'Australian locust' [Gumleaf grasshopper] Size:L: 70 x 70cm Behind the Samaritan a dog

Behind the Samaritan a dog licks its wounds

He is in the company of the ghost of Daniel O'Connell

built in the 14th century

It had been produced with the 1976 season in mind

'Australian locust' [Gumleaf grasshopper] Size:L: 70 x 70cm Behind the Samaritan a dogEntomological studies of the gumleaf grasshopper Goniaea australasiae. The top figure is a female insect, the lower figure a male. Native to Australia. Plate 24 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The plate is inscribed: 'Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder. Tavistock Street. London.' William Elford Leach (1790 1836) British naturalist was elected