Flies (Diptera, Plate 12) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Finish:Framed art print Mississippi River: The most significant

Mississippi River: The most significant river in the state

and the Sarntal’s deeply incised valleys testify to geologic time writ large

Sacramento Street

and nations

Interesting context about the mapmaker: Emanuel Bowen was a well-known British engraver and mapmaker in the 18th century who served as a geographer to both King George II of Great Britain and Louis XV of France

Flies (Diptera, Plate 12) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Finish:Framed art print Mississippi River: The most significantInsecta Diptera Pl 12 (1879) by Frederick DuCane Godman is a refined Victorian zoological illustration from the golden age of natural history publishing. Godman, an English scholar, collector, and patron of the sciences, helped advance the careful study and classification of wildlife at a moment when entomology was rapidly expanding. This plate presents a disciplined arrangement of true flies within the order Dipteraan order that encompasses familiar