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Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
Three Caterpillars, a Moth and Four Butterflies
Etching | RCIN 804554
Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
Three Caterpillars, a Moth and Four Butterflies
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An etching of insects, including a large moth, caterpillars and a number of butterflies. This is one of a series of prints of butterflies and moths made by Hollar in Antwerp and published as Diversae Insectorum (Diverse Insects).
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Collection of John Towneley (1731-1813); his sale (London May 1818), lot 467, where purchased by George III (through Simco)
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