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William Frederick Lamb was born on November 21, 1883, in Brooklyn. His father, William Lamb, was a widely known building contractor in Brooklyn and was originally from Glasgow , Scotland . His mother, Mary Louise Lamb ( née Wurster ), was the sister of Frederick W. Wurster , the last mayor of Brooklyn before it was consolidated with New York ...
The William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings consists of 477 watercolour botanical drawings of plants and animals of Malacca and Singapore by unknown Chinese (probably Cantonese) artists that were commissioned between 1819 and 1823 by William Farquhar (26 February 1774 – 13 May 1839). The paintings were meant to be of ...
William Lamb RSA (1 June 1893 – 12 January 1951) was a British sculptor and artist. He was a survivor of the " lost generation " who came of age in 1914, and was scarred, both mentally and physically, by the First World War .
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; William Lamb (sculptor) (1893–1951), Scottish artist; William Lamb (Confederate States Army officer) (1835–1909) William Lamb alias Paniter (died 1550), Scottish author; William F. Lamb (1883–1952), principal designer of the Empire State Building
The art of the Middle Ages was mainly religious, reflecting the relationship between God and man, created in His image. The animal often appears confronted or dominated by man, but a second current of thought stemming from Saint Paul and Aristotle, which developed from the 12th century onwards, includes animals and humans in the same community of living creatures.
Burchell's extensive African collections included plants, animal skins, skeletons, insects, seeds, bulbs and fish. After his death, his plant specimens, drawings and manuscripts, both South African and Brazilian, were presented by his sister, Anna Burchell, to Kew Gardens and the insects to Oxford University Museum. He is known for the copious ...
All of the plants Lewis collected in the first months of the Expedition were cached near the Missouri River to be retrieved on the return journey. The cache was completely destroyed by Missouri flood waters. Other collections were lost in varying ways, and we now have only 237 plants Lewis collected, 226 of which are in the Philadelphia ...
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