Fulgora Candelaria and Fulgora maculata Lizars fine engraving c1835.

by Lizars, William Home

Planthoppers, Pyrops candelaria and Pyrops maculata antique print.

Small original steel engraving c1835 with fine contemporary hand-colour, by eminent Edinburgh engraver William Home Lizars (1788-1859) for Sir William Jardine's The Naturalist's Library edition on entomology, published in Edinburgh and London.

By leaving the background habitat uncoloured, the subject stands out beautifully on the page. W.H. Lizars mastered exceptional detail in his exquisite engravings of all kinds of fauna. They are still considered to be some of the finest small portraits ever produced.

Page size is 18 x 10cm (7 x 4 inches). Unfortunately there is a slight crease towards top right. (Priced accordingly.)