BRITISH, 19TH Century. [Insect Studies] on Whatman paper, 1813. TENNIS after extensive travels in what

after extensive travels in what is now California

An acclaimed British cartographer

Country of Origin: Northern America (eastern and central USA from New York and Virginia in the east to Kansa and Arkansas in the west and northern Alabama in the south)

an American living in London

BRITISH, 19TH Century. [Insect Studies] on Whatman paper, 1813. TENNIS after extensive travels in whatBRITISH, 19TH CENTURY [Insect Studies] on Whatman paper, 1813 Watercolor on paper This graceful watercolor, dated June 20, 1820, presents a meticulously observed study of insects and their host plant, rendered in the precise and luminous style characteristic of early nineteenth century British natural history illustration. The sheet depicts a branching stem with patterned leaves, accompanied by two delicately rendered moths and a striped larva, each