Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9152
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Specimens of a beetle, insect and butterfly
Date
1772
Creator
Moses Harris (1731 - 1792, British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
49165
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 155mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
Subject
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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