A history of illustration, 
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Book cover of 'The Bird: The Great Age of Avian Illustration' by Philip Kennedy. The cover features an illustration of a Great Blue Heron by John James Audubon. The heron is depicted standing gracefully with its neck curved, in a detailed and realistic style, against a backdrop of lush greenery.

From the writer of Illustration Chronicles:

Discover the great age of avian illustration in The Bird (2021). Written by Illustration Chronicles creator Philip Kennedy and published by Laurence King, this book celebrates the splendid world of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ornithological illustration

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Illustration Chronicles explores a history of illustration through ongoing essays exploring the pictures, people and moments that shaped how we see the world

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Tracing a history of illustration through the pictures, people and moments that shaped how we see the world.

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