Saturday

Those stag beetles....


Richard Doyle (1824-83):
'The Fairy Queen's Messenger Riding a Stag Beetle'
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Albrecht Dürer: 'Stag Beetle', 1505
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'The Stag-beetles had a grand boxing-match'
Shadow picture, 1930s -I think it looks
like a silhouette by Molly Brett
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2 comments:

ceparie said...

Durer's beetle is phenomenal!

Aputsiaq said...

Dürer was so amazing...the details...ooohhhhh!