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SUMMARY:'Indeed it is the thing itself': women and visual culture in the E
 arth Sciences\, 1813–1850 - Grace Exley (University of Leeds and Oxford 
 Natural History Museum)
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DESCRIPTION:The Earth Sciences are visual sciences. To reconstruct the pre
 historic Earth\, capture phenomena\, and represent the creatures whose rem
 ains they unearthed\, geologists relied on images – which were often cre
 ated by women. There exists little scholarly work on this crucial aspect o
 f 19th-century geology\, and even less on women's contributions. Yet many 
 women were accomplished scientific illustrators\, who even experimented wi
 th cutting-edge techniques like lithography. This paper addresses the lack
  of historical recognition of women's artistic roles. It recovers these wo
 men's labour\, arguing that their illustrative work not only required skil
 l and scientific knowledge\, but shaped the visual communication of geolog
 y.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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