The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs

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The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs
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The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs

PortfolioVermis Sericus (The Introduction of the Silkworm and the Production of Silk in Europe)
Datec. 1595
MediumEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 248 × 333 mm. (9 3/4 × 13 1/8 in.)
Plate: 200 × 270 mm. (7 7/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
Credit LineThe John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost Acquisitions Endowment
Object number2022.102.3
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for Emperor Justinian Receiving the First Imported Silkworm Eggs from Nestorian Monks
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Image Not Available for Program for The Easter Eggs, revue in two acts, Cercle de la Presse, April 27, 1878
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original model n.d., first edition c. 1870; this cast n.d.
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Eggs
1936
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Eggs
1982
Image Not Available for The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms
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Image Not Available for Waiter, what is this? You are not taking good care of your interests! You should have covered and breeded the egg. Then you could have served the little chicken on watercress!
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Boiled Egg (recto); Chinese Lantern (verso)
1935