Insecta Lepidoptera-Heterocera (Plate 62) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:12x16in (30x40cm) extending from around the 50th

extending from around the 50th north parallel in the north to the 25th north parallel in the south

a classic nineteenth-century compositional device that keeps attention on the specimen

it was the de facto capital of the Spanish Netherlands

or dreams of Europe’s golden age

The subtle variation of blues

Insecta Lepidoptera-Heterocera (Plate 62) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:12x16in (30x40cm) extending from around the 50thFrederick DuCane Godmans Insecta Lepidoptera Heterocera Pl. 060 (1879) is a refined Victorian zoological illustration from the golden age of natural history, when scholars and artists collaborated to classify the living world with exacting care. Here, an array of moths is set against a clean, pale ground, each figure posed to reveal wing shape, patterning, and the subtle shifts of color that distinguish one species from another. The composition