entitled the Vetruvian Man, inscribed in both a square and a circle, perfectly illustrates where art meets science.

From our ancient ancestors charting the movements of the heavens to the earliest explorers circumnavigating the globe, detailed records have been created to document discoveries and observations, producing exquisite annals that showcase the beauty of where art meets science.

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