Sphinx Fuciformis
Artist
John Abbot
(British, 1751 - 1840)
Date1797
MediumEngraving, hand-colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Lawrence Reed Miller
Object number2010.11.1
DescriptionSphinx Fuciformis (humble-bee / hawk-moth) as a caterpillar, chrysalis, and finally moth on a leafy green plant with light blue flowers (tabernawmontana amsonia. linn. / alternate-leaved tabernaemontana). Plate 43 from "The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia", by John Abbot (1715-c.1840) and Sir James Smith (British 1759-1828), London: printed by T. Bensley for J. Edwards [etc.] 1797.
