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P. Commelinae
P. Commelinae
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

P. Commelinae

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 number2010.11.5
Collections
Visual DescriptionPhalaena Commelinae (commelina, or wild-comfrey moth) as caterpillar, chrysalis, and moth on a leafy green plant with blue flowers (commelina communis. linn / common American commelina or wild comfrey). Plate 95 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.
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