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Cynthia Cardin (fl.1848-1851)
A collection of original watercolours of British Butterflies. [Isle of Purbeck?:] 1848-1851. 47 original watercolours on card by Cynthia Cardin, 190 x 38mm. approximately., one signed with monogram and signature, two signed with monogram, most identified on the recto and with extensive inscriptions on the verso concerning where and when the subject was found and its life-cycle. Unbound in a 20th-century drop-sided red morocco-backed box, 'spine' gilt (small tear to head of spine). Provenance: Miss Castlemaine Smith (card noting gift to:) -- Dr.Arthur A. Lisney (card inscribed 'Dr. Lisney With many thanks from Miss Castlemaine Smith 23/12/54').
A fine collection, featuring many of the common and not-so-common butterflies and moths to be found on the Isle of Purbeck, on the south coast of England. The box also includes 3 small format watercolour drawings of beetles, one of a damsel fly, and 2 by 'G.T.T.' of hawk-moths.
A collection of original watercolours of British Butterflies. [Isle of Purbeck?:] 1848-1851. 47 original watercolours on card by Cynthia Cardin, 190 x 38mm. approximately., one signed with monogram and signature, two signed with monogram, most identified on the recto and with extensive inscriptions on the verso concerning where and when the subject was found and its life-cycle. Unbound in a 20th-century drop-sided red morocco-backed box, 'spine' gilt (small tear to head of spine). Provenance: Miss Castlemaine Smith (card noting gift to:) -- Dr.Arthur A. Lisney (card inscribed 'Dr. Lisney With many thanks from Miss Castlemaine Smith 23/12/54').
A fine collection, featuring many of the common and not-so-common butterflies and moths to be found on the Isle of Purbeck, on the south coast of England. The box also includes 3 small format watercolour drawings of beetles, one of a damsel fly, and 2 by 'G.T.T.' of hawk-moths.
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