Tag Archives: Butterflies

1832: The Destructive Sphinx

Posted on August 22, 2020 by corvusfugit

Illustrations from The Book of Butterflies, Sphinxes and Moths; illustrated by one hundred and forty-four engravings, coloured after nature; in three volumes (Thomas Brown, 1832-4)                  

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1947: Iridescence

Posted on September 12, 2019 by corvusfugit

Andrey Avinoff: Iridescence (1925-1947) The entomologist Andrey Avinoff emigrated from Russia to the USA after the revolution and worked at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History for 20 years, eventually becoming its director. He turned to painting only later in … Continue reading →

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1864: Blue Morpho

Posted on August 24, 2017 by corvusfugit

Martin Johnson Heade: Blue Morpho Butterfly (c. 1864)

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