Phalangius siue Tarantula [art original].

Description

Title: Phalangius siue Tarantula [art original].
Alternative Title: Tarantulas
Published / Created: [not after 1806]
Publication Place: England?
Abstract: Watercolor drawing depicting a spider from three perspectives: from the front while it stands on its legs, from the side while it stands on its legs, and from the rear while it rests on its back. The species is probably Lycosa tarantula, which was formerly known by the names Phalangius/Phalangium or Tarantula and is found in southern Europe, especially in the Apulia region of Italy. The drawing could have been made from a preserved specimen
Description: Title inscribed in ink above image.
Unsigned; artist unidentified.
Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found.
Formerly laid in with four other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806].
Matted to 49 x 37 cm.
Original case shelved separately.
Provenance: Merian drawings purchased by Richard Bull from the collection of Doctor Fothergill (1712-1780). Album purchased by W.S. Lewis at the Julia Swinburne and Lady Jane Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's, lot 426, 20 July 1954.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 12.5 x 18 cm
Language: Latin

Genre: Pictorial works
Early works to 1800
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Spiders
Biological illustration
Subjects: Spiders > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
Biological illustration > Early works to 1800
British > 18th century
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Phalangius siue Tarantula. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.