λ SIX BOX FRAMES OF WORLD BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS

λ SIX BOX FRAMES OF WORLD BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS

including: swallowtails, heliconius, leaf butterflies, Paris peacock, Purple Emperor, marbled and Bath whites, Camberwell Beauty, Large Blue, Composia Credula, Large Copper, Apollo, Monarch, large Tortoiseshell, Cleopatra and others, with gilt slips and ebonised moulded frames (6)

46 x 170.5cm (max)

Provenance

Collected by Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) in the first half of the 20^th century and displayed at Exbury House, Hampshire.

The Trustees of Exbury House.

We are grateful to Simon Moore M.I.Sc.T., A.C.R. from Natural History Conservation for his assistance cataloguing the present work.