DrawingsAmerican19th century
Vanessa antiopa (Mourning Cloak Butterfly)
1838
Artists
Timothy HouseArtist
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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