Images Dated 17th February 2009

The House, Dyffryn

Watercolour on board of a scene at Dyffryn House, South Wales by Edith Helena Adie. Adie was born in London and studied at the Slade School of Art and the Royal Academy. She was a member of the New Watercolour Society specialising in landscapes and garden views. Adie also lived and painted in Bordighera, Italy. Her paintings of the gardens at Dyffryn House designed by Thomas Mawson in 1906, were commissioned by the owner Reginald Cory (1871-1934) a passionate gardener and benefactor to horticultural causes. This painting is dated August 24th 1923

Schematic view of the Stourbridge Lion, the first commercial locomotive in North America, imported from England by the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company in 1829 for use in northeastern Pennsylvania. Line engraving, American, 1830

THE STOURBRIDGE LION, 1829.
Schematic view of the Stourbridge Lion, the first commercial locomotive in North America, imported from England by the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company in 1829 for use in northeastern Pennsylvania. Line engraving, American, 1830

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Golf-ball sized Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) waits to ambush prey disguised

Golf-ball sized Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) waits to ambush prey disguised as an orange sponge. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea

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