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Tag Archives: Insects
1875: An Absolute Democracy
The notion has always very generally prevailed that the queen of the bees is an absolute ruler, and issues her royal orders to willing subjects. Hence Napoleon the First sprinkled the symbolic bees over the imperial mantle that bore the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1870's, 1880's, 19th Century, Animals, Bees, Books, Democracy, France, Insects, John Burroughs, Louis Auzoux, Poltical Science, Sculpture, USA
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1865: The Master Is Dead, the Master Is Dead
A North German custom and superstition is, that if the master of the house dies, a person must go to the Beehive, knock, and repeat these words: “The master is dead, the master is dead,” else the Bees will fly … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 1860's, 19th Century, Animals, Bees, Books, France, Frank Cowan, Insects, John Levett, Lithuania, Printmaking
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1665: Fleas
Gerard ter Borch: Boy Ridding his Dog of Fleas (1665)
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Tagged 17th Century, Animals, Art, Children, Dogs, Fleas, Gerard ter Borch, Insects, Netherlands, Painting
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1914: The Rothschilds’ Fleas
Although he may not have paid £1,000 for a flea in 1914 (about $135,000 today), the banker Charles Rothschild was in fact a respected entomologist and an avid collector of fleas. He acquired some 260,000 specimens, including about 500 new … Continue reading
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Tagged 1910's, 20th Century, Animals, Charles Rothschild, Fleas, Great Britain, Insects, Miriam Rothschild
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1864: Blue Morpho
Martin Johnson Heade: Blue Morpho Butterfly (c. 1864)
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Tagged 1860's, 19th Century, Animals, Art, Butterflies, Insects, Martin Johnson Heade, Painting, USA
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17th Century: Akitsu
17th century dragonfly-shaped samurai helmet (source) “In Japan, the dragonfly symbolizes focused endeavor and vigilance because of its manner of moving up, down, and sideways while continuing to face forward. Ancient texts refer to Japan as Akitsushima (Island of the … Continue reading
1885: Explain Yourself!
Unattributed frontispiece for an 1885 edition of Alice’s adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass (source) —from the University of Florida’s “Afterlife of Alice” collection, part of the extensive Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (here). The Caterpillar and Alice … Continue reading
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Tagged 1880's, 19th Century, Alice, Animals, Art, Books, Caterpillars, Children, Drawing, Illustration, Insects, Lewis Carroll
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