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Rose and Butterfly

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French School
19th century

Rose and Butterfly

frame: 16 x 12 inches (406 x 305 mm); 11 5/16 x 8 3/4 inches (288 x 221 mm)
Watercolor and white opaque watercolor over graphite, with selective gum glazing, with cutout and applied butterfly on wove paper.
2019.107:2

Donated by Mrs. Jayne Wrightsman in honor of Mrs. Annette de la Renta.

Notes
10 original watercolors of garden flowers removed from a contemporary book bound in purple morocco, blind tooled with gilt fillet, gilt initials R.B. in center of cover. France, 1846.
Wrightsman Number: 1026B(?).
Associated names
Wrightsman, Jayne, donor.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department