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Voyage de l'Uranie; Insectes: 3 studies. Papillons, Araignées, Fourmis; Papillons de Rawak; (Papillons et insectes de Rawak, Waigiou)
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Jacques Etienne Victor Arago (1790-1855) and Adrien Aimé Taunay (1803-1828)
Voyage de l'Uranie; Insectes: 3 studies. Papillons, Araignées, Fourmis; Papillons de Rawak; (Papillons et insectes de Rawak, Waigiou)
two signed and dated 'Js Arago fecit 1818' (lower right) and extensively inscribed, the third (by Taunay) inscribed
pencil and watercolour on paper
14½ x 11in. (36.8 x 27.9cm.) and similar
and a fragment of a sheet with a study of an insect (at the Cape of Good Hope) by Taunay (4)
Voyage de l'Uranie; Insectes: 3 studies. Papillons, Araignées, Fourmis; Papillons de Rawak; (Papillons et insectes de Rawak, Waigiou)
two signed and dated 'J
pencil and watercolour on paper
14½ x 11in. (36.8 x 27.9cm.) and similar
and a fragment of a sheet with a study of an insect (at the Cape of Good Hope) by Taunay (4)
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