1891 Plate XX - Heath Butterfly - Morris
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FRANCIS MORRIS
Plate XX - Heath Butterfly
HEATH BUTTERFLY.
PLATE XX.
Hipparchia Davus,
Hipparchia Polydama,
Papilio Davus,
Papilio Tullia,
Papilio Philoxenus,
Papilio Musarion,
Papilio Polydama,
Papilio Polymeda,
Hero,
Iphis,
Tiphon,
Typhon,
Maniola Tiphon,
Canonympha Davus,
Satyrus Davus
1891
Lithograph, Hand Colored
Sheet Size 10 x 7 inches
Publisher: John C Nimmo, London
VG+ condition with light age toning
Francis Morris (25 March 1810 10 February 1893), Irish clergyman, notable ornithologist and entomologist and as the author of many children's books and books on natural history and heritage buildings.
Through working with Benjamin Fawcett (1808–1893), a local printer who was arguably the most accomplished of nineteenth century woodblock colour printers and illustrater Alexander Francis Lydon (1836–1917), Morris was able to create a several great works on natural history.
