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Chinese Butterflies, watercolor on paper, 1830-1871

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Identifier

ptc-6557

Title

Chinese Butterflies, watercolor on paper, 1830-1871

Date

[between 1830 and 1871]

Creator

Unknown (artist)

Medium

Watercolors

Description

Watercolors depicting 151 butterflies, on 12 cloth-framed sheets probably made of pith paper, mounted on leaves of silk-covered album.
Inscribed on front paste-down: Mrs. Catharine A. Malcomson, with Fletcher Westray's compliments, 25 February 1871.

Subject

Entomology

Rare books

Insects

Butterflies -- Pictorial works

Art, Asian

Painting

Source

Caldwell, Harry R. Chinese Butterflies [bet. 1931 & '36].

[Chinese plates of butterflies] [art original]

RF-15-E

AMNH Special Collections: Photographic Transparency Collection, Transparency number:

Publisher

American Museum of Natural History Library

Rights

Information on rights available at the repository.

Repository

American Museum of Natural History

Collection

Rare Book Collection

Citation

Unknown (artist), “Chinese Butterflies, watercolor on paper, 1830-1871,” AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections, accessed December 5, 2024, https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/index.php/items/show/44850.