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Chinese Butterflies, watercolor on paper, 1830-1871

Identifier

ptc-6561

Title

Chinese Butterflies, watercolor on paper, 1830-1871

Date

1830-1871

Creator

Caldwell, Harry R. (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

Butterflies -- Pictorial works

Insects

Art, Asian

Painting

Source

[Chinese plates of butterflies] [art original]

AMNH Special Collections: Photographic Transparency Collection, Transparency number: 6561

Publisher

American Museum of Natural History Library

Rights

Information on rights available at the repository.

Repository

American Museum of Natural History Library

Collection

Rare Book Collection

Citation

Caldwell, Harry R. (artist), “Chinese Butterflies, watercolor on paper, 1830-1871,” AMNH Research Library | Digital Special Collections, accessed September 17, 2024, https://lbry-web-007.amnh.org/digital/index.php/items/show/44854.