Fly uterus
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 study of a female fly’s uterus, with eggs, referred to in the associated text as the ‘boyau de la ponte’ [‘egg-laying gut’].
Inscribed above: ‘TAB: XXXIV.’
Inscribed below: 'M. F. Ledermuller delin. A. W. Winterschmidt sculp et execudit Nuremburg'.
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Le boyau de la ponte d'une mouche femelle’ [‘The egg-laying gut of a female fly’].
Plate 34 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: XXXIV.’
Inscribed below: 'M. F. Ledermuller delin. A. W. Winterschmidt sculp et execudit Nuremburg'.
The accompanying text is headed: ‘Le boyau de la ponte d'une mouche femelle’ [‘The egg-laying gut of a female fly’].
Plate 34 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.
Associated place