The Cascades and a mountain peak to hike up, if one should feel so inclined, being visible from each corner of the yard. Flowers starting to leap right out of their beds. The occasional bunny rabbit mother sneaking out from her burrow looking for lunch for her little ones, but not competing with the red robin mother in her nest outside the dining room window, what with rabbits not being that fond of earthworms and robins not caring for baby asparagus with the occasional pale pink radish on the side.
my new short fiction piece published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to read the rest,
Joining the sisters of Sigma Delta for dinner, a few of the girls being very fashion forward with the ribbons that you wore tied across the middle of your forehead. As opposed to a headband kind of thing. Very chic in the 1920s. At least one young lady has an Art Deco era feather fan. Athens College for Young Women, Athens, Alabama. Page 74 of the 1923 edition of the “Maid of Athens,” yearbook (annual) of the Athens College for Young Women (now Athens State University), Athens, Alabama. Collections of Athens State University. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/maidofathens1923athe/page/74/mode/1upProcessing under an arch of ribbons with the sisters of Phi Sigma. Athens College for Young Women, Athens, Alabama. Page 75 of the 1923 edition of the “Maid of Athens,” yearbook (annual) of the Athens College for Young Women (now Athens State University), Athens, Alabama. Collections of Athens State University. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/maidofathens1923athe/page/75/mode/1upSinging in the Club or drumming in the Orchestra. Athens College for Young Women, Athens, Alabama. Page 95 of the 1923 edition of the “Maid of Athens,” yearbook (annual) of the Athens College for Young Women (now Athens State University), Athens, Alabama. Collections of Athens State University. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/maidofathens1923athe/page/83/mode/1up
Colorado in August, and even more tourists than last time. Paying more rent than they had wanted for last summer’s A-frame, what with the new place having a bigger yard. People turning out to want to look at nature more than they want to linger over taco lunches, though. Having to sit out on the back porch staring at boulders so big that someone going for a hike can’t fit between them to get any peace and quiet, what with an endless parade of day-tripper hikers meandering down the lane out front.
my new short fiction piece published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to read the rest. The image is a 1960s Dole Pineapple advertisement.
The Californian Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus (Swains). George G. White, artist. Drawn on stone by W. E. Hitchcock. Lithograph, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Plate 2, Image 24 of John Cassin’s Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America: (Forming a Supplement to Audubon’s Birds of America) . . . American. Published in Philadelphia by J. P. Lippincott in 1856. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/10231219bsb/page/n23/mode/1upThe Massena Partridge – Cyrtonyx massena (Lesson).George G. White, artist. Drawn on stone by W. E. Hitchcock. Lithograph, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Plate 4, Image 45 of John Cassin’s Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America: (Forming a Supplement to Audubon’s Birds of America) . . . American. Published in Philadelphia by J. P. Lippincott in 1856. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/10231219bsb/page/n45/mode/1upThe White Headed Gull – Larus heermanni (Lesson). George G. White, artist. Drawn on stone by W. E. Hitchcock. Lithograph, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Plate 5, Image 58 of John Cassin’s Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America: (Forming a Supplement to Audubon’s Birds of America) . . . American. Published in Philadelphia by J. P. Lippincott in 1856. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/10231219bsb/page/n58/mode/1upGambels Partridge. Callipepla gambelii (Nutt). . George G. White, artist. Drawn on stone by W. E. Hitchcock. Lithograph, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Plate 9, Image 88 of John Cassin’s Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America: (Forming a Supplement to Audubon’s Birds of America) . . . American. Published in Philadelphia by J. P. Lippincott in 1856. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/10231219bsb/page/n89/mode/1upThe Crowned Flycatcher – Pyrocephalus rubineus (Budd). Drawn on stone by W. E. Hitchcock. Lithograph, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Plate 18, Image 88 of John Cassin’s Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America: (Forming a Supplement to Audubon’s Birds of America) . . . American. Published in Philadelphia by J. P. Lippincott in 1856. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/10231219bsb/page/n205/mode/1upThe purple throated Humming Bird – Trochulus Alexandri (Bourcier). Drawn on stone by W. E. Hitchcock. Lithograph, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Plate 22, Image 235 of John Cassin’s Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America: (Forming a Supplement to Audubon’s Birds of America) . . . American. Published in Philadelphia by J. P. Lippincott in 1856. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/10231219bsb/page/n235/mode/1upThe black throated Finch – Emberiza bilineala (Cassin). Drawn on stone by W. E. Hitchcock. Lithograph, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Plate 23, Image 250 of John Cassin’s Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America: (Forming a Supplement to Audubon’s Birds of America) . . . American. Published in Philadelphia by J. P. Lippincott in 1856. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/10231219bsb/page/n250/mode/1upThe Prince Maximilian’s Jay – Gymuokitta cyanocephala (De Wied). Drawn on stone by W. E. Hitchcock. Lithograph, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Plate 28, Image 283 of John Cassin’s Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America: (Forming a Supplement to Audubon’s Birds of America) . . . American. Published in Philadelphia by J. P. Lippincott in 1856. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/10231219bsb/page/n283/mode/1upThe American Stonechat – Saxicola aenanthoides (Vigors). Drawn on stone by W. E. Hitchcock. Lithograph, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Plate 34, Image 347 of John Cassin’s Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America: (Forming a Supplement to Audubon’s Birds of America) . . . American. Published in Philadelphia by J. P. Lippincott in 1856. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/10231219bsb/page/n347/mode/1upThe Vermillion Flycatcher – Cardellina rubra (Swainson).Drawn on stone by W. E. Hitchcock. Lithograph, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Plate 43, Image 441 of John Cassin’s Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America: (Forming a Supplement to Audubon’s Birds of America) . . . American. Published in Philadelphia by J. P. Lippincott in 1856. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/10231219bsb/page/n441/mode/1upThe short tailed Albatross – Diomedea albatrus (Temm). Drawn on stone by W. E. Hitchcock. Lithograph, printed and colored by J. T. Bowen, Philadelphia. Plate 50, Image 491 of John Cassin’s Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British, and Russian America: (Forming a Supplement to Audubon’s Birds of America) . . . American. Published in Philadelphia by J. P. Lippincott in 1856. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/10231219bsb/page/n491/mode/1up
Cape Town from the Camps Bay Road. Cape Colony (South Africa). George French Argas, artist (and author). Page 6, Image 36 of The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/6/mode/1upKarel, a Malay priest, at prayer: his wife Nazea. George French Argas, artist (and author).Plate 2, Image 25 of The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n24/mode/1upBavian’s Kloof (The Glen of Baboons, Genadendal. George French Argas, artist (and author).Image 48 of The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n48/mode/1up Umpanda, the King of the Amazulu. George French Argas, artist (and author).Image 59 of The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n59/mode/1upPanda Reviewing his Soldiers at Nonduengu.George French Argas, artist (and author).Image 63 of The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n63/mode/1upZulu Kraal on the Umgani, with Cattle and Sheep. George French Argas, artist (and author).Image 77 of The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/16/mode/1upMouth of the Umvoti River, on the Indian Ocean, Natal.George French Argas, artist (and author).Image 81 of The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n81/mode/1upSoldiers of King Panda’s Army. George French Argas, artist (and author).Image 88 of The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n88/mode/1upScene in a Zulu Kraal, with Huts and Screens. George French Argas, artist (and author).Image 91 of The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n91/mode/1upEvening Scene on the Umnonoti River. George French Argas, artist (and author).Image 94 of The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n94/mode/1upThe New Antelope from Saint Lucia Bay.George French Argas, artist (and author). Image 117 of The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n117/mode/1upNew and Remarkable Species of Lepidoptera, from Natal and the Zulu Country.George French Argas, artist (and author). Image 120 of The Kafirs illustrated in a series of drawings taken among the Amazulu, Amaponda, and Amakosa tribes : also, portraits of the … other races inhabiting southern Africa.Published in 1847 by J. Hogarth, Haymarket, London. Collections of the National History Museum Library, London. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/kafirsillustrat00anga/page/n120/mode/1up
George French Argas was an English explorer, naturalist, painter and poet. In 1846 he went to what is now South Africa, where he spent two years in Natal and the Cape. I don’t think he was one of those artists who accompanied explorers because the book these are taken is dedicated to Major-General Sir Harry Smith, Bart. G.C.B. who was Her Majesty’s High Commissioner for the Cape of Good Hope.
Also, this is more faded out than many of these and I can’t make out the names of the lithographers for the various plates. Often the lithographer (s) is listed on the title page but not here.