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French artist Paul Sougy’s stunning mid-century scientific diagrams of plants, animals, and the human body, forgotten for decades, newly salvaged from dusty vintage textbooks and obscure French government archives. See more at the link. 

Blue-bellied parrot by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

Rock manakin by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

Crested cockatoo by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

The Splendid Parrot by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

Chameleon by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

Snake and lizard by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

Snake by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

Snake by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

Fish by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

White-jointed spider by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

Snakes by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

Ribbon lizard and broad-tailed lizard by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints. 

Fish and seahorse by the self-taught 18th-century artist Sarah Stone, who created extraordinary natural history paintings of exotic, endangered, and extinct species at a time when neither science nor art were open to women. Click through for more, and for prints.