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Caterpillars

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  • Lord Rosebery and two other politicians represented as caterpillars searching for leaves in a barren landscape. Drawing by A.S. Boyd, ca. 1895.
  • Among the many different presentations of penicillin V one name stands out : DQV-K : the quality oral penicillin.
  • Caterpillars eating a hole in a tartan fabric; advertising Globol insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1958.
  • A flowering branch of medlar (Mespilus germanica) with butterfly, chrysalis and caterpillar of a Papilio species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1816.
  • Twenty five different insects and the plants they live on. Engraving by I. Taylor.
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    A caterpillar bores a hole into the side of pear having just eaten a hole in an apple, an analogy to the voracious appetite and speed of growth of the HIV virus. Colour silk screen print after A. François, 1993.

    François, André, 1915-2005. | Date: [1993] | Reference: 672816i
    Part of: Images pour la lutte contre le SIDA
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    A maggot in an arable field. Engraving.

    | Reference: 42726i
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    A campion plant (Silene cucubalus) with an associated moth, its caterpillar and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.

    | Date: 1 May 1830 | Reference: 24046i
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    A caterpillar. Engraving.

    | Reference: 42724i
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    Caterpillars eating a hole in a tartan fabric; advertising Globol insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1958.

    | Date: [1958] | Reference: 664019i
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