Materials: Nepalese lokta & Thai kozo papers
was afterwards created a great master of the order
yet also adorable harpy is based on an illustration from John Jonston’s Natural History of Birds
the Chicago History Museum has a version in black silk velvet and satin
One of my favourite things about old natural history illustrations are the number of animals that were obviously drawn from descriptions
Ostrich in blue, teal, and gold Skulls Materials: Nepalese lokta & ThaiThis ostrich is based on an illustration from Johann Daniel Meyers 1748 book Angenehmer Und Ntzlicher Zeit Vertreib Mit Betrachtung Curioser Vorstellungen Allerhand Kriechender, Fliegender Und Schwimmender, Auf Dem Land Und Im Wasser Sich Befindender Und Nhrender Thiere. In English, thats A pleasant and useful pastime, with the contemplation of curious ideas about all sorts of crawling, flying, and swimming animals, living and feeding on land and in