Caterpillar of the Death’s head hawk moth
Date
1791
Creator
S. Berg, Printmaker
After
A. W. Bertram, 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 caterpillar of the Death’s head hawk moth, Acherontia atropos (here styled Sphinx atropos). Two figures, one slightly magnified.
Plate 2 from Johann Kaspar Füssli [also spelt Fuessly], 'Archiv der insectengeschichte'…1791-1795.
Inscribed above in ink: ‘tab: 2’; and printed below ‘A.W.Bertram del. S.Berg Sc.’.
Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786) entomologist was the brother of the well-known artist Henry Fuseli (1745-1825), born Johann Heinrich Füssli.
Plate 2 from Johann Kaspar Füssli [also spelt Fuessly], 'Archiv der insectengeschichte'…1791-1795.
Inscribed above in ink: ‘tab: 2’; and printed below ‘A.W.Bertram del. S.Berg Sc.’.
Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786) entomologist was the brother of the well-known artist Henry Fuseli (1745-1825), born Johann Heinrich Füssli.