BRITISH, 19TH Century. [Insect Studies - Tiger Moth]. Ca. 1820 Orchid Watercolors oil paint was traditionally made

oil paint was traditionally made by the artist in their studio (the storage and sale of oil paint in metal tubes was patented in 1841

Heine produced hundreds of sketches which were later translated into lithographic plates for Perry’s Narrative of the expedition (New York

with glorious original color

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

and the Philippines

BRITISH, 19TH Century. [Insect Studies - Tiger Moth]. Ca. 1820 Orchid Watercolors oil paint was traditionally madeBRITISH, 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