Illustrations in Part 2

The English Love Affair with Nature

(Table of Contents – Illustrations)

2.1 Birch Woodwart
2.1 Birch Woodwart. Ian Alexander
2.1 Separating Paint
2.1 Separating Paint. Ian Alexander
Crossbill. Matthew Paris, 1251
(2.2) Crossbill. Matthew Paris, 1251
(2.2) Hyena in the Aberdeen Bestiary
(2.2) Hyena in the Aberdeen Bestiary
(2.2) Bittersweet (Amara dulcis) from William Turner's New Herball (1551-1568)
(2.2) Bittersweet (Amara dulcis) from William Turner’s New Herball (1551-1568)
Fritillaries in John Gerard's 1633 Herball
(2.2) Fritillaries in John Gerard’s 1633 Herball
2.3 Snail Tracks. Ian Alexander
2.3 Snail Tracks. Ian Alexander
2.3 Ichneumon Fly. Ian Alexander
2.3 Ichneumon Fly. Ian Alexander
2.4 Apian's Universe, 1524
2.4 Peter Apian’s Universe, 1524
Kepler's Ellipse, in his Astronomia Nova, 1609, implied laws of planetary motion
(2.4) Kepler’s Ellipse, in his Astronomia Nova, 1609, implied laws of planetary motion
(2.4) Movement in the heavens: Galileo's 'Medicean Stars' (moons of Jupiter). Sidereus Nuncius, 1610
(2.4) Movement in the heavens: Galileo’s ‘Medicean Stars’ (moons of Jupiter). Sidereus Nuncius, 1610
Ferrante Imperato's Wunderkammer, 1599
(2.5) Ferrante Imperato’s Wunderkammer, 1599
The Hunterian Museum by T.H. Shepherd, c.1842
(2.5) The Hunterian Museum by T.H. Shepherd, c.1842
2.6 Chiswick House. Ian Alexander
2.6 Chiswick House. Ian Alexander
(2.6) Bluebell woods in a 'neatly laid out English countryside'
(2.6) Bluebell woods, part of the ‘neatly laid out English countryside’
(2.6) The Picturesque, as defined by William Gilpin on Tintern Abbey
(2.6) The Picturesque, as defined by William Gilpin on Tintern Abbey
(2.6) The Romantic: Caspar David Friedrich's Wanderer above the sea of fog
(2.6) The Romantic: Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer above the sea of fog
(2.7) Robinson Thwaites's Vulcan Iron Works, Bradford, 1858
(2.7) Robinson Thwaites’s Vulcan Iron Works, Bradford, 1858

The English seem unemotional … except for their passion for nature