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A caterpillar bores a hole into the side of pear having just eaten a hole in an apple, an analogy to the voracious appetite and speed of growth of the HIV virus. Colour silk screen print after A. François, 1993.
François, André, 1915-2005.Date: [1993]Reference: 672816i
Part of: Images pour la lutte contre le SIDA
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A maggot in an arable field. Engraving.
Reference: 42726i
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A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 May 1830Reference: 24046i
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A caterpillar. Engraving.
Reference: 42724i
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Caterpillars eating a hole in a tartan fabric; advertising Globol insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1958.
Date: [1958]Reference: 664019i
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Lord Rosebery and two other politicians represented as caterpillars searching for leaves in a barren landscape. Drawing by A.S. Boyd, ca. 1895.
Boyd, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1854-1930.Date: [1894-1895?]Reference: 572932i
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A pine tree shoot (Pinus species) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 July 1831Reference: 24209i
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A primrose (Primula vulgaris) with an associated butterfly, its caterpillars and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 July 1830Reference: 24056i
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Prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana): flowering stem with caterpillar and insect. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1798, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 22 January 1798Reference: 25375i
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Traité anatomique de la chenille, qui ronge le bois de saule. Augmenté d'une explication abrégée des planches, et d'une description de l'instrument et des outils dont l'auteur s'est servi pour anatomiser à la loupe et au microscope / Par Pierre Lyonet.
Lyonet, Pierre, 1706-1789.Date: 1762
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A butterfly wearing a condom on its main body with a caterpillar nearby; an illustration by Edith Hirsch representing an advertisement for an auction exhibition of pictures on the theme of AIDS to benefit the Österreichische AIDS-Hilfe at the Zentrale der Wiener Rettung, Vienna between 29 November to 12 December 1988 in commemoration of World AIDS Day. Colour lithograph.
Date: 1988Reference: 675204i
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Folkes, Martin (1690-1754)
Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754.Date: 1745-1748Reference: MSS.1302, 2391-2392 & 5403
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An amulet in the form of the Conaĉ or Murrain caterpillar used to ward off that particular creature. Coloured engraving.
Reference: 18413i
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Two flowering plants: sheep's-bit (Jasione montana) and jasmine (Jasminum officinale), with a hawk-moth caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1811.
Date: 12 March 1811Reference: 25542i
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Among the many different presentations of penicillin V one name stands out : DQV-K : the quality oral penicillin.
Date: [between 1967 and 1969?]
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The wondrous transformation of caterpillars : fifty engravings selected from Erucarum ortus (1718) / Maria Sibylla Merian ; with an introduction by William T. Stearn.
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.Date: 1978
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A flowering branch of medlar (Mespilus germanica) with butterfly, chrysalis and caterpillar of a Papilio species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1816.
Date: [1817]Reference: 25522i
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Tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum): flowering and fruiting stem with caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after M. Merian.
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.Date: 20 June 1807Reference: 25551i
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Wattle (Acacia sp.) flowering stem with a blue locust and a faggot caterpillar emerging from its nest. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1779.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: [1st June 1813]Reference: 20069i
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A dewberry plant (Rubus caesius) in fruit with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 May 1831Reference: 24201i
Archives and manuscripts
Bonnet, Charles (1720-1793)
Bonnet, Charles, 1720-1793.Date: 1748, c. 1760Reference: MS.1302
Part of: Folkes, Martin (1690-1754)
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Field or hedge maple (Acer campestre) leaves and fruit with an associated moth, its caterpillar and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
Date: 1 October 1830Reference: 24166i
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A cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), autumn crocus (Colchicum species) and saffron crocus (Crocus sativus): three flowers with a caterpillar and bee. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
Robert, Nicolas, 1614-1685.Date: [c. 1660]Reference: 24908i
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Twenty five different insects and the plants they live on. Engraving by I. Taylor.
Reference: 42243i
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A hawthorn twig (Crataegus species) with an associated butterfly, its caterpillar, chrysalis and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 May 1831Reference: 24205i

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A caterpillar bores a hole into the side of pear having just eaten a hole in an apple, an analogy to the voracious appetite and speed of growth of the HIV virus. Colour silk screen print after A. François, 1993.

A maggot in an arable field. Engraving.

A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A caterpillar. Engraving.

Caterpillars eating a hole in a tartan fabric; advertising Globol insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1958.

Lord Rosebery and two other politicians represented as caterpillars searching for leaves in a barren landscape. Drawing by A.S. Boyd, ca. 1895.

A pine tree shoot (Pinus species) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A primrose (Primula vulgaris) with an associated butterfly, its caterpillars and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

Prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana): flowering stem with caterpillar and insect. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1798, after J. Ihle.

Traité anatomique de la chenille, qui ronge le bois de saule. Augmenté d'une explication abrégée des planches, et d'une description de l'instrument et des outils dont l'auteur s'est servi pour anatomiser à la loupe et au microscope / Par Pierre Lyonet.

Folkes, Martin (1690-1754)

An amulet in the form of the Conaĉ or Murrain caterpillar used to ward off that particular creature. Coloured engraving.

Two flowering plants: sheep's-bit (Jasione montana) and jasmine (Jasminum officinale), with a hawk-moth caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1811.

Among the many different presentations of penicillin V one name stands out : DQV-K : the quality oral penicillin.

The wondrous transformation of caterpillars : fifty engravings selected from Erucarum ortus (1718) / Maria Sibylla Merian ; with an introduction by William T. Stearn.

A flowering branch of medlar (Mespilus germanica) with butterfly, chrysalis and caterpillar of a Papilio species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1816.

Tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum): flowering and fruiting stem with caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after M. Merian.

Wattle (Acacia sp.) flowering stem with a blue locust and a faggot caterpillar emerging from its nest. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1779.

A dewberry plant (Rubus caesius) in fruit with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

Bonnet, Charles (1720-1793)

Field or hedge maple (Acer campestre) leaves and fruit with an associated moth, its caterpillar and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

A cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), autumn crocus (Colchicum species) and saffron crocus (Crocus sativus): three flowers with a caterpillar and bee. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.

Twenty five different insects and the plants they live on. Engraving by I. Taylor.

A hawthorn twig (Crataegus species) with an associated butterfly, its caterpillar, chrysalis and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.