SOLD Autumnal Acarus (Harvest Bug), 1790 Hand-colored Shaw & Nodder Copperplate Engraving handpainted transfer *No international shipping on this

*No international shipping on this one

I find chalkware

visible when looking inside but not evident otherwise

which seems to be a fairly common one in Pennsylvania

) My inclination is this is European

SOLD Autumnal Acarus (Harvest Bug), 1790 Hand-colored Shaw & Nodder Copperplate Engraving handpainted transfer *No international shipping on thisThis is a striking hand colored Shaw and Nodder copper engraving of a Autumnal Acarus or Harvest bug, also known as a Scarlet mite, the larval stage of the Trombicula species of mites. Recently, I found a couple of Shaw and Nodder engravings that had been enhanced with additional watercoloring and annotation by a holder of them in the first half of the 19th century; that is not the case here, but those heightened my awareness of Shaw and Nodder