DrawingsAmerican19th century

Luna Moth on a Bleeding Heart

19th century

Artists

Miss HarrisArtist

Description

The moth (Actias luna) sits on a Dicentra spectabilis or Bleeding Heart plant.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and white gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.4 x 24 cm (10 x 9 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Thaddeus William Harris; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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