Insect Plates

The trees were often sawed into logs and planks on site to avoid the transport of unprofitable dead weight, dangerous insects and snakes. This plate, depicting the Dutch East Indies,...

The sheet is plate 81 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

The sheet is plate 93 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

The sheet is plate 87 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

The sheet is plate 95 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

The sheet is plate 96 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

The sheet is plate 92 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

The sheet is plate 98 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

Natural history illustration of this kind gave the potteries a new repertory of ornament, and on these plates the birds, insect and plant sprigs are scattered asymmetrically across a...

The sheet is plate 89 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

The sheet is plate 80 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

The sheet is plate 86 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

The sheet is plate 90 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

The sheet is plate 94 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

The sheet is plate 72 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

The sheet is plate 97 of Eleazar Albin's A Natural History of English Insects, published in London in 1720.

This plate is well potted with a recessed rim. The pattern is transfer printed under-glaze in cobalt blue, then carefully hand painted in bold coloured enamels over-glaze in Gilt ...

French, 19th century; in Sevres porcelain; polychrome and gilded decoration of flowers, birds and insects; composed of: 14 dinner plates; 8 soup plates; 9 dessert plates; 2 footed fr...

This sheet comes from Vienna volume XV, which places it circa 1813 to 1818. A plate like this suits a study, a library or a collection of early natural history, and it hangs well in...

The plate is headed “Insekten XLIX / Insecta XLIX / Insectes XLIX” and is historically described as: “Verschiedene Einheimische Grillen-Arten” – Various Native Species of Crickets.

Set of Three Antique Butterfly and Moth Prints by Bertuch, c. 1800 Set of three original antique hand-colored copper engravings depicting spectacular butterflies and moths together ...

A tiny fly in a circle gives the natural size; above it the insect is seen from below with its red eyes and folded legs, and from above with a green banded abdomen, while a single le...

In the Bilderbuch spiders, scorpions and mites were still classed among the insects, hence the heading. The heading reads Insecten XCI and Insectes XCI, the later plates of the seri...

This antique insect print shows the walking leaf, the Chinese lantern fly and the small European lantern fly, on an original hand coloured plate from the Vienna edition of Bertuch's ...

Schmuzer Source: Bilderbuch für Kinder Plate: Insecten XXVI / Insectes XXVI Place of Publication: Weimar, Germany Date of Manufacture: Circa 1800 Period: Early 19th Century Sty...

This sheet comes from Vienna volume XVIII, which places it circa 1813 to 1818. A plate like this suits a study, a library or a collection of early natural history, and it hangs well...

This sheet comes from Vienna volume X, which places it circa 1801 to 1807. A plate like this suits a study, a library or a collection of early natural history, and it hangs well in ...

Original Antique Print of Three Moths and Metamorphosis by Bertuch, c. 1800 Original antique hand-colored copper engraving depicting three species of moths together with their cater...

Alongside the adult butterflies, Bertuch illustrates their caterpillars and pupae, demonstrating the remarkable process of insect metamorphosis. This combination of scientific observ...

This sheet comes from Vienna volume XVIII, which places it circa 1813 to 1818. A plate like this suits a study, a library or a collection of early natural history, and it hangs well...

This sheet comes from Vienna volume XVIII, which places it circa 1813 to 1818. A plate like this suits a study, a library or a collection of early natural history, and it hangs well...

Its hundreds of engraved and hand-colored plates introduced readers to animals, birds, insects, plants, marine life, geography, science, technology, antiquity and cultures from aroun...

Original Antique Print of Swallowtail and Painted Lady Butterflies by Bertuch, c. 1800 Original antique hand-colored copper engraving depicting three colorful butterflies together w...

Schmuzer Source: Bilderbuch für Kinder Plate: Insecten XXVIII / Insectes XXVIII Place of Publication: Weimar, Germany Date of Manufacture: Circa 1800 Period: Early 19th Century ...

Framed images or interior views, if shown, are for presentation and inspiration only. Other companion insect, arachnid and natural-history plates from Bertuch’s “Bilderbuch für Kind...

Creator: Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747–1822) Source: Bilderbuch für Kinder Plate: Insecten XXX / Insectes XXX Place of Publication: Weimar, Germany Date of Manufacture: Circa 18...

Albin’s work is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential illustrated studies of British insects. His plates combine careful scientific observation with refined decorative...

Beneath them, a robust caterpillar and its chrysalis are shown resting on a simplified ground surface. The emphasis on the insect anatomy and wing patterning gives this plate a stron...

Early English Moths – Death’s-Head Hawk, Elephant Hawk, Albin 1720 This original early 18th-century set of four hand-colored engraved plates comes from A Natural History of English ...

Albin’s practice of illustrating insects in direct relation to their host plants was innovative for its time and places this work among the earliest systematic studies of English ins...

Antique English Moths with Garden Flowers – Hand-Colored Entomology Engravings 1720 This set of two original hand-colored copper engravings was produced by Eleazar Albin for his cel...

This series forms the concluding chapter of the historic Sepp tradition in Dutch entomological illustration, a project that began in 1728 and set European standards for scientific in...

Title: Antique English Moths and Caterpillars on Hedgerow Plants – Albin 1720 Description: This set of two original hand-colored copper engravings was published in London in 1720 as...

Title: Antique English Moths and Caterpillars on Grass and Flowering Plants – Albin 1720 Description: This set of two original hand-colored copper engravings was issued in London in...

Decorated with cast iron alloy plates with insects. In the style of Domnique - Paris.

Decorated with cast iron alloy plates with insects. Work in the style of Dominique from Paris.

categories : Color photography, 20th. century, Archival pigment print, Still life, Insect, Nature, Dragonfly, Silver plate, large scale, Oversize

Artists and Engravers: L'Admiral (Amsterdam, 1700-1770) studied the life-cycle and metamorphosis of a number of species of butterflies, moths and other insects and most plates show t...

categories : Color photography, 20th. century, Archival pigment print, Still life, Insect, Nature, Dragonfly, Silver plate, large scale, Oversize