Rhopalocera III detail 61x61 Robert Thornton's Temple of Flora

Robert Thornton's Temple of Flora from 1807 illustrates the sexual system developed by Carl Linnaeus

and beauty is not the common term to describe them

Placed on a pale blue background which enhances the delicate flowers and green leaves

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Rhopalocera III detail 61x61 Robert Thornton's Temple of FloraEntomology. More than two thirds of all known organisms are insects dating back around 400 million years. A flutter of gorgeous blue and green hues that sets the mood for those lazy summerdays sprinkled with fairy dust. Printed with Japanese archival ink on a matte Hahnemhle paper in our own studio in rural Copenhagen, Denmark. Design no. 5414 Explore the Insectum collection