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Tag Archives: Animals
1690: Dance of the Rats
Ferdinand Van Kessel: The Dance of the Rats (1690)
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Tagged 17th Century, Animals, Art, Belgium, Ferdinand Van Kessel, Mammals, Painting, Rats
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2018: Eagle
Jim Charlie (Squamish): Eagle Panel (c. 2018)
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Tagged Animals, Art, Birds, Canada, Eagles, Jim Charlie, Native Americans, Sculpture
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1951: An Elusive Charm
Endpaper maps from William T. Innes’s Exotic Aquarium Fishes (13th ed., 1951), with a grid the reader can use to find the location of the various fishes listed in the book.
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Tagged 1950's, 20th Century, Animals, Argentina, Books, Fish, Maps, Photography, USA, William T. Innes
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1188: Two Islands
There is a lake in the north of Munster which contains two islands, one rather large and the other rather small. The larger has a church venerated from the earliest times. The smaller has a chapel cared for most devotedly … Continue reading
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Tagged 12th Century, Animals, Birds, Books, Death, Gender, Geography, Gerald of Wales, Ireland, Life, Maps, Oddities, Wales
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340: Patron Saint of Beekeepers
According to tradition, a swarm of bees settled on the face of the infant St. Ambrose, leaving a drop of honey and thus foretelling the saint’s eloquence—his honeyed tongue. He is the patron saint of bees and beekeepers. A certain … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 4th Century, Ambrose, Animals, Art, Bees, Books, Charles Butler, Christianity, France, Insects, Italy, Jacques I Laudin, Painting, Portraits, Religion, Saints
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1974: Iconography
Annibale Carracci: Christ Crowned with Thorns (16th Century) Phil Roman, director: It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1974)
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Tagged 16th Century, 1970's, Animals, Annibale Carracci, Art, Birds, Christianity, Comic Strips, Dogs, Italy, Latino/as, Mammals, Painting, Phil Roman, Television, USA
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1975: Huelga and Boycott
Happy Cesar Chavez Day! Chavez with his dogs Huelga (“strike”) and Boycott. He originally got them simply as guard dogs, but over time the relationship deepened. Boycott went everywhere with him—and he gave credit to both of them for leading … Continue reading
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Tagged 1970's, 20th Century, Animals, Cathy Murphy, Cesar Chavez, Dogs, Labor, Latino/as, Mammals, Photography, Strikes, Unions, USA, Women
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