Green silver-spangled shark moth
Date
1791
Creator
Johann Rudolf Schellenburg (1740 - 1806, Swiss) , Artist
After
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743 - 1807, German) , Entomologist
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 Green silver-spangled shark, Cucullia argentea (here styled Phalaena argentea). Eight figures showing the developmental stages of egg, caterpillar, pupa and adult insect, with botanical details of wormwood.
Plate 5 from Johann Kaspar Füssli [also spelt Fuessly], 'Archiv der insectengeschichte'…1791-1795.
Inscribed in ink above: ‘tab: 5’; and printed below ‘J.F.W.Herbst. ad viv. pin: Schellenberg sculp.’.
Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786) entomologist was the brother of the well-known artist Henry Fuseli (1745-1825), born Johann Heinrich Füssli.
Plate 5 from Johann Kaspar Füssli [also spelt Fuessly], 'Archiv der insectengeschichte'…1791-1795.
Inscribed in ink above: ‘tab: 5’; and printed below ‘J.F.W.Herbst. ad viv. pin: Schellenberg sculp.’.
Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786) entomologist was the brother of the well-known artist Henry Fuseli (1745-1825), born Johann Heinrich Füssli.