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Tag Archives: Birds
2017: Petition
Joseph Erb (Cherokee): Petition (c. 2017)
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Tagged 2010's, 21st Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Cherokee, Mammals, Native Americans, Painting, USA
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1909: The Seven Ravens
The good little sister took a knife and cut off her own tiny finger, fitted it into the keyhole, and succeeded in opening the lock. When she had entered, she met a Dwarf, who said: “My child, what are you … Continue reading
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Tagged 1810's, 1900's, 19th Century, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Arthur Rackham, Birds, Books, Brothers Grimm, Fairy Tales, Germany, Great Britain, Illustration, Ravens
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1965: The Girl Who Took Care of the Turkeys
The Girl Who Took Care of the Turkeys Now we take it up. (audience)Ye——s indeed. There were villagers at the Middle Place and a girl had her home there at Wind Place where she kept a flock of turkeys. At … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960's, 20th Century, Animals, Birds, Dance, Dennis Tedlock, Native Americans, Poetry, Turkeys, USA, Walter Sanchez, Zuni
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1802: The Eagle
William Blake: Headpiece to “The Eagle,” an illustration for William Hayley’s Ballads Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals (1802).
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Tagged 1800's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Babies, Birds, Books, Eagles, Great Britain, Illustration, Printmaking, William Blake
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1921: Swans
Frank William Brangwyn: The Swans (1921)
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Tagged 1920's, 20th Century, Animals, Birds, Frank William Brangwyn, Great Britain, Painting, Swans, Wales
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1810: A Composite Ox with a Demon Groom
A Composite Ox with a Demon Groom (Oudh, India, ca. 1810-30) (source)
370 BC: Numberless Democrituses Like Himself
The pre-Socratic philosopher Democritus (c. 460 – c. 370 BC) believed in an infinite universe, and therefore in an infinite number of worlds. Some might be bigger or smaller than earth, he concluded; some might have more moons or suns, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990's, 20th Century, 3rd Century, 4th Century BC, Animals, Art, Astronomy, Birds, Crows, Democritus, Great Britain, Greece, Hippolytus, Leonora Carrington, Mexico, Philosophy, Printmaking, Pseudo-Hippocrates, Women
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1918: Young Crow
Jan Mankes: Jonge kraai (1918)
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Crows, Jan Mankes, Netherlands, Printmaking
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1865: The Storm Cloud
Félix Bracquemond: The Storm Cloud (1860-1870)
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Tagged 1860's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Birds, Félix Bracquemond, France, Geese, Printmaking, The Sky, Weather
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1938: Signs of Hard Weather
From a collection of folklore gathered by Irish teachers in the 1930’s: Weather 27-12-1938 Signs of hard weather: Robin flying into house. Lapwings seen early in winter. Wild geese seen flying inland (southwards). Small birds gathering in large numbers about … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930's, Animals, Birds, Crows, Ireland, Meteorology, Weather
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