Tag: insects

Dragonfly by Hollar, 1644-1652

Wenceslaus Hollar :: Libelle, lieveheersbeestjes en vlinders. Dragonfly, beetle, butterfly. (detail) | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Libelle, lieveheersbeestjes en vlinders. Dragonfly, beetles, butterfly. (detail) | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Libelle, lieveheersbeestjes en vlinders. Dragonfly, beetle, butterfly. Verschillende insecten (series title). Various insects (series title). Diversae Insectorum (series title), 1644-1652. | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Libelle, lieveheersbeestjes en vlinders. Dragonfly, beetles, butterfly. Verschillende insecten (series title). Various insects (series title). Diversae Insectorum (series title), 1644-1652. | src Rijksmuseum

Moth by Hollar (1646)

Wenceslaus Hollar :: Vlinders, torren en een mot [Butterflies, Beetles and a Moth], Antwerp, 1646. Insecten (series title) Muscarum Scarabeorum (series title). Etching. | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Moth, Antwerp, 1646. Etching. | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Moth, Antwerp, 1646. Etching. | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Vlinders, torren en een mot [Butterflies, Beetles and a Moth], Antwerp, 1646. Insecten (series title) Muscarum Scarabeorum (series title). Etching. | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Vlinders, torren en een mot [Butterflies, Beetles and a Moth], Antwerp, 1646. Insecten (series title). Muscarum Scarabeorum (series title). Etching. | src Rijksmuseum

Dragonfly by Hollar (1646)

Wenceslaus Hollar :: Dragonfly [Libellen], Antwerp, 1646. | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Dragonfly [Libellen], Antwerp, 1646. | src Rijksmuseum / Detail
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Dragonfly, Libellen Antwerp, 1646. [detail] | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Dragonfly [Libellen], Antwerp, 1646. | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Dragonfly [Libellen], Antwerp, 1646. | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Libellen, vlinder en een hommel [Butterfly, bumblebee, dragonfly]. Insecten (series title). Muscarum Scarabeorum (series title). Antwerp, 1646. | Rijksmuseum

The Theater of Insects

Jo Whaley :: Lyropteryx Apollonia, 2008. From: “The Theater of Insects”, published by Chronicle Books. | src l’œil de la photographie and Flickr
Jo Whaley :: Colias Eurydice, 2008. From: “The Theater of Insects”, published by Chronicle Books. | src l’œil de la photographie and Flickr

Butterflies by Hugh Knowles

Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum

Notice: the Autocromes not labelled “full plate” had been cropped and slightly enhanced, but respecting their original colors and color distortions [due to oldness and/or conservation, or lack of] as they were found on source.

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