Smaller Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer, Gerald H. Thayer, Smaller Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.24D
Emma Beach Thayer, Gerald H. Thayer, Smaller Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.24D
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Artwork Details

Title
Smaller Spotted Beach Leaf Edge 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
  • Animal — insect — caterpillar
  • Object — foliage — leaf
Object Number
1950.2.24D
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1950.2.24D

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Dateca. 1937
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