Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera, Plate 067) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 alnwick plan and possibility—while the arrangement

plan and possibility—while the arrangement of forms offers subtle anthropomorphic echoes

His students included a young Charles-Édouard Jeanneret

or for anyone drawn to Japanese aesthetics

This artwork is notable for shifting the “grand tour” gaze from monuments to nature itself

Created by Frank B

Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera, Plate 067) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 alnwick plan and possibility—while the arrangementFrederick DuCane Godmans Insecta LepidopteraHeterocera Pl 069 (1879) is a Victorian zoological illustration devoted to moths at a moment when natural history surged from private curiosity to organized science. Issued in the early years of the monumental Biologia CentraliAmericana project, the plate exemplifies the periods aim: to record, compare, and classify with exquisite clarity. Multiple specimens are arrayed on a pale field, their forms isolated