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Pied hoverfly, Scaeva pyrastri (as Scaeva unicolor) and barren strawberry, Potentilla sterilis (as Fragaria sterilis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Curtis for his own British Entomology, being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1834. Curtis (1791 1862) was an entomologist, illustrator, engraver and publisher.
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Caption:
Pied hoverfly, Scaeva pyrastri (as Scaeva unicolor) and barren strawberry, Potentilla sterilis (as Fragaria sterilis). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Curtis for his own British Entomology, being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects found in Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1834. Curtis (1791 1862) was an entomologist, illustrator, engraver and publisher.
Credit:
Album / Florilegius
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Image size:
4293 x 7053 px | 86.6 MB
Print size:
36.3 x 59.7 cm | 14.3 x 23.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1834 • BARREN STRAWBERRY • BEETLE • BLOOM • BLOSSOM • BOTANICAL ART • BOTANICAL • BOTANY • BOTANY • BOTANY • BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY • BUG (INSECT) • BUG • CIENCIA • CITY OF LONDON • COPPERPLATE • DIAGRAM • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ENTOMOLOGIST • ENTOMOLOGY • ETCHING • FLOWER • FRAGARIA STERILIS • HANDCOLOURED • ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE GENERA OF INSECTS FOUND IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND • ILLUSTRATOR • INSECT • JOHN CURTIS • LARVA • LEAF • LEAVE • LEAVES • LEPIDOPTERA • LEPIDÓPTEROS • LONDON • PIED HOVERFLY • PLANT • PLANTA • PLANTAE • POTENTILLA STERILIS • PRINT • SCAEVA PYRASTRI • SCAEVA UNICOLOR • SCIENCE • STRAWBERRYLEAF CINQUEFOIL
