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                                 Image number: RS.9152
                             
                         
                         
                     
                 
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            Specimens of a beetle, insect and butterfly
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                                1772
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator
                            
                            
                                Moses Harris (1731 - 1792, British) , Artist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                49165
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (print): 155mm
width (print): 105mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 105mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                Pinned specimens of a beetle (coleoptera), insect (hymenoptera) and butterfly (lepidoptera). An illustration from the chapter entitled 'The methods of catching and preserving insects for collections' from The naturalist's and traveller's companion, by John Coakley Lettsom (London, 1772).
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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