IMAGE
[Abbot, John] 1751-1840 :[Purple and green moth. ca 1830]
- Date
- 1825 - 1835
- By
- Abbot, John, 1751-1840
- Reference
- E-265-q-094
- Description
The front wings are pale pinkish purple, with a larger olive green `patch' of a triangular shape edged in white, on each front wing. Nearer the edge of the front wings are two spots of a darker shade of purple. Wingspan is 30 mm. 12 mm scale above the moth.
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 100 x 105 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :[Entomological drawings and plates, all collected and many drawn by William Swainson, with some drawn by John Abbot of Georgia]. 1806, 1807, 1831. / [Swainson, William] 1789-1855 :[Entomological drawings and plates, all collected and many drawn by William Swainson, with some drawn by John Abbot of Georgia]. 1806, 1807, 1831.
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Scientific illustrations, Watercolour, 100 x 105 mm
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