Studies of two moths
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 (top) Hyles vespertilio (here styled Sphinx vespertilio) and (bottom) the almond-tree leaf skeletonizer moth, Aglaope infausta (here styled Sphinx infausta L.). Four figures showing two paired images of insects.
Plate 4 from Johann Kaspar Füssli [also spelt Fuessly], 'Archiv der insectengeschichte'…1791-1795.
Inscribed above in ink: ‘tab:4’; and printed below: ‘J R Schellenberg del. & fec.’.
Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786) entomologist was the brother of the well-known artist Henry Fuseli (1745-1825), born Johann Heinrich Füssli.
Plate 4 from Johann Kaspar Füssli [also spelt Fuessly], 'Archiv der insectengeschichte'…1791-1795.
Inscribed above in ink: ‘tab:4’; and printed below: ‘J R Schellenberg del. & fec.’.
Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786) entomologist was the brother of the well-known artist Henry Fuseli (1745-1825), born Johann Heinrich Füssli.