EditorialErismatura rubida, Print, The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a duck from North America and one of the stiff-tailed ducks. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek oxus, "sharp.
EditorialBust of the Reverend George Whitfield: with ruddy cheeks, prominent mole, black robes and clerical collar, Staffordshire pottery, ca. 1770, Staffordshire pearlware bust, Sheet: 12 3/4in. (32.4cm), portrait, reverend.
EditorialVincent van Gogh: The Smoker (Le Fumeur), Vincent van Gogh, 1888, Oil on canvas, During his stay in Arles, a small town in the rural south of France, Van Gogh concentrated on painting the town's inhabitants--including the local mailman (Room 2) and the...
EditorialCasarca rutila, Print, The ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), known in India as the Brahminy duck, is a member of the family Anatidae. It is a distinctive waterfowl, 58 to 70 cm (23 to 28 in) in length with a wingspan of 110 to 135 cm (43 to 53 in). ...
EditorialErismatura rubida, Print, The ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) is a duck from North America and one of the stiff-tailed ducks. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek oxus, "sharp.
EditorialCasarca rutila, Print, The ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), known in India as the Brahminy duck, is a member of the family Anatidae. It is a distinctive waterfowl, 58 to 70 cm (23 to 28 in) in length with a wingspan of 110 to 135 cm (43 to 53 in). ...
EditorialRuddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea, male. (Grey-headed duck, Anas cana.) From a specimen in the possession of Thomas Pennant. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology, B. White, London, 1776.
EditorialRuddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea, female. (Grey-headed duck, Anas cana.) From a specimen in the possession of Thomas Pennant. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations of Zoology, B. White, London, 1776.
EditorialRuddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres, and Eurasian stone curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus. Handcoloured engraving by the widow Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Charles d'Orbigny's Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle (Dictionary ...
EditorialPrecious metals including gold in ruddy quartz, gold crystal, gold tablet in quartz, lumps of gold, sylvanite, platinum and osmiridium. Chromolithograph from Dr. Aldolph Kenngott's "Mineralogy" section in Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert's "Naturgeschich...
EditorialRuddy quail-dove, Geotrygon montana, native to Central and South America. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selby's volume "Pigeons" in Sir William Jardine's "Naturalist's Library: Or...
EditorialRuddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti, native to South America. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selby's volume "Pigeons" in Sir William Jardine's "Naturalist's Library: Ornithology...
EditorialRuddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist and e...
EditorialRuddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres, and stone-curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, e...