'Painted agarista' [Joseph's coat moth] Diaghilev Original is oil on panel

Original is oil on panel 22x26

with Roy Salvadori handing over to Stirling Moss

with two women inspecting the fish that are being offered to them

Wren's design for the dome was kept a secret

'Painted agarista' [Joseph's coat moth] Diaghilev Original is oil on panelEntomological studies of the Joseph's coat moth Agarista agricola, an insect native to Australia. Views of the male and female. Plate 15 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The author describes the insect within the text: 'Inhabits New Holland.' The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder. 1814.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836)