DrawingsAmerican19th century

Vanessa antiopa (Mourning Cloak Butterfly)

1838

Artists

Timothy HouseArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Gouache on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

23.4 x 18.6 cm (9 3/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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