Beetles, Larva, Pupa. Scarabaeus Cockchaffer. Shaw's Natural History c1805

by Shaw, George

Entomology Antique Print. "Zoology, or Systematic Natural History" by George Shaw M.D.F.R.S. (1751-1813). 

Scarabeus Plate 3, copperplate engraving by the eminent scientific illustrator, Mr Griffiths and his assistants, for “Zoological Lectures” delivered at the Royal Institution.in London by George Shaw, published by George Kearsley in London c1805 (later hand-colour).

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 this antique print is 23 x 13 cm (9 x 5 inches).