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Created during the 1930s as part of Changing New York, Abbott’s photographs...

Historical botanical illustration brings together close observation and extraordinary attention to form....

Drawn from a 19th-century group of Chinese paintings in the New York...

Ornamental works drawn from historical design sources, where pattern, repetition, color, and...

Maurice Pillard Verneuil drew extensively from the natural world, transforming animals, flowers,...

Illustrations drawn from the history of observing and recording the natural world,...

Historical photographs chosen for composition, atmosphere, architecture, and a strong sense of...

Drawn from Pierre-Joseph Redouté’s botanical studies, these works combine precise observation with...

These botanical illustrations come from Priscilla Susan Bury’s studies of amaryllis and...

Drawn from Thomas Say’s American Entomology (1824–1828), these plates document North American...