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Spanish fly, wings opening

Design No. 223028Archival & CollageMoffett’s Theater of Insects

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Size: 130 × 130mm
Material: Glazed ceramic, handmade
Suitable for: Indoors only
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Spanish fly, wings opening

Design no. 223028

Moths, beetles, spiders and scorpions from Moffett’s Theater of Insects, small woodcuts in a hard black line.

Design no.: 223028
Department: Archival & Collage
Collection: Moffett’s Theater of Insects
Source: Thomas Moffett, The Theater of Insects (London, 1658), page 1003
Illustrator: Anonymous woodcut engravers
Technique: Woodcut
Style: Moffett’s insect cuts: small, dense, hard black line
Subject: Insects
Colour: Black on cream as standard
Form: Single tile
Symmetry: Twofold
Complexity: Simple

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