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Lot 7281:
HN Humphreys - 3 prints of British butterflies 1841
Humphreys
These original hand-coloured lithographs, arranged and illustrated by H.N. Humphreys with descriptions by J. O. Westwood, are from British Butterflies and their Transformations, published in London 1841.
The prints illustrate the following butterfly species, including their caterpillar and chrysalis, and featured plants:1. Hipparchia Briseis, female. 2. Showing the under side. 3. Hipparchia Tithonus (the large Heath Butterfly). male. 4, The female. 5. Showing the under side. 6. The Caterpillar. 7. The Chrysalis. 8. Poa pratensis (Common Meadow-grass). 1. Colias Chrysotheme (small clouded-yellow Butterfly), the male. 2. The female. 3. The underside. 4. Colias Europome (the clouded sulphur B.) 5, Female. 6. The underside. 7. Lotus corniculatus (common bird-foot trefoil). 8. Lotus major (great bird-foot trefoil1, Parnassius Apollo (the Apollo or crimson-ringed Butterfly). 2. Showing the underside. 3. The Caterpillar. 4. The Chrysalis. See pages 11 and 12 for the description of this insect. 5. Aporia Crategi (the black-veined white B.). 6. The female. 7. The Caterpillar. 8. The Chrysalis. 10. Sedum Telephium. 11. Crategus oxyacantha (Hawthorn).
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: The prints are in excellent condition – please inspect the images carefully for any age related marks
The prints are in excellent condition - please inspect the images carefully for any age related marks
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