1,300 Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century Now Restored

Direct link to the library instead of the blog: https://www.c82.net/naturalists-library/

Colors appear to be added by the restoration process. This kills originality of the works. I would prefer to see an artwork as it was created, not "enhanced" in anyway.

I'm assuming it is quite nice, but terrible adverts popping up all over the place and distracting from the overall experience, so I only skimmed through it before I closed the window (on a work computer hence no adblock!)

Here's something similar from The Guardian, but without the ads:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/18/natural-...

Source posted some days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48850978 and blog https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48850987

Slightly off topic, anyone know of any good dinosaur illustration, ideally a large collection?

Unclear from the text: Was AI used in modifying or filling any images in the restoration process?

Can someone build a classifier that will tell is which of these images was drawn with a living, dead, or (charitably) dissected specimen?

wow beautiful!

Remember when it was totally controversial that Ted Turner intended to colorize classic films such as Casablanca, and how technology was going to ruin artistry in this way? Good times.

Soon to be ingested for AI training.

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