Studies of the silk worm and other insects Size:XS: 40 x 30cm view of the River Thames

view of the River Thames and the banks at Fulham

From a Beautiful High finished Miniature of the same size

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The weather in 1879 was just as likely to spoil a summer garden event as it is in the 21st century

Studies of the silk worm and other insects Size:XS: 40 x 30cm view of the River ThamesEntomological studies of various insects including stages in their life cycle. Figure 1 Eggs, silk bag, grubs, chrysalis and moths of the silk worm Bombyx mori. Figure 2 Caterpillar, pupa and butterfly, probably the small tortoiseshell Aglais urticae 'feeding upon the Nettle'. Figure 3 'The Death watch from the Reverend Mr. Derham' actual size and magnified. Figure 4 chrysalis, nymph and adult of 'the Lady Cow', the two spot ladybird Adalia