Brian Hargreaves

Brian Hargreaves FRSA, FRES (1935-2011) was an English artist and scientific illustrator, known for his depictions of Lepidoptera.

[2] Hargreaves early career was in church restoration; he gilded the lantern ball and cross that sits on top of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral.

[2] For his work on Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants, he was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's gold medal.

[1] He supplied work to Royal Mail for a set of United Kingdom postage stamps, depicting two-spot ladybirds, but these were not used.

It was a gift to Queen Elizabeth II from the Royal Entomological Society in 2002, to mark her Golden Jubilee.

Brian Hargreaves (right) with Arthur Smith & Family. Early 1950s.
Lantern ball and cross atop the dome of St Paul's Cathedral