IMAGE
Abbot, John, 1751-1840 :Great tobacco sphinx [ca. 1818]
- Date
- 1816 - 1818
- Reference
- E-272-f-030
- Description
Shows the great tobacco sphynx moth. According to the artist's notes `Feeds on the Night shade, prickly nightshades, tobacco and Irish potato. The moth flies in the evening and sucks the blossoms of gourds, cotton etc and is not common'.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour on cream wove paper 342 x 248 mm
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Abbot, John 1751-1840 :Original drawings of insects by J Abott. [1816?] / Abbot, John 1751-1840 :Original drawings of insects by J Abott. [1816?]
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Scientific illustrations, Watercolour on cream wove paper 342 x 248 mm, Orientation: Vertical image, Watermark: T G & Co
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