Colour wood engraving printed by the artist, one of an edition of 250, signed, numbered and titled by the artist. Image size 10 x 9 cm (4 x 3.5 ins). Paper size 23 x 16 cm. Printed on Monadnock paper. Also known as Ephemerella inermis, engraved for 'Mayflies of the Driftless Region', written and hand printed by the artist in 2005. "'Dry Fly Entomology' by Frederic M. Halford, published in London in 1897, was the inspiration for 'Mayflies of the Driftless Region'. Halford, the Victorian innovator and popularizer of modern fly-fishing, scientifically described and surveyed the principal British mayflies of his time, but he did not claim his work as a comprehensive entomological treatise. Instead, 'Dry Fly Entomology' was aimed at providing anglers with a basic, working understanding of the nature of aquatic insects. 'Mayflies of the Driftless Region' can make no such claim: it is not a field guide. Instead, it is a study of mayflies by an artist. I have created 13 depictions of mayflies, color wood engravings with each hue printed from a separate block of end-grain maple. These images are the result of careful microscopic study of specimens collected from streams near my home in rural Wisconsin" (Schanilec). One of the special edition of 35 printed on Gampi Torinoko paper is also available, priced at £300. Seller Inventory # 6198

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Title: Pale Morning Dun - E. inermis.

Publication Date: 2005

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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