SOLD Autumnal Acarus (Harvest Bug), 1790 Hand-colored Shaw & Nodder Copperplate Engraving antique kindergarten plaiting paper When his coat is pulled

When his coat is pulled up

I have a hard time not grabbing these old treen darning eggs when I find them

Total size is 10" x 7 3/4" x 1 1/4"

It is also wonderfully irregular

SOLD Autumnal Acarus (Harvest Bug), 1790 Hand-colored Shaw & Nodder Copperplate Engraving antique kindergarten plaiting paper When his coat is pulledThis is a striking hand colored Shaw and Nodder copper engraving of a Autumnal Acarus or Harvest bug, also known as a Scarlet mite, the larval stage of the Trombicula species of mites. Recently, I found a couple of Shaw and Nodder engravings that had been enhanced with additional watercoloring and annotation by a holder of them in the first half of the 19th century; that is not the case here, but those heightened my awareness of Shaw and Nodder