Hymenoptera - Johann Heinrich Sulzer, 1776. (Insects Wall Art)
This print feels clean and “study-like,” with insects laid out so you can compare them fast. The fine linework in the wings stands out, but the page still feels calm, so it works as wall art in a study, office, or hallway.
About this print
This illustration comes from Dr. Sulzers Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten (Winterthur, 1776.), a short, practical insect book arranged “according to the Linnaean system.” The images were engraved by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg and the original sets were commonly issued hand-colored, which helps explain the warm, careful look of pages like this.
“Hymenoptera” is the insect order that includes bees, wasps, ants, and sawflies. The point of the page is not a scene. It is a clear comparison of shapes, wing structure, and body details, like a set of notes you can actually read with your eyes. In the same 1776 book, Butterflies, shifts the mood from sharp working insects to softer wing patterns, but keeps the same tidy, easy-to-study layout.
Craft & finish
This insect art print is made on hand-processed paper, highlighted with subtle gold and sealed with beeswax for an authentic parchment feel. Please note that colors can look slightly different from screen to screen.
Find more prints like this in the Vintage Insects Art collection.
Hymenoptera (Johann Heinrich Sulzer, 1776.) - Vintage Insects Print
In case your print creases during the travel, as it usually does travel for some time, you can safely warm it up with a hair-dryer, and the wax will melt back right into it. You can also use a lighter, which is a much faster method, but be careful to keep the flame either above the paper or parallel to it (which means holding the paper vertically) so it doesn't smudge or even catch fire. The chance of the print actually creasing is very small, as they are rolled in bubble-wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. Also, be sure to keep the print out of the direct sunlight, as it can melt or fade.
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