ca.1760-1770 (published)
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Lettered illustrations of four moths, a butterfly and a fulgoridae ('lantern fly'). Labelled below the image as: The Chinese Lantern fly Expanded; The Great Pink under Wing’d Moth; The Large Argus Butterfly; The Lesser Pink under Wing’d Moth; The Green Oak Moth; The Little Elm Tree Moth.
The image is dominated by the fulgoridae in the centre of the sheet, shown with its wings outstretched. 'The Large Argus Butterfly', 'The Lesser Pink under Wing’d Moth' and 'The Green Oak Moth' are depicted twice, once with their wings closed and again with them open (NB: the image of 'The Green Oak Moth' with its wings closed is not lettered).
The image is dominated by the fulgoridae in the centre of the sheet, shown with its wings outstretched. 'The Large Argus Butterfly', 'The Lesser Pink under Wing’d Moth' and 'The Green Oak Moth' are depicted twice, once with their wings closed and again with them open (NB: the image of 'The Green Oak Moth' with its wings closed is not lettered).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Engraving print on laid paper (with watermark) |
| Brief description | Illustrations of four moths, a butterfly and a fulgoridae ('lantern fly'). Engraving print on laid paper (with watermark). After Rosel. Engraved by 'Homerich' (probably Cornelius Heinrich Hemmerich). Published by Robert Sayer, London. ca.1760-1770. |
| Physical description | Lettered illustrations of four moths, a butterfly and a fulgoridae ('lantern fly'). Labelled below the image as: The Chinese Lantern fly Expanded; The Great Pink under Wing’d Moth; The Large Argus Butterfly; The Lesser Pink under Wing’d Moth; The Green Oak Moth; The Little Elm Tree Moth. The image is dominated by the fulgoridae in the centre of the sheet, shown with its wings outstretched. 'The Large Argus Butterfly', 'The Lesser Pink under Wing’d Moth' and 'The Green Oak Moth' are depicted twice, once with their wings closed and again with them open (NB: the image of 'The Green Oak Moth' with its wings closed is not lettered). |
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| Production | 'Rosel, del.' is lettered in the lower-left corner of the sheet. This probably refers to Franz Rösel von Rosenhof, a German landscapist and animal painter (1626-1700). 'Homerich, Sculp' is lettered in the lower-right corner of the sheet. This could refer to either: Cornelius Heinrich Hemmerich, an engraver who specialised in natural history subjects and was active in the second half of the 18th century. Johannes Augustin Rösel von Rosenhof, a German painter and printmaker (1705-1759). |
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| Accession number | 29638:226 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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