Antique moth, butterfly, insect prints by George Shaw 1800-1819

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Zoological Lectures, delivered to the Royal Institution
by George Shaw (1800-1819)

Mrs. Griffith, principal engraver

Original 200+-year-old copperplate engravings • titles mainly English, some Latin

Sheet size: approx. 5½ x 9¼ inches. (see enlargements for any flaws)

George Shaw (1751-1813) was a notable English botanist and zoologist. Shaw was a initially a medical practitioner. He became the assistant lecturer in botany at Oxford University and keeper of the natural history department at the British Museum. He was a co-founder of the Linnean Society was a fellow of the Royal Society. He is also well known these days for the colored prints of animals he published in The Naturalist's Miscellany with Mr. Nodder.

Plate 1

Phalaena Vinula

Plate 116

Fulgora Lanternaria

Plate 119

Sphinx Moth

Ephemera insect

Plate 121

Ephemera
Swammerdamiana
larvae, etc.

Plate 123

Aranea
Aranea avicularia
(The Bird-Catching Spider)

Plate 126

Great Nereis

Plate 148

Chiton Squamosus

We have many more of Shaw's copperplate engravings
(this is all of Shaw's insects that we have, however)
...please see the Natural History page for Shaw's fish, reptiles, mammals, etc.
See also the Shaw/Nodder insects .

Thousands of Original Antique and Vintage Natural History prints here