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Lot 5245:
Small garden white et al by Humphreys 1841
This original hand-coloured lithograph is from British Butterflies and their Transformations, arranged and illustrated by H.N. Humphreys, with descriptions by J. O. Westwood. Published in London 1841.
The print illustrates the following butterfly species, including their caterpillar and chrysalis, and featured plants:
1. Pieris Rape (the small garden white Butterfly), male. 2. The female, showing the under side. 3. The Caterpillar. 4. The Chrysalis, 5. Pieris Metra (Howard’s white B.), female. 6. The male, showing the under side.
Fig. 7. Pieris Napi (the green-veined white B.), male. 8. The female, showing the under side. 9. The Caterpillar. 10. The Chrysalis. 11. Pieris Sabellic (the dusky-veined white B.), female. 12. The male, showing the under side. 13. Brassica Rapa (Rape), 14. Brassica campestris (common navew)
Henry Noel Humphreys (1810–1879), was a British illustrator, naturalist, entomologist, and numismatist. Humphreys, who studied medieval manuscripts in Italy as a young man, became an accomplished scholar in numerous subjects.
Size: 8.25in x 10.5in (21cm x 26.6cm).
Condition: Excellent
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