Richard Brookes, 1721–1763, The Humble Bee and Insects, 1760
- Title:
- The Humble Bee and Insects
- Date:
- 1760
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 1/2 inches (14.3 × 8.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, upper left: "The Humble Bee. In upper right: " A Blatta". Lower right: "Blatta's Glow worms"
Signed in pen and black ink in lower left: " R. Brookes Delin: 1760"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.93
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | bees | insects
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12534
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Elisabeth Fairman, Of green leaf , bird , and flower : artists' books and the natural world, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014, pp. 174, 229, N7650 .O4 2014 [ORBIS]
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