Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate VIII]
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Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate VIII], George Hudson (1886), Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Via artnap.com
Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate VIII], George Hudson (1886), Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Via artnap.comOriginal hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate VIII], George Hudson (1886), Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Via <a href="https://artnap.com/artwork/tepapa-1984325">artnap.com</a>
Why is this public domain? The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa lists this work with no known copyright restrictions.
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This hand painted plate shows numbered butterflies, caterpillars, and chrysalides arranged in a grid, with a handwritten 'Specimen' label and the Roman numeral VIII at the top. The insects are rendered in watercolour with careful attention to wing patterns and body segments. Part of the Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology, by George Hudson, dated 1886.
