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Water flea, Cyclops cyprinaceus.  - Insects- 1805 Shaw Hand Colored Engraving

A finely detailed hand-colored George Shaw engraved print 

Type of Print       Lithograph - Wood Engraving - Steel Engraving - Copper Engraving
Printing Year     Water flea, Cyclops cyprinaceus, underside magnified under a microscope. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany London, 1805.

Shaw's Natural History: Elater entomology
Artist - Engraver - Publisher     *****- **** - Shaw
Print Size (Approx)     8.5 inches X 5.5 inches
Paper weight/type     Thin - Medium - Heavy - Other  
Reverse side     Blank - Related text/pictures -  Unrelated text/pictures
Condition      Excellent - Very Good - Good - Fair - Poor (but of historical interest)
Notes      Some minor surface wear faults; a few small spots; Very nice color & very nice engraving from this series
Description  

Insects Antique Print of Entomology by George Shaw M.D.F.R.S. (1751-1813). Published in London circa 1805, by George Kearsley for “Zoological Lectures” delivered at the Royal Institution.in London by George Shaw. These images were engraved by the famous natural history illustrator Mr Griffiths and his assistants. 

George Shaw co-founded the Linnaean Society in 1788 and became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789. In 1791 he became assistant keeper of the Natural History Department of the British Museum and became Keeper in 1806.

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