Tag Archives: Animals

1541: The Pig on Top of the World

Posted on August 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Cornelis Anthonisz: Pig on Top of the World (1541-1545)

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1884: Two More Rats

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Vincent van Gogh: Two Rats (1884)

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1836: These Abhorred Vermin Seemed to Become my Friends

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

We report [the following] on the authority of a letter of Joseph Purdew, an observer, equally exact and judicious. “This morning,” he says, “while reading in bed, I was suddenly interrupted by a noise similar to that made by rats, … Continue reading →

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1918: Mysterious Island

Posted on August 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

N. C. Wyeth: Endpapers for a 1918 edition of Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island (1874). The book, a sequel to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, recounts the adventures of five Union soldiers who escape their Confederate captors in a hot … Continue reading →

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2.2 mya: Matsya and the Asura Hayagriva

Posted on August 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

In Hindu mythology, there are four historical eras, yugas, that repeat in a cycle; the first of these is the Satya Yuga, followed by the Treta Yuga, the Dvapara Yuga, and, finally, the Kali Yuga. We are presently in a … Continue reading →

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1864: Bird and Weeds

Posted on August 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Léon Bonvin: Landscape with Bird and Weeds (1864)

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1850: The Last Hoopoe Starling

Posted on August 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

FREGILUPUS VARIA As long ago as 1674 a note about the “Huppe” exists, by “Le Sieur D.B.,” i.e., Dubois. He says, when describing the birds of Réunion (translated): “Hoopoes or ‘Callendres,’ having a white tuft on the head, the rest … Continue reading →

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1650: Horse

Posted on August 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Illustration from Il cavallo da maneggio [The Arena Horse] by Giovanni Battista di Galiberto (1650), showing the anatomy of the horse and sites of common ailments and wounds. The full title of the work is Il cavallo da maneggio. : Libro. Dove … Continue reading →

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1903: The Hierophant was Petrifying

Posted on August 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Walt MacDougall: Illustration for “MacDougall’s Stories for Good Children,” February 22, 1903 (source)

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1921: The Roosters and the Fox

Posted on August 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Chaim Nachman Bialik: The Roosters and the Fox; Omanut Press, ca. 1921 (source)

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