Title

'Anchor-Faced Wasp: Vespa rufa', 1839, (1945). Creator: John Curtis.

Caption

'Anchor-Faced Wasp: Vespa rufa', 1839, (1945). The red wasp - Vespula rufa. Illustration by John Curtis from his "British Entomology". From "Insect Life in Britain', by Geoffrey Taylor. [Collins, London, 1945]

Credit line

Photo12/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G33_139

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,2Mb (750,3Kb) / 12,1in x 19,0in / 3630 x 5696 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal wildlife England country science insect insects wings British English color wasp wasps location century Britain 1940s entomology Forties Colour natural history 19th century 20th century nineteenth century history The Print Collector decade engraving Taylor William Collins William Collins Geoffrey social history Britain in Pictures William Collins & Sons Geoffrey Taylor John Curtis Curtis John Anchor-faced Wasp red wasp Vespula rufa engraving