Schellenberg, Johann Rudolph, 1740-1806: Bombyx Taraxaci [Lemonia taraxaci (Autumn silkworm moth)]

Schellenberg, Johann Rudolph, 1740-1806: Bombyx Taraxaci [Lemonia taraxaci (Autumn silkworm moth)]
Date
1785
By
Füssli, Johann Caspar, 1743-1786; Schellenberg, Johann Rudolph, 1740-1806; Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference
E-101-q-004
Description

Hand-coloured plate by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, illustrating Autumn Silkworm Moth (Lemonia taraxaci) caterpillar, pupa, and moths, in five figures.

Originally published as Tafel 34 [Plate 34], with figures 1-5, in 'Archiv der Insectengeschichte' by Johann Caspar Füssli, to illustrate the entry with the title 'Beytrag zu der Naturgeschichte der Phal[aenidae] Bombyx Taraxaci', in Sechster [sic] Heft [part 6], pages 19-21. Published in Zurich, 1785.

Artist imprint "Schellenberg fec" in lower right corner.

Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999.

Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).

Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, on cream laid paper, 169 x 102 mm.

Provenance: Collection of William Swainson

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Various Artists: [Miscellaneous collection of lithographs and engravings showing the metamorphosis of moths, ca 1800]
Format
1 colour art print(s), Lithographs, Scientific illustrations, Works of art, Lithograph, hand-coloured, on cream laid paper, 169 x 102 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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