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Framed and on the wall
Frame and rooms are illustrations of how the print could look; the description says what is included.
Set of 3 Antique Butterfly Prints Also Showing Caterpillars and Pupae, 1810
€250 ($280, £210, €250)
Period original, not a reproduction.
Shipped from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked, worldwide. Returns accepted within 14 days.
- Date
- 1810
- Size
- 9.6 × 7.2 in (24.5 × 18.4 cm)
- Condition
- Fair. Shows age-related toning and soiling. Passepartouts / matting included. Please study images carefully.
- Period
- Early 19th century
- Section
- Insects and butterflies
- Reference
- f_31886982
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Set of 3 antique butterfly prints. Most likely originating from an edition of 'Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte. Insekten' by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm. Published circa 1810.
Passepartouts / matting included.
Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (16 October 1758 Augsburg - 12 December 1811 Augsburg) was a Protestant pastor and natural history writer, probably best known for his monumental "Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte" ("Wilhelm's Discourses on Natural History").
