print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1882,0311.5687
- Description
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Moth flying to right towards a flower, caterpillar on stalk at lower right; pupa at lower left; section of stalk with one flower at top right; flowering stalk in forergound at centre; illustration to George Riley's 'The Beauties of the Creation', in 'Riley's Pocket Library' (London: 1790, Vol II, p.29); proof.
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1790
- Dimensions
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Height: 57 millimetres (image)
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Width: 68 millimetres (image)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From a volume bound in red tooled leather with gold decorative border, lettered on the spine with 'Woodcuts. / Vol.II / By Bewick.' and on the inside with 'T. W. Waters Binder.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: The Beauties of the Creation
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Associated Title: Riley's Historical Pocket Library
- Acquisition date
- 1882
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1882,0311.5687
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1983,U.2478
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Miscellaneous number: I.B. 1072