High brown fritillary
Date
1791
Creator
Johann Rudolf Schellenburg (1740 - 1806, Swiss) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
RCN 26212
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 221mm
width (print): 175mm
width (print): 175mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Entomological studies of the High brown fritillary Argynnis addipe (here styled Papilio adippe L.). Five figures showing the developmental stages (caterpillar, pupa and butterfly) with and underwing view (figure 5) of a female insect.
Plate 1 from Johann Kaspar Füssli [also spelt Fuessly], 'Archiv der insectengeschichte'…1791-1795.
Inscribed above in ink: ‘Tab: 1’; and printed below left: ‘J.R.Schellenberg del. & Sculp.’.
Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786) entomologist was the brother of the well-known artist Henry Fuseli (1745-1825), born Johann Heinrich Füssli.
Plate 1 from Johann Kaspar Füssli [also spelt Fuessly], 'Archiv der insectengeschichte'…1791-1795.
Inscribed above in ink: ‘Tab: 1’; and printed below left: ‘J.R.Schellenberg del. & Sculp.’.
Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786) entomologist was the brother of the well-known artist Henry Fuseli (1745-1825), born Johann Heinrich Füssli.