Lithograph
1896 (printed)
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Lithograph featuring 11 microscope studies of parts and states of privet hawk moth. Top row: "A": caterpillar on leaf and another leaf attached beneath with three small eggs (different magnification). "B": pupa. "C": dorsal, life size view of adult moth. Middle row: "D": "x 20" tip of male antenna. "E": "x 20" part of female antenna. "F": tarsal segments and claw of leg. Bottom row: "G": "x 50" magnification of wing-scales as seen through microscope lens. "H": "x 600" part of eye (grid of hexagons). "I": "x 5" head showing proboscis and antenna. "K": "x 600" enlarged portion of one wing-scale. "L": "x 50" magnification of wing-scales in oval as in "G".
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lithograph, printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Lithograph of a privet hawk moth (Sphinx ligustri), lithography, designed by Beatrix Potter and printed by West, Newman & Co., London, probably 1896, Linder Collection object no. LC.17.A.1, catalogue no. 3.79 |
| Physical description | Lithograph featuring 11 microscope studies of parts and states of privet hawk moth. Top row: "A": caterpillar on leaf and another leaf attached beneath with three small eggs (different magnification). "B": pupa. "C": dorsal, life size view of adult moth. Middle row: "D": "x 20" tip of male antenna. "E": "x 20" part of female antenna. "F": tarsal segments and claw of leg. Bottom row: "G": "x 50" magnification of wing-scales as seen through microscope lens. "H": "x 600" part of eye (grid of hexagons). "I": "x 5" head showing proboscis and antenna. "K": "x 600" enlarged portion of one wing-scale. "L": "x 50" magnification of wing-scales in oval as in "G". |
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| Production type | small batch |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'H.B. Potter ad nat.del' 'SPHRINX LIGUSTRI./Copyright.' 'West, Newman imp.' (Printed on bottom left, centre and right respectively.) |
| Credit line | Given by the Linder Collection |
| Object history | Given by Leslie Linder (1904-1973) to the National Book League (now the Book Trust) in 1970 as part of a representative selection of Beatrix Potter's work. This selection, comprising 279 drawings and 38 early editions and now known as the Linder Collection, was formerly on long-term loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1989 and 2019 form the charitable trust, The Linder Trust. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Hobbs, Anne Stevenson (compiler). The Linder Collection of the works and drawings of Beatrix Potter: catalogue of works on paper. London: The Trustees of the Linder Collection, 1996 (1999 reprint).
p.29, cat. no.3.79 |
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| Library number | LC 17/A/1 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2013 |
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