Chimney sweeper 1, single barred carpet 2, emperor 3, clear-winged hummingbird 4, wainscot 5, elephant 6, scollop-shell 7, swallowtail 8, oak beauty 9, large China mark 10, Duchess of Portland 11. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Moses Harris from William Frederic Martyn’s A New Dictionary of Natural History, Harrison, London, 1785. Pseudonym of William Fordyce Mavor, Scottish priest, teacher and writer, 1758-1837.

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