Nettle-tree butterfly
Date
1792
Creator
Johann Rudolf Schellenburg (1740 - 1806, Swiss) , Artist
After
Jacob Christian Schaffer (1718 - 1790, German) , Natural historian
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 Nettle-tree butterfly, Libythea celtis (here styled Papilio celtis). Eleven figures showing showing the developmental stages of eggs, caterpillar, pupa and adult insect.
Plate 14 from Johann Kaspar Füssli [also spelt Fuessly], 'Archiv der insectengeschichte'…1791-1795.
Inscribed in ink above: ‘Taf: 14’ and printed below ‘J Schaffer del. 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 14 from Johann Kaspar Füssli [also spelt Fuessly], 'Archiv der insectengeschichte'…1791-1795.
Inscribed in ink above: ‘Taf: 14’ and printed below ‘J Schaffer del. Schellenberg sculp:’.
Johann Kaspar Füssli (1743-1786) entomologist was the brother of the well-known artist Henry Fuseli (1745-1825), born Johann Heinrich Füssli.