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Amedeo John Engel Terzi (1872-1956)
Mosquito (Theobaldia annulata), c.1939.
Watercolour on paper, 445 x 320 mm.
Amedeo Terzi was an Italian artist whose life and work has
made a major contribution to our understanding of insects
and the transmission of disease. Terzi spent much of his life
working with some of the leading scientists in the field of
medical entomology.
Today his name is associated with his exceptional drawings
of blood-sucking insects that are admired for both their scientific
accuracy and artistic accomplishment.
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