Lepidoptera Phalaena. Antique engraving for George Shaw c1805
by Shaw, George
Small hand-coloured antique print of butterflies and moths.
Hand-coloured original engraving of Entomology for Zoology, or Systematic Natural History by George Shaw M.D.F.R.S. (1751-1813). Published in London circa 1805, this is from a rare series of copperplate engravings published by George Kearsley for Zoological Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution in London by George Shaw.
George Shaw co-founded the Linnaean Society in 1788 and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789. In 1791 he became assistant keeper of the Natural History Department of the British Museum and became Keeper in 1806.
The size of each image is 23 x 13 cm (9 x 5 inches).
Stock Number: apGS79Price: $35.00