Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Title:
The Humble Bee and Insects
Date:
1760
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 1/2 inches (14.3 × 8.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, upper left: "The Humble Bee. In upper right: " A Blatta". Lower right: "Blatta's Glow worms"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.93
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
insects | bees | animal art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Elisabeth Fairman, Of green leaf , bird , and flower : artists' books and the natural world, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014, pp. 174, 229, N7650 .O4 2014
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12534