BRITISH, 19TH Century. [Insect Studies]. Ca. 1820 08_07_23 over twenty-five years before this

over twenty-five years before this oil was commissioned

Amsterdam: 1650

Pervviae avriferæ regionis typvs

based on Coronelli

BRITISH, 19TH Century. [Insect Studies]. Ca. 1820 08_07_23 over twenty-five years before thisBRITISH, 19TH CENTURY [Insect Studies] ca. 1820 Watercolor on paper 12 x 9 1 2" framed This finely detailed early nineteenth century watercolor presents a vivid study of an insect resting upon a broad green leaf, rendered with the clarity and precision characteristic of British natural history art in the decades around 1820. The artist captures the delicate mottling of the insects wings and the sculptural curl of the leaf with disciplined brushwork,