31 Items by auctions and galleries:
henry rifle
Lot 115 A SET OF TWELVE GEORGE III SILVER-GILT DINNER-PLATES
An Opulent Aesthetic: An Important Private Collection from an English Country House
CHRISTIE'S
An Opulent Aesthetic: An Important Private Collection from an English Country House
Date: 09.02.2023 10:30 UTC +00:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 265
Lot 84 Joseph Conrad (1847-1924)
Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)
The Alphabet of Genius: Important Autograph Letters and Manuscripts
Joseph Conrad
03.12.1857 - 03.08.1924
CHRISTIE'S
The Alphabet of Genius: Important Autograph Letters and Manuscripts
Date: 15.12.2023 11:00 UTC +00:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 365
Lot 185 WILKES, Benjamin (fl.1740-1750)
Benjamin Wilkes (? - 1749)
Valuable Books and Manuscripts
Benjamin Wilkes
1749
Benjamin Wilkes was a British artist and amateur naturalist who lived in London in the 18th century.
Wilkes painted historical sites and portraits. Having been invited to a meeting of the Aurelian Society, where he first saw specimens of butterflies and moths, he became fascinated with insect observation and in his spare time began practicing entomology. He collected, studied, and sketched the various life cycles of scales, parasites, pupae, larvae, etc.
Wilkes published the first edition of his work, English Moths and Butterflies 1747-1749, assembled from 120 hand-colored engravings of insects. He also amassed a substantial collection of his own in London, which was open to the public.
CHRISTIE'S
Valuable Books and Manuscripts
Date: 12.07.2023 00:00 UTC +00:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 247