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Help us nail these 17th century bugs!

This is the second part to Dr Mark Stocker’s series of blogs asking you to help identify a number of butterflies, moths, and other insects in a series of 17th century prints by Anglo-Czech etcher Wenceslaus Hollar.Read more

2019-01-29
By: Mark Stocker
On: 29 Jan 2019
In: Art, Collections Online, History, Science

Help us identify some 17th century butterflies, moths, and bugs

Think you know your bugs? Art curator Dr Mark Stocker has been working on a project along with our bug experts, Dr Phil Sirvid and Dr Julia Kasper, to identify a number of butterflies, moths, and other insects (including a snail) in some 17th century printsRead more

2017-08-23
By: Mark Stocker
On: 23 Aug 2017
In: Art, History, Science

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