Scientific Illustration by Subject

Entomology, Insect, and Lepidoptera Illustration

A Natural History of English Insects
A Natural History of Birds
The Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects

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Wikipedia: Eleazar Albin
Iowa State University: Eleazer Albin



Albin, Elizabeth

Biographical: Daughter of Eleazar Albin.

Elizabeth Albin

Barbut, James

Publications:
Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus, London, 1781
Genera Vermium of Linnaeus, London, 1788

Natural History Museum, London: Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorium of Linnaeus
Royal Academy of Art: RA Collections: James Barbut

Berge, F. R.

Schmetterlingsbuch

Antique Butterfly Prints
Butterfly Book

Blake, Edith (1845 - 1926)

Natural History Museum, London: Edith Blake
TopTropicals.com: Henry Blake (husband of Edith Blake)
Wikipedia: Henry Arthur Blake



Blanchard (fl. c. 1845)

Dictionnaire D'Histoire Naturelle, 1849

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Antiquariaat Junk: Blanchard
Dictionnaire D'Histoire Naturelle

Blankaart, Steven

Brodtmann, Karl Joseph (1787 - 1862)

Wikipedia: Karl Joseph Brodtmann




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Comstock, Anna Botsford (1854-1930)

Biographical: Illustrated Manual for the Study of Insects (1895), Insect Life (1897), How to Know the Butterflies (1904), Ways of the Six-Footed (1903), How to Keep Bees (1905), The Handbook of Nature Study (1911), The Pet Book (1914), and Trees at Leisure (1916). Appointed to the New York State Committee for the Promotion of Agriculture (1895). Taught nature study at Cornell (1897). Editor of Nature-Study Review (1917-1923).

Wikipedia: Anna Botsford Comstock
A Manual for the Study of Insects

Cramer, Pieter

Publications: De Uitlandsche Kapellen

Natural History Museum, London: Papilio hyllus



Curtis, John (1791 - 1863)

Biographical: Illustrated Introduction to Entomology (1815-26), Guide to the Arrangement of British Insects (1829).

John Curtis: Biographical
British Entomology by John Curtis
Natural History Museum, London: Swallowtail

de Alwis, George

Natural History Museum, London: George de Alwis



de Alwis, William

Natural History Museum, London: William de Alwis
Wikipedia: William de Alwis

Dietzsch, Barbara Regina (1706 - 1783)

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Newsletter (see page 10)



Donovan, Edward (1768 - 1837)

Publications: An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India

The Illustrated Book, 1780-1830: Edward Donovan
Field Museum: Birdwing
Wikipedia: Edward Donovan

Dürer, Albrecht (1471 - 1528)

The Getty: Stag Beetle, Albrecht Durer
Wikipedia: Albrecht Dürer



Goedaert, Johannes (ca. 1617-1668)

Johannes Goedaert

Hahn, Carl Wilhelm (1786 - 1835)

Wikipedia: Carl Wilhelm Hahn

Harris, Moses (1730 - c.1788)
Biographical: Illustrated The Aurelian: A Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies, Together With the Plants on Which They Feed (1840).
See: Moses Harris: botanical illustration

Moses Harris: Butterfly Illustration
Natural History Museum, London: Moses Harris

Henstenburg, Herman

Arader Galleries: Herman Henstenburg Still-life Study



Hochecker, Maria Eleon

Antiquaariat Junk: Maria Eleon Hochecker


Hoefnagel, George (Joris)

Hoefnagel Botanical and Insect Study
Dragonfly, Pear, Carnation, and Insect



Hoefnagel, Jacob (ca. 1575 - 1630)

Wikipedia: Jacob Hoefnagel

Hoffman, Hans (c. 1530 - c. 1591)

The Getty: Jans Hoffmann, Flowers and Beetles

Humphreys, Henry Noel (1810 - 1879)
Biographical: Collaborated with John Obadiah Westwood on British Moths and Their Transformations (1843 - 1845) and British Butterflies and Their Transformations (1848).

Henry Noel Humphreys
Henry Noel Humphreys




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L'Admiral, Jacob (1700 - 1770)

Botanical Prints by L'Admiral



Lambertz, Gerrit Wartenaar (fl. 1775)

Natural History Museum: Gerrit Wartenaar Lambertz



Lewin, John William (1770 - 1819)

National Library of Australia: John William Lewin



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Lizars, William Home (1788 - 1859)

Lucas, Hippolyte (1814 - 1899)

Publications: Histoire naturelle des lépidoptères exotiques. Ouvrage orné de 200 figures peintes d'après nature par Pauquet et gravées sur acier.

Wikipedia: Hippolyte Lucas

Marrel, Jacob

Admiral d'Hollande
Wikimedia: Jacob Marrel

Marshal, Alexander (c.1620 - 1682)

See:
Marshal, Alexander, botanical illustration


Meigen, Johann Wilhelm (1764 - 1845)

Johann Wilhelm Meigen
Wikipedia: Johann Wilhelm Meigen


Meerburgh, Nicolaas (1734 - 1814)

Missouri Botanical Gardens Library: Nicolaas Meerburgh


Merian, Maria Sibylla (1647 - 1717)

Chronological Tour: Maria Sibylla Merian
Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery: Maria Sibylla Merian
Wikipedia: Maria Sibylla Merian
Women's Work: Portraits of 12 Scientific Illustrators from the 17th to the 21st Century: Maria Sibylla Merian

Miles-Moss, Arthur (1873 - 1948)

Natural History Museum, London: Arthur Miles-Moss



Peale, Titian Ramsay (1799 - 1881)

Peart, Mary (fl. 1884)

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Price, Sarah (Sadie) (1849 - 1903)

Women's Work: Portraits of 12 Scientific Illustrators from the 17th to the 21st Century: Sarah Price

Purkiss, W.

Réaumur (fl. 1738)
Biographical: Illustrated Mémoires pour servir l'Histoire des Insectes (1738 - 1742)

Zoological History: Antlions


Riley, Charles V. (fl. ca. 1885)

United States Entomological Commission Report on the Cotton Worm: Charles Riley


Roesel (Rösel) van Rosenhof, August Johann (1705 - 1759)

Antiquariaat Junk: A. J. Roesel van Rosenhof
Zoological History: Antlions


Schellenberg, J. R.

Antiquariaat Junk: J. R. Schellenberg


Scheutzer, Johannes (fl. ca. 1731)



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Scot, Robert (fl. 1795)


Séguy, Eugene Alain

Recent Acquisitions: Eugene Alain Seguy

Smith, Arthur (1916 - 1991)

Natural History Museum, London: Arthur Smith

Stelluti, Francesco (1577 - 1652)
Biographical: A member of the Accademia dei Lincei.

Sturm, Jacob (1771 - 1848)
Biographical: Worked with Johann Christian Daniel Schreber and Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer. Illustrated Insekten-Cabinet nach der Natur gezeichnet und gestochen (Insect cabinet, drawn and engraved from nature), Faunae Insectorum Germanicae Initia (Elements of the German insect fauna) (1792 - 1813), and Verzeichniss meiner Insecten-Sammlung (1796). Founding member of the Naturhistorische Gesellschaft zu Nürnberg in 1801.

Jakob Sturm: Biographical

Swammerdam, Jan (fl ca.1660)

Terzi, Amedeo John Engel (1872 - 1956)

Vallisneri, Antonio (d. 1730)
Biographical: Illustrated Opere Fisico-Mediche (1733)

Zoological History: Antlions

van Kessel, Jan (1626 - 1679)

Natural History Museum, London: Jan van Kessel



von Rosenhof, August Johann Rösel

Natural History Museum, London: August von Rosenhof
Wikipedia: August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof
Wikimedia Commons: August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof

Walther, Johann Jakob (1604 - 1677)

Westwood, John Obadiah (1805 - 1893)

John Obadiah Westwood

Wren, Christopher (fl. ca. 1665)