Sir William Jardine
Bees - Carpenter Bees, 1859
An original hand-coloured mixed-method engraving
6 x 4 in
15 x 10 cm
15 x 10 cm
NATHISp9549
Bees: Centris nobilis native to South America, Centris grossa native to Jamaica with Xylocopa violacea, European carpenter bee. Sir William Jardine was an eminent 19th century Scottish naturalist, ornithologist, publisher...
Bees: Centris nobilis native to South America, Centris grossa native to Jamaica with Xylocopa violacea, European carpenter bee.
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 and engraved by Jardine’s brother-in-law the eminent William Home Lizar.
Exhibited at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
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 and engraved by Jardine’s brother-in-law the eminent William Home Lizar.
Exhibited at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
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