Wasps (Hymenoptera, Plate 16) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 fribourg and Australasia

and Australasia

during a time when many settlements were still nascent and the landscape of the nation was in constant flux

keeping the composition lively without ever breaking its tranquil spell

Bierstadt (1830–1902) was among the 19th century’s most celebrated interpreters of American wilderness

pseudo-history

Wasps (Hymenoptera, Plate 16) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 fribourg and AustralasiaFrederick DuCane Godmans Insecta Hymenoptera Pl 16 (1879) is a quintessential Victorian zoological illustration, created at a moment when natural history publishing fused scientific rigor with cultivated beauty. Produced to aid classification and study, this plate presents members of the order Hymenopterawasp like forms rendered with exacting attentionset against a pristine white field so that every jointed leg, veined wing, and banded abdomen can be