The Entomologist (1830), George Spratt.
The Entomologist is made from the objects of his own fascination.
Fleurs by Lyndie Dourthe, Naturalia & Mirabilia. France.
A collection of curiosities: a little botany, a little voodoo, a little anatomy, and a touch of superstition.
“Cabinets of Curiosities” (the eccentric display of one’s personal objects in cupboards and cabinets), gained notoriety in the 1700’s through the paintings and illustrations of Levinus Vincent, and others.
TAB. VI, illustration from A Cabinet of Curiosities by Vincent Levinus.
Cabinet of Curiosity: the long-lost collection of Alfred Russel Wallace (1832-1913), the British naturalist who independently proposed the “theory of natural selection.” (Charles Darwin, who was influenced by Wallace’s work, published his own theory shortly after Wallace.)
Explore Wallace’s amazing collection, drawer by drawer, at the Natural History Museum online.
