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Research: Design in Nature

Today we are featuring insect plates from Research: Design in Nature, edited by John Gilbert Wilkins, published by the Field Museum of Natural History and the School of the Art Institute Chicago in 1924. The portfolio features over 200 leaves of plates that were printed in the Field Museum pressroom. The drawings featured in the plates were created by many different artists, including some of Wilkins’ students. The plates are photogravures, and Wilkins notes that “it is possibly the best method of reproducing the soft pleasing effects of the pencil renderings.”

Research: Design in Nature includes a wide variety of plant and animal drawings, highlighting the design elements that can be found in nature. Today we are focusing on insects because they show both the horrifying and beautiful aspects of the natural world.

View more posts about decorative arts and pattern books.

–Sarah, Special Collections Graduate Assistant

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Saturnia pavonia

Saturnia pavonia - Emperor moth

Family: Saturniidae

1, 3: female - 2: male

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Automeris frankae male (top) and female (bottom) Photos by Jurgen Vanhoudt

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Bunaeopsis arabella

1. Bunaeopsis arabella

2. Bunaeopsis sp.

Family: Saturniidae

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Automeris lauta

Automeris lauta - Fashionable eyed silkmoth

Family: Saturniidae

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“Moth-Like Creature” sighted, 1979

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Moon moth hybrid

Graellsia isabellae × Actias dubernardi hybrid

Family: Saturniidae

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Tolype velleda

Tolype velleda - Large tolype

Family: Lasiocampidae

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[grandrieux]

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Devon Aoki | Alessandro Dell'Acqua (1998) ph. Juergen Teller

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Serena Motola | © Yung Hua Chen

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