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.

  • Forbes, James, 1749-1819.
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[1st June 1813]
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20069i
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[London (Fleet Street)] : [White, Cochrane & Co.], [1st June 1813]

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1 print : aquatint with etching, with watercolour

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Blue locust, and faggot caterpillar with its nests, on the variegated acacia or baubel tree, in Guzerat. W.Hooker, fecit. Jam.Forbes, 1779. Bears number: 22

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See further: J. Forbes, Oriental Memoirs, vol. 4, London, 1813, pp. 351-379

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Wellcome Collection 20069i

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