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Butterflies, moths, flies and a wasp: P.173-1943

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Butterflies, moths, flies and a wasp

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Hollar, Wenceslaus (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: From the collection of George Ambrose Cardew (d.1941) [L.1134]; bt. Sotheby's, 20 January 1943, part of lot 198

Legal notes

Bought from the Print Duplicates Fund, 1943

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1943)

Note

Copied after two plates from Hollar's series 'Muscarum Scarabeorum' of 1646 (New Hollstein nos. 919 as bottom half and 923 as top half, in reverse. Numbered '5' lower right corner.

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Identification numbers

Accession number: P.173-1943
Primary reference Number: 203147
New Hollstein (German): 919 (see)
Lugt: 1134
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Audit data

Created: Friday 3 July 2015 Updated: Saturday 28 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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