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$40.00
FRANCIS MORRIS
Plate XVI - Gate-Keeper
GATE-KEEPEE.
SPECKLED WALL. WALL BUTTERFLY.
PLATE XVI.
Hipparchia megara,
Papilio megera,
Papilio magera,
Satyrus megara,
Dira megara,
Papilio mara
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.
Collections: Prints, Prints - Insects, Products, Reverend Francis Orpen Morris
Category: 1800s, Butterflies, Francis Morris, Insects, Prints
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