BRITISH, 19TH Century. [Insect Studies - Tiger Moth]. Ca. 1820 Orchid Watercolors asked Charlevoix to investigate the

asked Charlevoix to investigate the rumors relating to the existence of a western sea between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean

John Thomas Serres (British

with glorious original color

a menagerie of indigenous fauna exemplifies Marcgraf’s pioneering natural history research

Salmon was especially a painter of ports and harbors

BRITISH, 19TH Century. [Insect Studies - Tiger Moth]. Ca. 1820 Orchid Watercolors asked Charlevoix to investigate theBRITISH, 19TH CENTURY [Insect Studies Tiger Moth] ca. 1820 Watercolor on paper 12 x 9 1 2" framed This refined early nineteenth century watercolor presents a beautifully observed study of the Tiger Moth, one of the most striking species in the British Lepidoptera tradition. Rendered with the precision and clarity characteristic of natural history illustration in the decades following Thomas Bewick and preceding the great Victorian entomological