Concept

Grasshoppers

Images

  • Three leeches in the role of physicians attend a grasshopper in the role of the patient and propose diet and bloodletting. Coloured lithograph after J.J. Grandville, ca. 1832.
  • Various insects and flowers illustrating a frontispiece. Engraving by C. H. Hemerich.
  • A leopard facing left surrounded by various named flowers and insects. Etching by W. Hollar, 1662, after himself.
  • A variety of insects including beetles, moths, wasps and flies. Engraving by R. Scott after T. Brown.
  • When pollen springs into life... : Rynacrom : disodium cromoglycate for hay fever.
  • Fruit and floral segments of a plant of the Papaveraceae family and a grasshopper. Watercolour.
  • The Royal Exchange, London: elevation of the entrance facade, top, and ground plan of the courtyard, below, with indications of types of trade in the courtyard, heraldic emblems of the City of London and the Mercers' Company below, with a scale of feet. Engraving by A. Walker, 1808, after I. Donowell.
  • Wattle (Acacia sp.) flowering stem with a blue locust and a faggot caterpillar emerging from its nest. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1779.
  • A leopard's bane plant (Doronicum species) and tulip (Tulipa species): flowering stems and a grasshopper. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Three plants, including a cornflower (Centaurea cyanus) and an iris: flowering stems with two grasshoppers. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
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