Broom 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 the Broom moth, Ceramica pisi (here styled Phalaena spartiata). Six figures showing the developmental stages of caterpillar, pupa and adult moth, with botanical details of broom in flower.
Plate 11 from Johann Kaspar Füssli [also spelt Fuessly], 'Archiv der insectengeschichte'…1791-1795.
Inscribed in ink above: ‘tab: 11’; and printed below ‘J.F.W.Herbst. ad viv. pinx: R 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 11 from Johann Kaspar Füssli [also spelt Fuessly], 'Archiv der insectengeschichte'…1791-1795.
Inscribed in ink above: ‘tab: 11’; and printed below ‘J.F.W.Herbst. ad viv. pinx: R Schellenberg sculp.’.
Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786) entomologist was the brother of the well-known artist Henry Fuseli (1745-1825), born Johann Heinrich Füssli.