Barclays-Marriot-Veleno-line and line and line and more
by Jonathan Calugi
Maria Sibylla Merian and her daughters were pioneers of natural history illustration and entomology. Among other achievements, at age 52 Maria Sibylla sold most of her belongings and set sail for the Dutch colony of Suriname to study its insects. That was in 1699.
Mulberries, caterpillars, and moths, Maria Sibylla Merian, in De Europische insecten (European Insects), 1730. The Getty Research Institute
Robert John Thornton, A group of Tulips, 1807. From the book New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus von Linnaeus … The Temple of Flora. London. Painting by Philip Reinagle. The entire volume here.
The Haunted Dancers paperback cover 1967, illustration by Victor Kalin
illustration: Katsuhiro otomo 1981
GOOD Editorial Illustration (by David Schwen)
