Naturalism

These are close studies of the natural world rendered with careful, scientific attention to form and pattern. Moths and butterflies appear in orderly columns, their wings laid out like specimens, while flower bulbs and marine skeletons get the same exacting, detailed treatment. The palette stays true to life rather than invented, favoring accuracy over mood.

Four Birdwing butterflies (family Papilionidae) in two columns, representing both sexes of the Common Birdwing (Troides (Ornithoptera) Priamus) by Marian Ellis Rowan
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Botanical illustration of branching Asphodelus ramosus plant with pale pink flowers and green leaves on beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Asphodelus ramosus
1649

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Botanical illustration of staghorn sumac with compound green leaves and a dense red-burgundy flowering spike against a pale background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Rhus typhina
1649 · gouache

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Botanical illustration showing a bulb with roots and two flowering stems with green leaves and white-cream clustered flowers against beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Lilium candidum monstrosum
1649

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Botanical illustration of Fritillaria imperialis showing orange-red drooping flower with green leaves and cream-colored seed pod against beige background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Fritillaria imperialis
1649

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Botanical illustration of fennel plant with delicate green foliage, small white and yellow flowers, rendered in muted greens and golds on cream background.
Johannes Simon Holtzbecher
Senocio bicolor
1649

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Haeckel's 1904 scientific illustration depicts various sea anemones arranged around a central water feature in jewel tones and earth colors.
Ernst Haeckel
Illustration of Actiniae
1904

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Haeckel's 1904 scientific illustration displays various arachnids including spiders and mites arranged symmetrically in browns, golds, and blacks.
Ernst Haeckel
Illustration of Arachnida
1904

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Haeckel's 1904 scientific illustration displays multiple gold and white detailed drawings of Blastoidea specimens arranged against a black background.
Ernst Haeckel
Illustration of Blastoidea
1904

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Haeckel's 1904 scientific illustration displays fifteen symmetrical marine organisms in gold, orange, blue, and green tones arranged on a black background.
Ernst Haeckel
Illustration of Ascidiacea
1904

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Ernst Haeckel's scientific illustration of various calcispongia specimens rendered in detailed black and white engraving against a dark background.
Ernst Haeckel
Illustration of Calcispongiae

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Thirty-three mounted butterfly specimens arranged in four columns, displaying brown, black, yellow, and white wing patterns on a light background.
Marian Ellis Rowan
Thirty-three butterflies, in four columns, belonging to the Papilionidae and Danainae families
Watercolour with bodycolour on grey paper

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Twenty-four mounted moth specimens arranged in three columns, displaying brown, tan, blue, and black wing colorations on a gray background.
Marian Ellen Rowan
Twenty-four moths, in three columns, mostly belonging to the family Noctuidae
Watercolour with bodycolour on grey paper

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A naturalistic collection of one hundred fifty-eight mounted moths arranged in vertical columns, displaying varied patterns in cream, brown, yellow, and black tones.
Ellis Rowan
One Hundred and Fifty-Eight Moths

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Twenty-two butterflies arranged in three columns display brown, orange, black, and white wing patterns against a pale background.
Marian Ellis Rowan
Twenty-two butterflies in three columns, all belonging to the family Nymphalidae
Watercolour with bodycolour on grey paper

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Fifteen swallowtail butterflies arranged in three columns, displaying black, white, yellow, and brown wing patterns on a pale background.
Marian Ellis Rowan
Fifteen Swallowtail butterflies (Family Papilionidae) in three columns
Watercolour with bodycolour on grey paper

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Sixty-three moths pinned and arranged in irregular columns display varied colors including white, yellow, orange, green, and brown against a gray background.
Marian Ellis Rowan
Sixty-three Moths, arranged inthree or five irregular columns
1910 · Watercolour with bodycolour on grey paper

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Sixty-two mounted butterflies arranged in five vertical columns display predominantly blue, white, brown, and yellow wing patterns against a pale background.
Marian Ellis Rowan
A packed plate of sixty-two butterflies, in five columns, mostly representing some of the larger members of the Lycaendidae
Watercolour with bodycolour on grey paper

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Four birdwing butterflies arranged in two columns, featuring yellow-green and brown-white specimens with detailed wing patterns and yellow abdomens.
Marian Ellis Rowan
Four Birdwing butterflies (family Papilionidae) in two columns, representing both sexes of the Common Birdwing (Troides (Ornithoptera) Priamus)
Bodycolour on grey paper

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A botanical illustration depicts a red cockscomb flower with green leaves, accompanied by a praying mantis and small insects, against a cream background.
Pierre Joseph Buchoz
Cockscomb with praying mantis
hand-colored engraving

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A Chinese pheasant with yellow, red, and blue plumage perches among purple peonies and red flowers against a cream background.
Pierre Joseph Buchoz
Purple peony with Chinese pheasant
hand-colored engraving

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A blue-winged yellow bird perches among branches of pink flowering cherry blossoms with green needle-like leaves against a pale background.
Pierre Joseph Buchoz
Flowering cherry with blue winged yellow bird
hand-colored engraving

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A botanical illustration depicting red and white lotus flowers with green stems and leaves, accompanied by a small brown frog in water.
Pierre Joseph Buchoz
Red lotus with frog
hand-colored engraving

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A small brown bird perches among branches of pink and white clustered flowers with green leaves against a pale background.
Pierre Joseph Buchoz
Pink Viburnum with bird
hand-colored engraving

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A blue bird with a pink breast perches on a gnarled branch of yellow jasmine flowers beside a grey scholar's rock.
Pierre Joseph Buchoz
Yellow jasmine with bird and scholar's rock
hand-colored engraving

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