Vintage Insect Print - Six Insects by Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

A long-winged katydid stands at the center with two grasshoppers on the ground below and three butterflies and moths above. Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677) etched this plate in 1646 from insects in the collection of the Earl of Arundel, as one of a series of natural history studies. This print reproduces the original etching, now in the public domain, from a high-resolution open-access image by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, with the plate mark, the warm tone of the old paper and its small foxing spots kept.

Why you'll love it
• A real 17th-century etching, reproduced in full - not a modern redraw
• Black and white line work that suits a study, library, bedroom or cabinet-of-curiosities wall
• Pairs with the other Hollar insect plates for a matching gallery wall

Print details
• Landscape (horizontal) print
• 200gsm matte poster paper, archival inks
• Sizes: 14x11, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24 inches
• The full original is printed on an ivory paper-tone margin where needed - nothing is cropped
• Sharpest at 14x11 and 18x12; at the largest sizes the small original plate shows a softer, vintage print texture
• Unframed - fits standard frames

Production & shipping
• Made to order: 3-4 business days
• Shipping: 3-8 business days in the US (6-12 business days total); 10-15 business days to the UK (Europe, Canada and Australia coming soon)
• Free shipping on orders $49+ (USD or equivalent) to every country we deliver to