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Lepidoptera – Papilio Harpalyce – Papilio Flexaris

Today: Butterflies (Papilio harpalyce, Papilio flexaris)

Edward Donovan, plate 6

From The Insects of New Holland (Australia)

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Technique
Facsimile giclée
Sheet
12 × 14¼ in, original size
Paper
White etching paper, 270 g/m²
Ink
Archival ink
Edition
Limited to 250 prints

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  • Photographed from an original copy of The Insects of New Holland (Australia).
  • Proofed against that sheet under daylight, until the colours match.
  • Printed at the full size of the sheet, with its margins and lettering, in an edition of 250.

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Lepidoptera – Papilio Harpalyce – Papilio Flexaris is plate 6 of The Insects of New Holland (Australia) by Edward Donovan (1805). Today: Butterflies (Papilio harpalyce, Papilio flexaris). This facsimile is made from the original and printed at the size of the original sheet, 12 × 14¼ in (30.5 × 36.5 cm).

About the original

Edward Donovan (1768-1837), the Anglo-Irish naturalist and illustrator, published An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland in 1805, the last of his three books on the insects of China, India and New Holland: hand-coloured engravings of Australian butterflies and moths, many not illustrated before.

Donovan dedicated the book to Sir Joseph Banks, whose collections and library he had used.

Title
The Insects of New Holland (Australia)
Published
1805
In our collection
18 prints
Gies Pluim at a table in the Teylers Museum library with plates from The Birds of America
Founder Gies Pluim in the library of the Teylers Museum in Haarlem.

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