Sir William Jardine
Bees - Stingless Bees, 1859
An original colour mixed-method engraving
6 x 4 in
15 x 10 cm
15 x 10 cm
NATHISp8796
Stingless Bees: Four varieties of stingless bees native to South America; Trigona amalthea, Trigona ruficrus, Melipona postica and Melipona scutellaris. Sir William Jardine was an eminent 19th century Scottish naturalist,...
Stingless Bees: Four varieties of stingless bees native to South America; Trigona amalthea, Trigona ruficrus, Melipona postica and Melipona scutellaris.
Sir William Jardine was an eminent 19th century Scottish naturalist, ornithologist, publisher and owner of one of the finest and largest private collections of birds in Great Britain. He is best known for The Naturalist's Library, a monumental work published in parts between 1833-1845 with illustrations by the leading natural history artists (named lower left) and engraved by Jardine’s brother-in-law the eminent William Home Lizar (named lower right).
Sir William Jardine was an eminent 19th century Scottish naturalist, ornithologist, publisher and owner of one of the finest and largest private collections of birds in Great Britain. He is best known for The Naturalist's Library, a monumental work published in parts between 1833-1845 with illustrations by the leading natural history artists (named lower left) and engraved by Jardine’s brother-in-law the eminent William Home Lizar (named lower right).
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