“The great south sea caterpillar, transform’d into a Bath butterfly” (1795), James Gillray's caricature of English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences Joseph Banks, born #onthisday in 1743.
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“The great south sea caterpillar, transform’d into a Bath butterfly” (1795), James Gillray's caricature of English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences Joseph Banks, born #onthisday in 1743. More on the iconography of Banks here https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/joseph-banks-portraits-of-a-placid-elephant #otd
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