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  • dendroica: … said the Spider to the Wasp… by National Library of Ireland on Flickr. Watercolour by Miss Battersby showing a wasp caught in a spider’s web. The R.D.S. Library received a gift of four albums of nature drawings from Miss Battersby of 21 North Cumberland Street, Dublin in 1837. These came to the National Lbrary of Ireland after our founding 40 years later.

    dendroica:

    … said the Spider to the Wasp… by National Library of Ireland on Flickr.

    Watercolour by Miss Battersby showing a wasp caught in a spider’s web.

    The R.D.S. Library received a gift of four albums of nature drawings from Miss Battersby of 21 North Cumberland Street, Dublin in 1837. These came to the National Lbrary of Ireland after our founding 40 years later.

    Tagged: Watercolour Autumn Leaves Berries Spider's Web Cobweb Web Spider Wasp Miss Battersby Mary Battersby North Cumberland Street Dublin Ireland 19th century Prints & Drawings National Library of Ireland spiders

    Posted on November 23, 2011 via Birds on the Brain with 54 notes

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