British Entomology School (18th /early 19th)
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Watercolour on paper laid onto thick laid paper with a decorative wash line border. Inscribed verso in brown ink; two Queens of the White ants – with a young Queen – a nest of White Ants, and the White ants, old and young.
Image: 10 x 11 1/4 in. (25.4 x 28.5 cm.)
Overall: 12 3/4 x 14 1/16 in. (32.4 x 35.7 cm.)
This study of the various forms and life stages of white ants or termites as they are now commonly called has been painted in their natural habitat which is more typical of the 18th century than of later periods when subjects such as these were illustrated before more simple or plain backgrounds.
