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Art History Animalia Sep 27, 2025

For #WorldCassowaryDay :
Two #cassowaries by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎, Japan, 1760-1849)
L: c.1820-40s, drawing from Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything https://britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2020-3015-6
R: 1849, woodblock print from V3 of Hokusai Gafu https://www.catawiki.com/en/c/1261-japanese-art
#BirdsInArt #JapaneseArt

Art History Animalia Sep 26, 2025

For #WorldCassowaryDay :
Gorgeous head study of a Northern #Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus), native to New Guinea. Officially scientifically described by Edward Blyth in 1860; this image is from the Natuurkundige Commissie voor Nederlandsch-Indië archives, made between 1820-1850. Naturalis Biodiversity Center collection.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_Natuurkundige_Commissie_-_Art_by_unknown_-_Bird_species_-_MMNAT01_AF_NNM001000165.jpg

Art History Animalia Sep 26, 2024

For #WorldCassowaryDay :
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (France, 1686–1755)
Cassowary, 1745
oil on canvas, H 63.7 in (161.9 cm) x W 50.1 in (127.4 cm)
Staatliches Museum Schwerin
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Baptiste_Oudry_-_Cassowary_(1745).jpg
🆔 Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius), aka the Double-Wattled Cassowary
#BirdsInArt

File:Jean-Baptiste Oudry - Cassowary (1745).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Australian Geographic Sep 26, 2024

Happy World Cassowary Day to our feathered friends – the world’s second-biggest bird! Cassowaries can grow up to two metres tall and live for up to 30 years, although individuals have reached almost twice that age in captivity!

This World Cassowary Day, drivers are urged to be ‘cass-o-wary’ on the roads, as, over the past 12 months, there have been 21 cassowaries killed in road strikes – making road collisions the leading cause of reported cassowary deaths.

Learn more about these beautiful birds and how we can keep them safe in the wild… https://ausgeo.co/cassowary

#australia #worldcassowaryday #cassowary #bird #birds #birdlife #birding #seeaustralia #birder #birdwatching #birdphotography #dinosaur #tropical
#environment #biodiversity #ecology #nature #wildlife #travel #adventure