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1854 Plate 40 -Sphinx Moth - Emmons

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EBENEZER EMMONS

Plate 40 - Sphinx Moth

PLATE 40. Fig- 1 Sphinx Brontes 2. Geometra Argentata 3. Glaucopis Pholus 4. Smerinthus Astylus 5. Dryocampa Virginiesnis 6. Geometra Serrata. 7 Dryocampa Imperialis

1854
Lithograph, Hand Colored
Sheet Size 11.25 x 8.75 inches
Publisher: C Van Benthuysen, Albany
VG- condition with light soiling to plate, streak to image area

PrintMaker
Ebenezer Emmons (May 16, 1799 October 1, 1863), American geologist and author, with an interest in geology and fossils.

Drawn By
Ebenezer Emmons Jr , Artist and Illustrator, son to author and geologist Ebenezer Emmons (1799-1863)

Engraver
Richard H Pease (1813-1869), American engraver, lithographer and printer from Albany, New York

From Natural History of New York. Agriculture of New - York: Composition and Distribution of the Soils and Rocks...More Common and Injurious Species of Insects., 1854.