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Agrias, Drusilla, Praesos, Erasmia,Cyclosia.. Lepidoptera antique print c1860.

Agrias, Drusilla, Praesos, Erasmia,Cyclosia.. Lepidoptera antique print c1860.

by Lowry, Joseph Wilson

Spectacular antique hand-coloured engraving of Butterflies and Moths.
1. Agrias Claudia (The Annetta Amazon Butterfly (male). 2. Drusilla Mylaecha (Macgillivray's Louisiade). 3. Praesos Mariana (Marian White's Moth). 4. Erasmia pulchella (Charles Horne’s Moth). 5. Cyclosia Sanguiflua (The Painter’s Pallet). 6. Fidonia atomaria (common heath moth) 7. Adela Sultzela (fairy longhorn moth). 8. Cerostoma xylostella. (diamondback moth – now Plutella x.) 9. Crambus margaritellus (pearl-band grass veneer moth). 10. Earis clorana (cream-bordered gree pea moth).

Original hand-coloured steel engraving by J.W. Lowry from a drawing by Nathaniel J. Holms, with contemporary hand-colour, for The Museum of Natural History published c1860 by William Mackenzie of Glasgow, Edinburgh, London and New York. Joseph Wilson Lowry (1803-1879) was an English engraver who was trained by his father, engraver Wilson Lowry (1762-1824). J.W. Lowry exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1829 and 1830.

As with many early much-loved illustrations, this page is rather age-soiled. Page size is 27 x 18cm (10.5/8 x 7 inches).

Stock Number: apLowryButt10Price: $150.00

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