A caricature of an entomologist whose body is composed of butterflies, moths, caterpillers, grasshoppers, beetles, and other bugs. He examines a butterfly with the triangular magnifying glass in his left hand and holds a net in his right
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on publisher's street address., Description based on imperfect impression; text at end of imprint has been erased from sheet., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by C. Tilt, Fleet Street [...] and Printed by G.E. Madeley
Subject (Topic):
Caterpillars, Entomologists, Arcimboldesque figures, and Insects
Sketch of an armorial shield with three caterpillars, two at the top and one at the bottom. Running horizontally across the middle of the shield is a band with a human-faced sun at its center. To the right of the upper caterpillars is written "Catterpillars"; to the right of the band is written "Rainbow".
Description:
Title devised by curator., Unsigned; attribution to Thomas Kirgate from local catalog card., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Drawn in lower left corner of page 42 in Thomas Kirgate's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.