Insects from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' Size:XL: 120 x 100cm 25th June 1969

25th June 1969

Britomartis

Jack Charlton and Terry Paine

Entomological studies of a six-spotted shieldbug

Liverpool manager Bill Shankly takes charge of a training session as the team are recalled for preseason training at Melwood

Insects from Linnaeus's 'Academic delights' Size:XL: 120 x 100cm 25th June 1969Engraving of insects from thesis CLXIX 'Bigae Insectorum' by Andreas Dahl, 1775, published in volume 8 of Amoenitates academicae (Stockholm, 1785). Amoenitates academicae ('Academic delights', 10 volumes, 1749 1790) was published in Carl Linnaeus's name, and edited by him (vols 1 7) and J C D Schreber (vols 8 10). It consisted of theses presented and defended by students at Uppsala University. Original: engraving. 1785