Monochrome blacks and white drawing of a cassowary in side profile with head bent down to ground as if foraging; from Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything
illustration of a cassowary standing with head bent forward and looking down, mostly monochrome black and white with highlights of blue and red (pinkish) ink on bird’s head; woodblock print from Vol. 3 of Hokusai Gafu
For #WorldCassowaryDay :
Two #cassowaries by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, Japan, 1760-1849)
L: c.1820-40s, drawing from Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
R: 1849, woodblock print from V3 of Hokusai Gafu www.catawiki.com/en/c/1261-ja...
#BirdsInArt