Moths (Lepidoptera-Heterocera, Plate 52) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:28x40in (70x100cm) Sheet 118 - Barnstaple &

Sheet 118 - Barnstaple & Exmoor

the “Queen of the Pyrenees

The artist's meticulous attention to the nuanced play of color and movement within this composition adds a dynamic quality to the work

this village is renowned for its seafood

and daylight into a safe

Moths (Lepidoptera-Heterocera, Plate 52) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:28x40in (70x100cm) Sheet 118 - Barnstaple &Frederick DuCane Godmans Insecta Lepidoptera Heterocera Pl. 046 (1879) is a classic Victorian zoological illustration that captures the eras devotion to close observation and precise classification. Presented on a luminous white ground, the plate arrays multiple moth specimens with measured clarity, each form carefully delineated to aid comparison. Godman, an English naturalist and collector born in 1834, worked at the heart of a 19thcentury movement