Wash drawing depicting a butterfly viewed from above, with wings spread
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly laid in with three other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Watercolor drawing depicting a moth viewed from above, with wings spread
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly laid in with three other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Watercolor drawing depicting a green caterpillar at top, a pupa in the middle, and a gold-colored moth at bottom
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Attributed to Alexander Marshal based on association with a similar drawing labelled "Marshall" in manuscript. For other drawings by Marshal of moths and caterpillars, see: Collection 941. Alexander Marshal Insect Watercolors. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia., Place and date of production based on the artist's country of residence and death date., Small remnant on verso of a trimmed manuscript annotation in the artist's hand., Formerly laid in with three other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Watercolor drawing depicting a green caterpillar at top, a pupa in the middle, and a gold-colored moth at bottom
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Attributed to Alexander Marshal based on association with a similar drawing labelled "Marshall" in manuscript. For other drawings by Marshal of moths and caterpillars, see: Collection 941. Alexander Marshal Insect Watercolors. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia., Place and date of production based on the artist's country of residence and death date., Small remnant on verso of a trimmed manuscript annotation in the artist's hand., Formerly laid in with three other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Watercolor drawing depicting a gray caterpillar at top, a pupa in the middle, and a yellowish-brown and white moth at bottom
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Artist's name written in ink in an unidentified hand in lower right corner., Place and date of production based on the artist's country of residence and death date., Trimmed manuscript annotation in the artist's hand on verso. For other drawings by Marshal of moths and caterpillars, some with similar annotations on verso, see: Collection 941. Alexander Marshal Insect Watercolors. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia., Formerly laid in with three other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Watercolor drawing depicting a gray caterpillar at top, a pupa in the middle, and a yellowish-brown and white moth at bottom
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Artist's name written in ink in an unidentified hand in lower right corner., Place and date of production based on the artist's country of residence and death date., Trimmed manuscript annotation in the artist's hand on verso. For other drawings by Marshal of moths and caterpillars, some with similar annotations on verso, see: Collection 941. Alexander Marshal Insect Watercolors. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia., Formerly laid in with three other drawings at page 51 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted together with three other drawings to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
