Entomology Drawings
Natural history. Insects drawings, hand-colored engravings and book prints from various sources. Created by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine Dated: 2017Entomology as a scientific study began in the 16th century. William Kirby is widely considered as the father of Entomology. In collaboration with William Spence, he published a definitive entomological encyclopedia, Introduction to Entomology, regarded as the subject's foundational text. He also helped to found the Royal Entomological Society in London in 1833, one of the earliest such societies in the world; earlier antecedents, such as the Aurelian society date back to the 1740s.