Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera, Plate 25) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:A1 (594x841mm) Pictorial vignettes bring to life

Pictorial vignettes bring to life traditional Hawaiian canoes gliding across azure waters

The Natural History Museum is visible - along with the giant Hyde Park and Serpentine

as well as landmarks such as the Colosseum

Kessock Bridge

Drumfrochar

Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera, Plate 25) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:A1 (594x841mm) Pictorial vignettes bring to lifeInsecta LepidopteraHeterocera, Plate 25 (1879) by Frederick DuCane Godman captures the quiet drama of moths rendered with Victorian exactitude. Godman, an English naturalist and collector active in the nineteenth century, helped spearhead a golden age of natural history publishing, when meticulous illustration guided taxonomy and ignited public curiosity. This plate exemplifies the periods union of art and science: a crisp white ground, finely