Capturing Nature | Early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857-1893 garden founded in 1827

founded in 1827

By: Shane Thoms

Wooden platypus earrings with sterling silver studs

Earrings Size: 25x15x10mm

Capturing Nature | Early scientific photography at the Australian Museum 1857-1893 garden founded in 1827In the mid 19th century, scientists around the world were quick to see photography's huge potential for capturing fleeting moments of life, death and discovery. At the Australian Museum, curator Gerard Krefft and taxidermist Henry Barnes began to experiment with the revolutionary new art form, preparing and staging their specimens from whales and giant sunfish to lifelike lyre bird scenes and fossils and documenting them in thousands of arresting