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The Butterfly

Print
1893 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour lithograph reproduction of a painting. A female nude with butterfly wings perches like a fairy on a blade of grass and smells a flower nearly as large as she is.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Butterfly (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
colour lithography
Brief description
Luis Ricardo Faléro, lithographed by Carl Warsany. "The Butterfly". Printed by W.H. Keep & Co, London, 1893
Physical description
Colour lithograph reproduction of a painting. A female nude with butterfly wings perches like a fairy on a blade of grass and smells a flower nearly as large as she is.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.5in
  • Width: 8.125in
Credit line
Given by Mr. W.H. Keep
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1942, London: HMSO, 1955.
Collection
Accession number
E.221-1942

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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