442926
- TitleNatural history of eighteen nondescrpt. moths with descriptions. Collected - engraved and faithfully coloured after nature by John William Lewin, New South Wales Parramatta, 1804
- Creator
- Call numberSAFE/PX*D 258
- Level of descriptionseries
- Date
1803-1804 - Type of material
- Reference code442926
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical Description18 prints - hand-coloured etchings - 20.6 x 15.7 cm.
- Scope and Content1-2. Dappled Grey
3. Pl.1 [i.e. Plate] Cryptoplava irrorata Lew:
5. Mimosa Ruby [text on the larva]
7. Pl.2 Cryptophasa Rebescens Lew
9. Ruby
11. [Plate 3] Cryptophasa Septosfermi Pultenae Lewin
13. Banksia
15. [Plate 4] Cryptophasa alba-costa Lewin
17. Striped Banksia
19. [Plate 5] Cryptophasa Strigata
21-22. The Oak Beauty
23. [Plate 6] Xylopsyche Lewinni / Hepialus Ligniveren Lewin
25. Sydney Beauty
27. [Plate 7] Cossuna Lewinii / Tinea Cossuna Lewin
29. Motley Grey
31. [Plate 8] Ara... / Tortrix Australana Lewin
33. Sting Rays
35. [Plate 9] Bombyx Vulnerans
37. Orange Shouldered
39. [Plate 10] Lithosa Replana
41. Snout
43. [Plate 11] Bombyx Nasuta
45. Hook-Tip
47. [Plate 12] Clisiocampa Lewinae / Bombyx Lewinae
49. She-Oak
51. [Plate 13] Bombyx Exposita Lewin / allied to ...
53. Tiger
55. [Plate 14] Aoarista / Phalaenoides Glycinae
57. Banksia Beauty
59. [Plate 15] Bombyx Banksiae
61. Brindled Beauty
63. [Plate 16] Bombyx tristis
65. Striped Sphinx
67. [Plate 17] Sphinx Oldenlaudus [?]
69. Cross-Barred Sphinx
71. [Plate 18] Sphinx ardenius - System of arrangementThe contents list has retained the page numbers allocated in the album.
- Access Conditions
Access via appointment - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright: Artist died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - General note
Accompanying each illustration is a page of descriptive text that is handwritten in ink. The etchings are titled by J.W. Lewin using the common form of the name of the moth illustrated.
The volume was compiled in New South Wales most likely as a pattern book for the London edition.
These etchings were used in the published version of, "Prodromus entomology. Natural history of lepidopterous insects of New South Wales / collected, engraved, and faithfully painted after nature by John William Lewin." London, 1805 (DSM/ Q595.78/ L).
Pencil notes by the botanist Sir James Edward Smith (1759-1828) and Alexander Macleay (1767-1848) give varying scientific names. -- taken from old Mitchell Library card catalogue, subsequently discarded Feb. 2005
Some of the text is difficult to read.
The presence of William Sharp Macleay's signature indicates that the volume was in his possession.
Digital order no:Album ID : 937143 - Signatures / Inscriptions
Handwritten titles in pencil on prints above border.
In ink along lower edge of image appears artist and publication details,"Publish.'d as the Act directs ... [date] by J.W. Lewin, N.S.W."
The illustrations are dated between 1803 and 1804.
"W.S. Macleay" signature appears on front and back endpapers.
The front endpaper bears the stamp of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. - Creator/Author/Artist
- Topic
- Exhibited in
Lewin: Wild Art - State Library of New South Wales (5 March - 28 October, 2012)
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