[Insect taken from fishing line of Capt. Sands] [art original].
- Creator:
- Robins, Thomas, 1748-1806, artist.
- Copyright Date:
- [1767?]
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : watercolor on laid paper ; sheet 16 x 17.9 cm
- Notes:
- Title from local catalog card; title based on descriptive note in the artist's hand on a separate sheet (3 x 20 cm) that was formerly attached to verso of drawing and is now mounted below it: This insect was taken by Capn. Sands in his voyage from the East-Indias, as he was fishing, some h[u]ndred leagues from land, it stuck to the angleing [sic] line.
Artist from signature at end of descriptive note that was attached to verso: T. Robins 17[...?].
Date at end of artist's signature partially trimmed away; date of production from unverified data in local catalog card record.
Place of production based on the country of residence of artist and the collector.
Formerly laid in at page 57 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].
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. - Abstract:
- Watercolor drawing depicting a phyllosoma larva of a slipper lobster, attached to a fishing line.
- Topics:
- Biological illustration--Early works to 1800.
- Topics:
- Bull, Richard,--1725-1806--Ownership.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Watercolors--British--18th century.
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 19 Box 2
- Orbis Record:
- 13082334
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr25624
- Citation:
- Thomas Robins. Insect Taken From Fishing Line of Capt. Sands. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
- OID:
- 16719874
- PID:
- digcoll:4693079
