Another stick insect. By a Chinese artist from Penang?, c.1820. Inscribed in ink: ‘From Penang 1820. Phasma gracilis from Penang. Apr. 1820 F.H.’ Water-colour; 215 by 275 mm.
A stick insect. By a Chinese artist from Penang?, c.1820. Inscribed in ink by Lady Hastings: ‘Penang. Phasma gigantissimus from Penang. F.H. May 1822.’ Water-colour; 310 by 215 mm.
The silkworm of Bengal, as caterpillar, cocoon and moth
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The silkworm of Bengal, as caterpillar, cocoon and moth, with ‘figs.1-4’ inscribed against the various stages. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed in ink: ‘Phalarna Paphia Rox: Bombyx Myletta Fabricius. Tusseh Silk Worm of Bengal, see Trans. Linn. Soc. Vol. 7th. About Calcutta, feeds on T...
Two men sitting outside a hut drawing out the silk from the cocoons and winding it in spindles, by boiling the cocoons in water. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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Two men sitting outside a hut drawing out the silk from the cocoons and winding it in spindles, by boiling the cocoons in water, and with great baskets of cocoons waiting to be processed. By Sita Ram, c.1820. Water-colour; 212 by 350 mm.