ManganeseRose22

Jar with snakes and giraffes

Egypt, Lower Nubia, Karanog Cemetery

Meroitic Period, 100 BCE - 300 CE

Ceramic, paint; H. 34 cm, Dia. 29.4

Penn Museum E8183

The Parrot in Art: From Durer to Elizabeth Butterworth (2007)

Parrot Culture: Our 2500-Year-Long Fascination with the World's Most Talkative Bird (2004/2010)

The Parrots: Edward Lear, The Complete Plates (2018)

Edward Henry Murphy (Irish, c.1796-1841) Paroquets, c.1830 oil on canvas, 86.4 x 66 cm National Gallery of Ireland NGI.161

🆔 Scarlet Macaw, Salmon-Crested Cockatoo, Rose-Ringed Parakeet

Reminder that parrots aren't native to Europe, and the ones in this painting come from 3 different regions of the world (the Neotropical Americas, Australasia, and the Indian Subcontinent, respectively. But they became common companions in aviaries, brought together through European colonization and conquest.

This painting and others will be part of my presentation at the upcoming History of Science Society's Virtual Festival on 9 December 2023:

"The Parrot in the Picture: Biogeographical Knowledge as a Decolonization Tool in Visual Culture Studies"

Octopus Chatelaine, 1887

Gorham Manufacturing Company (Providence, RI, USA)

Silver, red glass, black beads

W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)

Sekino Jun'ichirō (Japan, 1914-1988)

Siamese Cat and Kitten, 1959

Woodblock print; ink & color on paper, 42.6 x 55 cm (16 3/4 x 21 5/8 in.)

Zoo animal pictograms. National Zoo Pamphlet, Washington, D. C. 1978. Detail.

A doe nursing her fawn, c. 1560

Mughal (Uttar Pradesh, India)

Ink, opaque watercolor, & gold on paper; 18.2 x 12.8 cm

San Diego Museum of Art 1990.272

John William Levin (English, active Australia, 1770-1819)

Koala and Young, 1803

Watercolour & gouache drawing, 29.4 x 34.1 cm. (sheet); 37.7 x 44.2 cm. (mounting page)

State Library New South Wales collection

minimalist pencil sketches of cats by Shou Xin (手訫)