Antique Print-CALLOSWAMIA-PROMETHEA SILKMOTH-PL. CXVII-Kirby-1897

plate CXVII: Callosamia promethea (Promethea silkmoth), with underside, larva, pupa and caterpillar.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Kirby.

Medium: Original chromolithograph. on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 11.8 x 18.1 cm (4.65 x 7.13 inch). Image size: 12 x 18 cm. (4.72 x 7.09 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

CALLOSWAMIA-PROMETHEA SILKMOTH-PL. CXVII | DPO-PCO-2-207

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive original antique print originates from: ‘A Hand-Book to the Order Lepidoptera, Part II. Moths, Vol. IV’, by W.F. Kirby, published in London, 1897.?.

Biography engraver: No artist for this series of prints is given. We assume it is W.F. Kirby. The plates were printed by Wyman & Sons of London. William Kirby (1759-1850) was an English entomologist, as well as a country priest. He was an original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society.