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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Artist: Jacob L'Admiral
Group of Six Insects
By Jacob L'Admiral
Located in London, GB
L’ADMIRAL, Jacob.
Group of Six Insects.
Johannes Sluyter [Amsterdam 1774].
Group of six insects, copper engraved plates with fine original colour, showing the metamorphosis of bu...
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1770s Naturalistic Jacob L'Admiral Art
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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving
Group of Six Insects.
By Jacob L'Admiral
Located in London, GB
L’ADMIRAL, Jacob.
Group of Six Insects.
[Amsterdam, Johannes Sluyter, 1774].
Group of six copper engravings with fine original colour, showing the metamorphosis of butterflies, m...
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1770s Naturalistic Jacob L'Admiral Art
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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving
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