Caesius Collection

Dewberry, Rubus caesius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Mountain pink, Dianthus caesius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Dwarf pink carnations, Dianthus caryophyllus. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Curtis British Entomology Plate 522
Coleoptera: Hylesinus scaber = Hylesinus oleiperda (Rough Hylesinus) [Plant: Dianthus gratianopolitanus (Dianthus caesius, Cheddar or Mountain Pink)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 384
Lepidoptera: Acidalia degenaria = Idaea degeneraria (Portland Ribbon Wave) [Plant: Rubus caesius, flowering (Dew-berry)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 356
Lepidoptera: Acosmetia fuscula = Lithacodia pygarga (Marbled White-spot) [Plant: Rubus caesius, fruiting (Dew-berry)] Date: 1824-39

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