Ants, Wasps and Bees (Hymenoptera, Plate 19) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:A0 (841x1189mm) State Route 299

State Route 299

The meticulous detailing of the bird’s features and its surroundings offers a glimpse into the art and science of Audubon's era

Hypsometric tints graduate from the deep greens of the Po plain to the ochres and russets of the Alpine wall

Working in the mid-19th century and alongside his celebrated father

mature phase of the Russian-born pioneer of abstract art—a period when he orchestrated color

Ants, Wasps and Bees (Hymenoptera, Plate 19) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:A0 (841x1189mm) State Route 299Frederick DuCane Godmans Insecta Hymenoptera Pl. 19 (1879) is a quintessential Victorian zoological illustration, created in the great age of natural history when images were tools for study as much as they were works of art. Arranged across a clean white ground, the specimens are presented with measured clarity, each figure rendered to illuminate structure and subtle differences at a glance. Godmanan English naturalist born in 1834was devoted to