This illustration, created in 1931 by Madeleine Huau, depicts bean seeds affected by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum, a parasitic fungus responsible for anthracnose. Precise and detailed, it demonstrates the essential role of scientific drawing at a time when color photography was not yet used to document plant diseases. A document that is both aesthetic and valuable for the history of agricultural research.
In an era when the science of winemaking was advancing, this advertisement for precision scales and weights, taken from the book "Wines, ordinary wines, sparkling wines, sweet wines, and liqueur wines " (U. Guyon & J. Laborde, 1912), demonstrates the importance of precision in winemaking. A reminder that behind every great wine lies exact measurement... and a touch of mystery.
Queen, drone, worker: under the precise stroke of an early 20th-century drawing, our current favorite illustrates the anatomy of bees in all its complexity. A valuable educational tool for understanding the morphological and functional differences that structure the life of the hive.
