'Harlequin beetle on citron fruit' Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Allison joined the Ferrari F1

Allison joined the Ferrari F1 team for 1959

like the Camenae

Elizabeth Powis

wearing a coat with fur collar and a hat

Peter Reid

'Harlequin beetle on citron fruit' Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Allison joined the Ferrari F1Study of a harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) on a citron fruit (Cirtus medica) with, elsewhere, a moth in stages of development. Plate 28 from the book Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, in qua Erucae ac Vermes Surinamenses, cum omnibus suis transformationibus by Maria Sibylla Merian (Amsterdam, 1705). Inscribed lower left: 'J. Mulder Sculp.', and with annotations by Sir Hans Sloane (1660 1753) The entomologist and artist Maria Sibylla