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Watercolor on paper drawing of "Masons or Dirt Daubers, Details of Hymenoptera", July 15, 1796, from the Latrobe Sketchbooks, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. This detailed sketch shows various views of mud hives, known as "dirt daubers" or "mud daubers", and several views of the wasps that build them. He sketched these views while at Rippon…

Masons or Dirt Daubers, Details of Hymenoptera

Description

Watercolor on paper drawing of "Masons or Dirt Daubers, Details of Hymenoptera", July 15, 1796, from the Latrobe Sketchbooks, by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. This detailed sketch shows various views of mud hives, known as "dirt daubers" or "mud daubers", and several views of the wasps that build them. He sketched these views while at Rippon Lodge, home of Colonel Thomas Blackburn (1742-1807), near Dumfries, Virginia.

Creator

Date

1796-07-15

Materials

Watercolor on paper

Dimensions

10.5 x 7 inches

Object ID

1960.108.1.2.9

Resource ID

4692

Notes

Sketchbook 2

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Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

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