Moths (Lepidoptera-Heterocera, Plate 52) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:28x40in (70x100cm) Somerton (Roman-era) - Once the

Somerton (Roman-era) - Once the county town of Somerset

The artist's meticulous attention to the nuanced play of color and movement within this composition adds a dynamic quality to the work

the “Queen of the Pyrenees

ensuring its beauty endures through generations

Moths (Lepidoptera-Heterocera, Plate 52) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:28x40in (70x100cm) Somerton (Roman-era) - Once theFrederick DuCane Godmans Insecta Lepidoptera Heterocera Pl. 046 (1879) is a classic Victorian zoological illustration that captures the eras devotion to close observation and precise classification. Presented on a luminous white ground, the plate arrays multiple moth specimens with measured clarity, each form carefully delineated to aid comparison. Godman, an English naturalist and collector born in 1834, worked at the heart of a 19thcentury movement