G. Spratt (after)
G.E. Madeley (fl. 1826-1841) (printer)
The Entomologist.
C. Tilt, Fleet Street, London: 1830
Hand-colored lithograph
9.5 x 8.5 inches
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The Entomologist
Lithograph, 1830
Lithograph, 1830
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An entomologist is illustrated with a body made of insects. Caterpillar arms, a moth torso, a grasshopper hat, and beetle feet comprise the bug-enthusiast. Physiognomy, the art of determining personal characteristics from the form or features of the body, was a major preoccupation of Enlightenment art and thought of the 18th and 19th centuries. Sometimes it was treated in a whimsical fashion, as in physiognomies portraying various professions by literally assembling the bodies from tools of the trade.
G.E. Madeley was an artist and lithographer in London. He produced many topographical prints and portraits, including four prints in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Charles Tilt was a publisher and printseller in London. The company produced books and prints, including the book The Landscape Album; or Great Britain Illustrated.