'Violet-winged phasma' [Spur-legged stick insect] Finish:Float frame Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle

September 21 1861

with figures and a horse and cart on the street

Bronze statue of Science

including a dedication to Richard Carr Glyn

'Violet-winged phasma' [Spur-legged stick insect] Finish:Float frame Thomas CarlyleEntomological studies of the Spur legged stick insect Didymuria violescens, an insect native to Australia. Plate 9 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). T The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by Rd. P. Nodder Feby 1814.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816. Original: