Today I've been browsing a wonderful picture archive called Wellcome Images, for work purposes, but as it turned out as much for my personal enjoyment. I just had to share some favorites here, all the picture credits are copied from the website.
Painting of a peacock in the meticulous "gongbi" style, in colour on silk, from "Bencao tupu" (Illustrated Herbal). The painted illustrations in "Bencao tupu" were jointly executed by Zhou Hu and Zhou Xi in 1644 (the final year of the Ming period). Wellcome Library, London.
A Chinese peacock pheasant sitting on a flowery shrub. Coloured etching. Printed for J. Hinton.Wellcome Library, London.
Painting of an owl in the meticulous "gongbi" style, in colour on silk, from "Bencao tupu" (Illustrated Herbal). The painted illustrations in "Bencao tupu" were jointly executed by Zhou Hu and Zhou Xi in 1644 (the final year of the Ming period). Wellcome Library, London.
A tonga bat is shown surrounded by the heads, skulls and teeths of different specimen of the family of bats. Coloured etching by S. Milne and Turvey. Wellcome Library, London.
The snowy owl (Nyctea scandiaca). Coloured engraving by Whimper. Wellcome Library, London.
Painting of the Siberian white crane "baihe" in the meticulous "gongbi" style, in colour on silk, from "Bencao tupu" (Illustrated Herbal). The painted illustrations in "Bencao tupu" were jointly executed by Zhou Hu and Zhou Xi in 1644 (the final year of the Ming period). Wellcome Library, London.
A Chinese woman picking tea leaves. Wood-engraving, 1857, after a pen and ink drawing.
Wellcome Library, London.
A Chinese young woman advertising Chinese "Peacock" brand tea. Colour lithograph, ca. 1900. Wellcome Library, London.
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