Chrysalis
Date
1768
Creator
Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt (1733 - 1796, German) , Engraver
After
Martin Frobene Ledermuller (1719 - 1769, German) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
48660
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 245mm
width (print): 195mm
width (print): 195mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Microscopic studies of the breakdown of a caterpillar in a chrysalis during metamorphosis.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: XXVII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Une des plus belles Chenilles, sa metamorphose & quelques parties de son papillon’ [‘A beautiful caterpillar, its metamorphosis and parts of its butterfly’].
The author writes: ‘En examinant par la loupe la chrysalide b. c. je decouvris deja plusieurs objets remarquables. Sa tete se presenta d'abord a moi entierement composee de vaisseaux a humeurs de couleur rouge brun f. […]’ [‘By examining the chrysalis b. c. through a magnifying glass, I discovered several remarkable objects. Its head first presented itself to me, entirely composed of red-brown humour vessels f. […]’
Plate 27 from Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature...by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1768).
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist was employed in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: XXVII.’
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Une des plus belles Chenilles, sa metamorphose & quelques parties de son papillon’ [‘A beautiful caterpillar, its metamorphosis and parts of its butterfly’].
The author writes: ‘En examinant par la loupe la chrysalide b. c. je decouvris deja plusieurs objets remarquables. Sa tete se presenta d'abord a moi entierement composee de vaisseaux a humeurs de couleur rouge brun f. […]’ [‘By examining the chrysalis b. c. through a magnifying glass, I discovered several remarkable objects. Its head first presented itself to me, entirely composed of red-brown humour vessels f. […]’
Plate 27 from Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature...by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1768).
Martin Frobene [Frobenius] Ledermuller (1719-1769) German naturalist was employed in various capacities as a notary, turning to microscope studies after an illness induced temporary deafness.
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