![O.033086; [Cocoon]. From the portfolio: Birth of a Beauty: The Hatching of the Emperor Gum Moth Antheraea eucalypti; 1945; Sharell, Richard ; without frame](https://media.tepapa.govt.nz/collection/281147/preview)
item details
Name[Cocoon]. From the portfolio: Birth of a Beauty: The Hatching of the Emperor Gum Moth Antheraea eucalypti
ProductionRichard Sharell; photographer; 1945; New Zealand
Classificationblack-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, works of art
Materialsphotographic gelatin, silver, photographic paper, cardboard
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 101mm (height), 78mm (length)
Registration NumberO.033086
Overview
Number one in a series of eight. A close-up view of cocoon on the branch of a plant.
Caption: 'From March 1944 till 13th, January 1945, the pupa inside the brown, tough cocoon was sleeping. At 3:25 p.m. of this day I hear a peculiar rasping sound inside the cocoon -'.