The remarkable Ellis Rowan was born #OTD (30 Jul 1848 – 4 Oct 1922). #DTK she traveled to New Guinea in 1916-7 (when she was almost 70!) and with help from Indigenous Papuans was able to find and paint most of the known species of Birds of Paradise?
See the collection here via the National Library of Australia:
https://nla.gov.au/whats/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/birds-paradise-ellis-rowan-new-guinea
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Princess Stephanie's Bird of Paradise (Astrapia stephaniae), 1917. Watercolor painting by Ellis Rowan, born #OTD (30 Jul 1848 - 4 Oct 1922).
National Library of Australia via Trove: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138745669/view