Fly
Date
1768
Creator
Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt (1733 - 1796, German) , Engraver
After
Martin Frobene Ledermuller (1719 - 1769, German) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
48660
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 245mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Microscopic study of a fly’s body viewed from below, showing its head (a), thorax (b), legs (c), abdomen (f) and wings (d), with details of various body parts isolated, and a detail showing the specimen at natural size (i).
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: XLII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Toute la mouche du cote de la poitrine & du ventre’ [‘Whole fly viewed from below’].
Plate 42 from Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature...by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1768).
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist was employed in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: XLII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Toute la mouche du cote de la poitrine & du ventre’ [‘Whole fly viewed from below’].
Plate 42 from Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature...by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1768).
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist was employed in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
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