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Latrobe's Essay on Landscape, vol. 2, Mason Wasp / Mud Dauber

Benjamin Henry Latrobe1798/1799

Library of Virginia

Library of Virginia
Richmond, VA, United States

In Volume Two, Latrobe gives an account of his own observation of the mason wasp, or "more vulgarly called dirtdauber" in action. "Deserving of particular notice," he writes. "I think the Mason deserves to have his picture drawn."

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