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

Date: 1800 - 1830

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

By: Dumenil, Pierre Chretien Romain Constant, 1779-

Reference: E-101-q-009

Description: A brown and russet-coloured moth, shown with wings spread and folded, and with an outline viewshowing spread wings Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, partly hand-coloured, on cream laid paper, 206 x 142 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; 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: 1800 - 1830

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

By: Dumenil, Pierre Chretien Romain Constant, 1779-

Reference: E-101-q-006

Description: A brown moth with yellow body, an outline side view and details of the abdomen and legs Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, partly hand-coloured, on cream laid paper, 206 x 142 mm Provenance: Collection of William Swainson

Date: 1800 - 1830

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

By: Dumenil, Pierre Chretien Romain Constant, 1779-

Reference: E-101-q-010

Description: A pale brown moth with a red and black spot on its wing tip, shown with wings spread and folded Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, partly hand-coloured, on cream laid paper, 206 x 142 mm Provenance: Collection of William Swainson

Date: 1800 - 1830

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

By: Dumenil, Pierre Chretien Romain Constant, 1779-

Reference: E-101-q-011

Description: A cream and yellow moth with black edges to its wings, shown with spread wings, and with an outline side view andanother spread wing view Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, partly hand-coloured, on cream laid paper, 206 x 142 mm Provenance: Collection of William Swainson

Date: 1800 - 1830

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

By: Dumenil, Pierre Chretien Romain Constant, 1779-

Reference: E-101-q-008

Description: A black, blue and red moth, with an outline viewof male and female with wings spread Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, partly hand-coloured, on cream laid paper, 206 x 142 mm Provenance: Collection of William Swainson

Date: 1800 - 1830

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

By: Dumenil, Pierre Chretien Romain Constant, 1779-

Reference: E-101-q-007

Description: A yellow and black-spotted moth, with an outline side view and details of the head, abdomen and legs Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, partly hand-coloured, on cream laid paper, 206 x 142 mm Provenance: Collection of William Swainson

Date: 1798

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

By: Piaggio, Domenico, -1821; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: E-101-q-012

Description: Two larger and one smaller butterfly, shown with two caterpillars and eggs laid on the underside of a leaf Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 143 x 107 mm (plate-mark) on sheet 193 x 136 mm

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