Crumpled Leaf Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer, Gerald H. Thayer, Crumpled Leaf Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.27A
Emma Beach Thayer, Gerald H. Thayer, Crumpled Leaf Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.27A
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Artwork Details

Title
Crumpled Leaf Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
Artists
Location
Not on view
Credit Line
Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer
Mediums Description
watercolor
Classifications
Subjects
  • Study
  • Animal — insect — caterpillar
  • Object — foliage — leaf
Object Number
1950.2.27A
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1950.2.27A

Works by this artist (1 item)

Johann Israel de Bry, Johann Theodor de Bry, (Title Page) (from book, Indiae Orientalis, Part Seven), 1606, engraving on paper mounted on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1967.103.16
(Title Page) (from book, Indiae Orientalis, Part Seven)
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Date1606
engraving on paper mounted on paper
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