‘Mimicry in insects’
Date
c.1896
Creator - Organisation
Frederick Warne & Company, Publisher
After
H Morin, Artist
Object type
Library reference
51310
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Composite study of twenty-seven camouflaged insects in a woodland scene that includes a cowslip (Primula veris). The insects include several butterflies and moths from different regions of the world, notably the Green hairstreak butterfly (Callophrys rubi), the dead leaf butterfly (Kallima inachus) and the buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala).
Plate facing p.10 in the book The royal natural history edited by Richard Lydekker...vol.6 (Frederick Warne, London 1896).
The plate has a tissue overlay to identify each insect with numbered captions. Signed lower left: ‘H Morin’. Title appears below the image: ‘MIMICRY IN INSECTS’.
Richard Lydekker (1849-1915) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1894.
Plate facing p.10 in the book The royal natural history edited by Richard Lydekker...vol.6 (Frederick Warne, London 1896).
The plate has a tissue overlay to identify each insect with numbered captions. Signed lower left: ‘H Morin’. Title appears below the image: ‘MIMICRY IN INSECTS’.
Richard Lydekker (1849-1915) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1894.
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