Conference on Natural History Illustration (fwd)

["Jane P. Davidson" <jdhexen@unr.edu>]

I thought some on this list might find this conference announcement
interesting.  Jane D.

Jane P. Davidson Ph.D.  
University of Nevada Reno  
fax 702-784-6655    (Notice that the area code changes to 775 on Dec. 12,
1998)



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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 08:12:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Leslie Overstreet <LOVERSTR@sil.si.edu>
Reply-To: exlibris@library.berkeley.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <exlibris@library.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Conference on Natural History Illustration

Dear Ex-Librans,

I hope that some of you will find this enticing and that you will feel free to 
pass the message along to others who might be interested.


The SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF NATURAL HISTORY
and The NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM (LONDON)
announce a joint international conference on

"DRAWING FROM NATURE: ART & ILLUSTRATION IN THE NATURAL-HISTORY SCIENCES"

April 14-16, 1999 (with optional excursions on April 17)

at The Natural History Museum, London.

The Society for the History of Natural History draws together an international 
membership interested in the history of the natural sciences, including 
bibliographical studies of scientific and artistic publications. Its 12th 
international conference will explore the role of illustration and its 
integration with text; the relationships between authors, artists, and 
engravers; the relevance of illustration printing techniques; illustration 
forms, from the realistic to the diagrammatic; and the background and function 
of paper museums. Speakers will include Nicholas Barker (on Besler's "Hortus 
Eystettensis"), Martin Kemp (Professor of the History of Art, Oxford), and 
numerous others from England, the United States, Sweden, and Italy.

The conference fee is 90 British pounds for members of the Society, 110 for 
non-members, and includes lunches and receptions.

Accomodation is available at Imperial College, University of London, for 29.50 
British pounds per night, including full English breakfast. Deadline of Dec.31 
to be assured of a room.

For a copy of the conference brochure, with further information and a 
registration form, contact:

in North America:
Leslie K. Overstreet (Smithsonian Institution Libraries)
e-mail: loverstr@sil.si.edu
phone: (202) 357-3161

elsewhere:
Paul Cooper (The Natural History Museum, London)
e-mail: p.cooper@nhm.ac.uk
phone: 0171 938 9367

Leslie K. Overstreet
Curator of Natural History Rare Books
Special Collections Dept., NHB 51 / MRC 154
Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Washington DC 20560-0154, USA

Phone: (202) 357-3161    Fax: (202) 357-1896
E-mail:  loverstr@sil.si.edu