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HN Humphreys - 2 prints of British butterflies 1841.

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 butterfly species, including their caterpillar and chrysalis, and featured plants.

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)..

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+ Calendar 2025-02-14 15:30:00 2025-02-28 14:00:00 Europe/London Huge Selection of Antique Prints and Engravings We are offering a huge selection of antique prints and engravings from 16th-20th centuries. Subjects included are natural history, architecture & designs, caricatures & humour, classical (including Egyptology), religious & historical, famous buildings and views, maps, sporting events, royal and historical portraits. We particularly feature ornithological prints by John Gould, Edward Lear, PJ Selby, William Lewin, WT Greene, FN Martinet, J-B Audebert, Rene Lesson, Edouard Travies, Charles Lemaire and Cornelius Nozeman. Other notable natural history artists are JJ & JW Audubon, Rev. Houghton, Archibald Thorburn, John F Miller, George Edwards, Moses Harris, William Hewitson, Frederick Nodder, Edward Donovan and HN Humphreys. There are numerous botanical engravings by Elizabeth Twining, Walter Fitch, Ferdinand Vietz, Pierre-Joseph Redoute, Christopher Trew & Georg Ehret, Jane E Giraud, Edward Lowe and P Stroobant. Other important artists and engravers featured are Thomas Chippendale, Christoph Glotch, George Vertue, Jacobus Houbraken, Anthony Desgodetz, Sir William Hamilton, Paul Decker, Georg Winter, Anton Seder, John Sell Cotman, Auguste Racinet, Giovanni Panini, Henri Delange, Rudolf Ackermann, Bartolomeo Pinelli, Kyd, Joseph Strutt, Charles Riviere, J Nash, William Nicholson, Hans Holbein and Louis Haghe. Britannica Auctions Ltd
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