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Thank you for citing my post. Oakes Ames is one of my favorite botanists, and his wife Blanche Ames is one of my favorite botanical illustrators. They were definitely a team and Oakes gave Blanche full credit for her contribution.

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An American Artist’s Vignettes of Rural Italian Life by Lauren Moya Ford for @hyperallergic.com hyperallergic.com/992470/ameri... #womenartists #FrancescaAlexander #artherstory

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Now posted - our list of upcoming events having to do with women artists, past and/or present: Celebrations of Women in Art during Women’s History Month and Beyond, 2025 artherstory.net/celebrations...

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Gwendolyn Knight, 1934–35, by #AugustaSavage (American, 1892-1962), who was born on Feb 29. Held in Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art; source, Artsy article, www.artsy.net/article/arts... #artherstory #womenartists

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february was such a Month that I never got round to reposting this even though it was literally LGBT+ History Month in the UK and Ireland 🤦‍♀️ if you want to hear me talk about medieval lesbian history, you can listen to this episode for free on your podcast platform of choice!

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Help: Anyone have access to this article and could share please? Thanks 🙏🏻

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Book proofs have arrived. Research assistant is helping, of course.

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Museum Exhibitions about Historic Women Artists: 2025 artherstory.net/museum-exhib...

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Masterpiece Story: Vase with Flowers by Rachel Ruysch by James W. Singer for Daily Art Magazine www.dailyartmagazine.com/painting-of-...

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Cennin Pedr a Lorwg (recto), 1960-80, by #LaurettaWilliams (British, 1910-1993). Held by Amgueddfa Parc Howard - Parc Howard Museum; source, @artukdotorg.bsky.social, artuk.org/discover/art... #artherstory #womenartists #StDavidsDay #1stMarch

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Pig, c.1850s, by #FrancescaAlexander (American, 1837-1917). Held by @wellesley.edu Special Collections. Reproduced in "The Art and Life of Francesca Alexander," by Jacqueline Marie Musacchio (@lhartbooks.bsky.social 2025), www.lundhumphries.com/products/the... #NationalPigDay #womenartists

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Berthe Morisot taught her daughter and nieces to paint, but their works are seldom seen. I would love to see this exhibition!

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Barbara Regina Dietzsch Branch of Gooseberries Blank Note Card | Art from the National Gallery of Art etsy.me/4blwWMM via @Etsy

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♟️Let's play! An investigation of #chess pieces over the ages sheds highly revealing light on the artistic & courtly values of different civilizations. THROUGH THE MIRROR OF CHESS explores the impact of chess on #art #culture #science #politics 🎬 bit.ly/3eUQIWF 🏺 🗃️ #archaeology #medievalsky

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Throughout Women's History Month get 20% off our books on Women in the Arts with code WHM25 !! www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...

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@amsterdamupress.bsky.social announces that 4 AUP titles have been selected for KU Select 2025 and will be published in #OpenAccess. Read here about the pictured volume, Performing Girls and Women, ed. Deanne Williams: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... See the full list: www.aup.nl/en/articles/...

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Catharanthus roseus L., c. 1750, by #DorotheaStormKreps (Dutch, 1734-72), who was born #otd, Feb 28. From the Moninckx Atlas, held by allardpierson.bsky.social at the University of Amsterdam, uvaerfgoed.nl/viewer/image... #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory

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New book announcement! The Art & Life of Francesca Alexander 1837-1917 By Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, @wellesley.edu www.lundhumphries.com/products/the... @lhartbooks.bsky.social 2025 This richly illustrated study provides a vivid biography of Francesca Alexander, her art & her place in history.

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Published today, on the artist's anniversary: 'The Art and Life of Francesca Alexander' by Jacqueline Musacchio is the first book to tell the compelling story of Francesca's life, set in pre-Civil War US, pre- and post-Risorgimento Italy, and Victorian England. www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...

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I was fortunate to be interviewed by the Terre Haute Tribune Star (Terre Haute, IN) and the article was published about 11 days ago (2/7). The writer, Mark Bennett, gave a nice overview of Amalia Kussner's life and details of my research. Thanks Mark!

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phihpod AK Fact of the Day: Amalia Kussner wrote an article about the Czar and Czarina of Russia, published in 1906

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As an author, it's a fun day when you learn about the 1st local bookstore that has officially ordered you book. Found this out yesterday - that the Amalia Kussner biography is on order at the Brookline Booksmith (Brookline, MA). A great community focused store & I am thrilled to be an author there.

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Aloe Africana caulescens, 1702, by #MariaMoninckx (#MariaMonnincks; Dutch, 1673 or 1676–1757), who was buried #otd, Feb 26. Held at the @uva.nl; source, Female Artists in History, www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #womenartists #artherstory #womenbotanicalartists #hernaturalhistory

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COMING IN MARCH, in perfect time for Women's History Month, are two new Illuminating Women Artists books: ⭐️ Clara Peeters by Alejandro Vergara-Sharp ⭐️ Eufrasia Burlamacchi by Loretta Vandi! Find out more and pre-order at www.lundhumphries.com Co-published in North America by Getty Publications

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Fleurs dans un vase de cristal, aquarelle et pastel, n.d., by #MarieThérèseReboulVien (French, 1738-1806), who was born #otd. Held at Musée Fabre de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, www.museefabre.fr/recherche/mu... #womensart #artherstory #MarieThérèseVien #MarieThérèseReboul #MadameVien

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Our friends at the Stationers' Company have asked us to help publicise their forthcoming annual lecture on 24 March: 'The Future of Truth: Why we should support Research in the Arts and Humanities' to be given by Dame Judith Macgregor. www.stationers.org/events/detai...

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[Publication] The book 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘌𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢, 16𝘵𝘩-18𝘵𝘩 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴: 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 by Ines G. Zupanov, published on 27 January 2025 by @amsterdamupress.bsky.social 🔗 More details: urlr.me/z38Sq4

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Giovanna Garzoni Still Life with Birds and Fruit Note Card | Art Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art etsy.me/4idKKLx via @Etsy

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On at the Farnsworth Art Museum, thru July 20 - Capturing Her Environment: Women Artists, 1870-1930 www.farnsworthmuseum.org/exhibition/c... Explores the artistic lives of 9 women artists who lived & worked in Maine in the C19th-early C20th. Pic'd: Pansies, n.d., by Anna Eliza Hardy (1839-1934)

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Registration is now open for The Female Impact symposium! Registration closes on 1 May 2025. A limited number of tickets are available, including a maximum of 20 student tickets. For full info, including the program, visit www.thefemaleimpact.org/symposium/#r...

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There is a new - very generously illustrated - guest post on the #ArtHerstory blog! Luisa Roldán: Escultora Real Review, by Olivia Turner, curatorial assistant, Meadows Museum artherstory.net/luisa-roldan... Pictured: Installation photo of St Ferdinand by Luisa Roldán

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Rachel Ruysch Flowers in a Glass Vase Note Card | Art from the Detroit Institute of Arts etsy.me/4i4UTKq via Etsy

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Portrait of a Girl (Marianna Dorothea Golicyn), 1765-1780, attr to #MarieAnneCollot (French, 1748-1821), who died #otd, Feb 24. Held at the @rijksmuseum.bsky.social, id.rijksmuseum.nl/20036182 #womenartists #womensculptors #artherstory

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Galerie Canesso announced on FB/Instagram an addition to the corpus of Josefa de Óbidos, which was briefly theirs at Galerie Canesso Paris - Still life with a basket of broad beans, foxgloves, white and red roses, daisies, butterflies and snails on a stone surface by Josefa de Óbidos (1630–1684)

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Our project blog is BACK. Our new series focuses on #EarlyModern health experiences of enslaved and free members of the African diaspora. With thanks to Lexie Cook for our first post... www.mmor.co.uk/blog/sealing...

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Ines G. Zupanov's 'Missionary Enchantment in South Asia, 16th-18th Centuries' is out now! This fascinating monograph highlights the complexities of ethical and cosmological codes in European and Indian #earlymodern cultural encounters from the 16c onward. www.aup.nl/en/book/9789... #earlymodsky

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2025 Anne Hill Blanchard Uncommon Artists Lecture Online, hosted by American Folk Art Museum www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-anne-...

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From Sat 22 Feb thru Mon 24 Feb, customers can receive 25% off their pre-order of the @lhartbooks.bsky.social book CLARA PEETERS by Alejandro Vergara-Sharp! Enter code “PREORDER25” at the checkout, exclusively via the Waterstones website, www.waterstones.com, and the Waterstones app.

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The paintings — Kneeling Girl (1955), The Craftsman (1962) and a preliminary sketch for The Craftsman — were commissioned by the Rock of Ages Corporation in Barre for advertising campaigns. They will be on display when the museum reopens to the public on May 10.

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Anne Vallayer-Coster Basket of Plums Note Card | Art from Cleveland Museum of Art etsy.me/3XbnIwS via @Etsy

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Coming up Sat, March 29 - Cathy Hall-van den Elsen delivers the @philamuseum.bsky.social's Eda G. Diskant Lecture: The Extraordinary Life of Luisa Roldán philamuseum.org/calendar/eve...

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