Schellenberg, Johann Rudolph, 1740-1806

Date: 1785-1810

By: Schellenberg, Johann Rudolph, 1740-1806; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: E-101-q

Description: Includes work by Schellenberg and Poey. Quantity: 10 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings and hand-coloured lithographs, various sizes in blue pamphlet case Provenance: Collection of William Swainson. Passed to Walter Mantell and to his son Godfrey Mantell.

Date: 1785 - 1795

From: Various Artists: [Miscellaneous collection of lithographs and engravings showing the metamorphosis of moths, ca 1800]

By: Schellenberg, Johann Rudolph, 1740-1806; Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Herbst, Paul Franz W, 1751-1825

Reference: E-101-q-005

Description: A green, grey and white moth, shown with its egg, pupa and caterpillar size, both actual size and enlarged. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, on cream laid paper, 154 x 139 mm Provenance: Collection of William Swainson

Date: 1785

From: Various Artists: [Miscellaneous collection of lithographs and engravings showing the metamorphosis of moths, ca 1800]

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

Date: 1785 - 1795

From: Various Artists: [Miscellaneous collection of lithographs and engravings showing the metamorphosis of moths, ca 1800]

By: Schellenberg, Johann Rudolph, 1740-1806; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: E-101-q-001

Description: Two moths, with pupa, and caterpillar stages shown on or near a twig in leaf. The upper left moth (dark brown with black markings, and two orange wings) is the sphinx moth. Illustration from an unknown publication. Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999. Other Titles - Night-flyers of the first family of the first group Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, on cream laid paper, 190 x 141 mm Provenance: Collection of William Swainson

Date: 1785

From: Various Artists: [Miscellaneous collection of lithographs and engravings showing the metamorphosis of moths, ca 1800]

By: Füssli, Johann Caspar, 1743-1786; Schellenberg, Johann Rudolph, 1740-1806; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: E-101-q-003

Description: Hand-coloured plate by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, from 'Archiv der Insectengeschichte', edited by Johann Caspar Fuessli, published by the editor in Zurich and Heinrich Steiner in Winterthur, 1785. Originally published as Plate 33, with Figures 1 to 5, to accompany section with the title 'Beytrag zu der Geschichte des Sphinx Koechlini', by Johann Caspar Fueßly [Fuessli], pages 15-17, in "Sechster [sic] Heft" - part 6. Plate depicts four caterpillars and one pupa, including a caterpillar eating the leaf of a grape vine. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, on cream laid paper, 124 x 141 mm. Provenance: Collection of William Swainson.

Date: 1785 - 1795

From: Various Artists: [Miscellaneous collection of lithographs and engravings showing the metamorphosis of moths, ca 1800]

By: Schellenberg, Johann Rudolph, 1740-1806; Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: E-101-q-002

Description: Two fawn and brown moths, with pupa, and caterpillar stages shown on or near a twig in leaf. Illustration from an unknown publication. Exhibited in 'Wild Things: Botanical and Zoological Art from the Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibition, National Library Gallery, 22 November 1998 - 21 March 1999. Other Titles - Night-flyers of the second family of the second group Extended Title - From: Sepp, J. C. Beschouwing der wonderen Gods [View of God's wonders]. Amsterdam, 1762-1860. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, on cream laid paper, 190 x 141 mm Provenance: Collection of William Swainson