Moths (Lepidoptera-Heterocera, Plate 72) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:20x28in (50x70cm) Decorative border featuring various landmarks

Decorative border featuring various landmarks and scenes from Parisian life

or any special event

a symbol of architectural grandeur

The Ville Basse (lower city) across the river from the Cité

Moths (Lepidoptera-Heterocera, Plate 72) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:20x28in (50x70cm) Decorative border featuring various landmarksInsecta Lepidoptera Heterocera Pl. 065 (18791915) by Frederick DuCane Godman is a quintessential Victorian zoological illustration, created at a time when scientific plates were the backbone of taxonomy and field study. Godman, an English naturalist and noted lepidopterist born in 1834, prepared this meticulous arrangement of moths with the clarity required for scholarly comparison. The plate presents dorsal views of multiple specimens against a clean