Beetle Collection (#6)

Turks cap lily (Lilium martagon), 1596-1610. Creators: Anselmus de Boodt, Elias Verhulst
Turks cap lily (Lilium martagon), 1596-1610. Commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II

Scarab With King's Throne Name, Maa-ib-re (Sheshi) (image 2 of 2), 15th dynasty (1664–1555 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Scarab With King's Throne Name, Maa-ib-re (Sheshi) (image 2 of 2), 15th dynasty (1664-1555 BCE)

Faience Scarab Depicting a Human Figure (image 2 of 2), Perhaps 12th-16th Dynasty (1991-1600 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Faience Scarab Depicting a Human Figure (image 2 of 2), Perhaps 12th-16th Dynasty (1991-1600 BCE)

Stone Heart Scarab (image 1 of 2), Probably 18th-20th Dynasty (1569-1081 BCE) or later. Creator: Unknown
Stone Heart Scarab (image 1 of 2), Probably 18th-20th Dynasty (1569-1081 BCE) or later

Double yellow ranunculus and insect, c.1674-c.1692. Creator: Pieter Withoos
Double yellow ranunculus and insect, c.1674-c.1692

Design for a pendant with a scarab, snakes and lotus flowers, of enamelled gold with a scarab, c.1905

Insects, 1783. Creator: Jan Brandes
Insects, 1783. Batavian grasshopper or beetle, cricket Gryllus domesticus, caterpillar, pupae and cockroach Blatta americana

Sheet of Studies of Nine Insects, c.1653-c.1661. Creator: Jan van Kessel
Sheet of Studies of Nine Insects, c.1653-c.1661

Floral Still Life, c.1800-c.1825. Creator: Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os
Floral Still Life, c.1800-c.1825. Georgius van Os painted his flowers in bright colours, with crisp contours and little attention to light and shade, entirely in keeping with the taste of his time

Still Life with Melons and Grapes, 1851. Creator: Otto Didrik Ottesen
Still Life with Melons and Grapes, 1851

Insects and Fruit, c.1653-c.1661. Creator: Jan van Kessel
Insects and Fruit, c.1653-c.1661. Other Title(s): Sprig of White Currant with Insects

Wreath of Flowers encircling a Niche, 1659-1663. Creator: Karel Batist
Wreath of Flowers encircling a Niche, 1659-1663

The Overturned Bouquet, 1660-1679. Creator: Abraham Mignon
The Overturned Bouquet, 1660-1679. A cat knocks over a flower arrangement

Festoon of Fruit and Flowers, 1660-1670. Creator: Jan Davidsz de Heem
Festoon of Fruit and Flowers, 1660-1670. Butterflies, snails, beetles, caterpillars, flies and ladybirds are attracted to fruits including pomegranates, grapes, peaches, plums and figs

Plate 63: A Dragonfly and Seven Other Insects with a Blue and White Columbine, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 63: A Dragonfly and Seven Other Insects with a Blue and White Columbine, c. 1575/1580

Plate 43: Beetles and Insects, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 43: Beetles and Insects, c. 1575/1580

Plate 66: Two Oil Beetles, a Longhorn Beetle, and Four Other Insects, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 66: Two Oil Beetles, a Longhorn Beetle, and Four Other Insects, c. 1575/1580

Plate 5: Stag Beetle, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 5: Stag Beetle, c. 1575/1580

Bootjack, c. 1936. Creator: Filippo Porreca
Bootjack, c. 1936

Plate 34: Two Moths with a Spider, a Caterpillar, and Four Other Insects, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 34: Two Moths with a Spider, a Caterpillar, and Four Other Insects, c. 1575/1580

Plate 78: Ten Insects, Including a Blue Fly, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 78: Ten Insects, Including a Blue Fly, c. 1575/1580

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LVII, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LVII, c. 1575/1580

Plate 72: Shield Bug, Wasp, and Other Insects, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 72: Shield Bug, Wasp, and Other Insects, c. 1575/1580

Plate 33: Moth and Butterfly with other Insects and a Columbine Flower, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 33: Moth and Butterfly with other Insects and a Columbine Flower, c. 1575/1580

Plate 64: Eleven Insects, Including a Dragonfly and Longhorn Beetle, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 64: Eleven Insects, Including a Dragonfly and Longhorn Beetle, c. 1575/1580

Plate 42: Large Green Beetle with a Plant Gall(?) and a Flower, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 42: Large Green Beetle with a Plant Gall(?) and a Flower, c. 1575/1580

Plate 65: A Cricket Surrounded by Insects, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Plate 65: A Cricket Surrounded by Insects, c. 1575/1580

Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis): Plate LXVII, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis): Plate LXVII, c. 1575/1580

Megasoma Elephas or Megaceras Jason and Six Other Insects, n.d. Creator: Pieter Holsteyn the Younger
Megasoma Elephas or Megaceras Jason and Six Other Insects, n.d

Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia. [Sack made from hog feed bag]

Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils...off of cotton plants, Macon County, Georgia, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Farm boy with sack full of boll weevils which he has picked off of cotton plants. Macon County, Georgia

Rhinoceros Beetle
Fauzan Maududdin

The acrobat
Jimmy Hoffman

Tortoise Beetle and Leaves
Abdul Gapur Dayak

New Born of Insects
Abdul Gapur Dayak

Does the Tilt on this Bug You?
Tom Windeknecht

Take me home
Atul Saluja

The chafer
Eduard Andrica

Pinocchio
Leyman

Little treasure
Thierry Dufour

Botany Bay diamond weevil (Chrysolopus spectabilis) close up, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Firefly (Lamprohiza splendidula) light trails of males in forest at dusk, Bavaria, Germany. July

Scarab: Aakheperkara (Thutmose I), Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of Thutmose I (about 1504-1492 BCE)

Spanish fly, wasp beetle and long-horn beetles
Spanish fly beetle, Lytta vesicatoria 1, wasp beetle, Clytus arietis 2, Altica equinoctialis 3, Clytra quadripunctata 4, longhorn beetles, Chlorida festiva 5 and Trachyderes succinctus 6

Rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus (Fork-horned beetle, Scarabaeus dichotomus). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Scaraboeus beetle, female (engraving)
3635062 Scaraboeus beetle, female (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scaraboeus beetle, female. Illustration for Cassells Pictorial Scrap Book (1889)

The cartouche of the king, from the Tomb of Horemheb (1323-1295 BC
XIR18950 The cartouche of the king, from the Tomb of Horemheb (1323-1295 BC) New Kingdom (wall painting) by Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC); Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt; Egyptian

Sian Lloyd, who works at Walt Disney Productions, driving a replica of Herbie in Primrose Hill, London. The 100m.pg. 40m.ph replica with its lawnmower engine will be used in promotional work for

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