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Tag Archives: Fish
1810: A Composite Ox with a Demon Groom
A Composite Ox with a Demon Groom (Oudh, India, ca. 1810-30) (source)
1655: Remedies
Selections from Thomas Lupton’s book A Thousand Notable Things on Various Subjects: Disclosed from the Secrets of Nature and Art, Practicable, Profitable, and of Great Advantage: Set Down from Long and Curious Study and Experience (1655): The Soles of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, Animals, Art, Books, Eels, Fish, Frogs, Great Britain, Mammals, Medicine, Mice, Printmaking, Snakes, Thomas Lupton, Wasps, Weasels
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1936: Untitled
Amy Nimr: Untitled (1936)
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Tagged 1930's, 20th Century, Amy Nimr, Art, Death, Egypt, Fish, Painting, Syria, Women
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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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1898: Spring on a Mountain Lake
Hans Thoma: Frühling auf dem Gebirgssee [Spring on a Mountain Lake] (1898)
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Tagged 1890's, 19th Century, Art, Fish, Germany, Hans Thoma, Painting, Water
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2.2 mya: Matsya and the Asura Hayagriva
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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Tagged 19th Century, Animals, Art, Demons, Fish, Hinduism, India, Mythology, Painting, Religion, Ships & Sailing, Snakes
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