Wildlife

Creatures from land, air, and water fill these works, from crabs and river trout to moths and swallowtail butterflies arranged in careful rows. Birds, flowers, and open plains appear alongside harbour fish catches, giving a mix of close scientific study and wider natural scenery. Colors run from soft, muted tones to the bright patterning of wings and scales.

Spirit of the Plains by Sydney Long
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A still life painting depicting various fish arranged on a beach with a harbor landscape visible in the background.
Fish Catch and Dawes Point, Sydney Harbour
oil on canvas

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A wooden dock extends into a calm pond reflecting blooming trees and geese grazing in a spring garden landscape.
Kirsten Söderlind
Spring Morning Reflection
1998 · Acrylic paint and pastels on paper

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A duck swims on a misty green river lined with trees and flowering bushes under a pale sky.
Kirsten Söderlind
Alplaus Morning
1998 · Acrylic paint and colored pencil on paper

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A row of white pelicans stands along a dark waterline beneath an orange and yellow sunset sky.
Brandon Luther
Migrate
2018 · photography

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A child wrestling with a large carp in water, rendered in Japanese woodblock print style with blues, browns, and flesh tones.
Kaidomaru Wrestling a Carp in a Cascade
colour woodblock print

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A detailed woodblock print depicting a carp swimming among aquatic plants in shades of black, gray, and cream.
Carp Among Pond Plants
colour woodblock print

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A vertical Japanese painting depicting birds among flowering vines and plants on a pale yellow background, rendered in muted greens, blues, and browns.
Suzuki Kiitsu
Birds and flowers
1855 · hanging scroll, colour on silk
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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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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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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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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A figure with a spear stands among tall trees and blue herons in a brown landscape under a pale sky.
Sydney Long
Spirit of the Plains
1897 · oil

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A zebra stands in profile on a woodland path surrounded by tall trees in muted greens and browns.
George Stubbs
Zebra
1763 · oil

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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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Five river trout arranged diagonally across blue water with Japanese calligraphy and red seals on a light blue background.
Andō Hiroshige
River Trout
Color woodblock print

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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 stylized heron stands against a dark sky and blue water, composed of layered patterned sections in red, green, white, and yellow.
Corrina Leidy
Heron
acrylic

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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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