%eadnotat; ]> Constock, Anna (Botsford), 1854-1930. Artist's proof of wood engraving, 1894? Phillips Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 2001. ENG Constock, Anna (Botsford), 1854-1930. Artist's proof of wood engraving, 1894? Phillips Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Descriptive Summary Collection 955 Archives of the Academy of Natural Sciences

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COMSTOCK, ANNA (Botsford), 1854-1930. Artist's proof of wood engraving, 1894? 1 item. Collection 955

Entomological illustrator and nature study teacher, Mrs. Comstock worked with her husband through her life. This engraving on wood, of six months, Alsophila pometaria, Cingilia caternaria, Dyspteris abortivaria, Lagoa crispata, Nepytia semiclusaria and Portheria dispar, while here shown as figures on a single plate, were published as individual text figures. Originally, they appeared in, “A manual for the Study of Insects” by John Henry Comstock and Anna Botsford Comstock, in 1895.

Presented by Prof. and Mrs. E. L. Palmer, of Cornell University, in 1959, as recognition of the observance of the American Entomological Society's 100th Anniversary. The publisher's remainders, and papers concerned with natural history, of the Comstock Publishing Company of Ithaca, New York, were purchased by the Palmers after the death of Mrs. Comstock and preserved by them.

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