Juvenile Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), 1820. John James Audubon
- Pastel, watercolor, graphite, black ink, and black chalk with touches of gouache on two sheets of paper, laid on card; 18 11/16 x 18 5/16 in. Courtesy of the New York Historical Society.
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Just a horribly confused, pickelhaube-wearing dachshund I came across in a World War I documentary.
ohhhh my gosh amazing
Emily Sutton
did anyone else ever read owl in love? that was one of my favorite books when i was growing up…
A Stroll through the Park (by Scott Cromwell)
Fairy Forest at Sunset (1906) by Ivan Bilibin
ivan bilibin: genius of illustration




[Self-portraits by Carrie Mae Weems, Käthe Kollwitz, Judy Baca, and Frida Kahlo, text “Never apologize for selfies”]
Wanted to get modern women artists and some WOC up in this one. If you reblog it would be cool if you kept the part in the brackets so these artists, two of whom are still working, will get credit—this conversational part below is nbd.
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