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.
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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