IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 23101 accession number: PD.259-1973 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 23 January 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: This is a Chinese natural history illustration showing various insects on plant stems. The composition features a large black and orange moth at the top right, positioned on a delicate green stem. Below it are several other specimens including a white butterfly on the left, a caterpillar in brown and black stripes, and a small beetle. The insects are arranged around plant stem. The painting is executed in the style typical of Chinese export natural history art from around the late 18th or early 19th century, with careful attention to both scientific detail and aesthetic arrangement. The artwork demonstrates the Chinese artists' skill in combining accurate natural observation with decorative composition, created to appeal to Western collectors and naturalists of the period. title: drawing LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints collection: Broughton Collection STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23101 SUBJECTS ------------------- plant plant TECHNIQUES ---------- watercolour and bodycolour on paper watercolour CATEGORIES ------ category: drawing DATING ------ creation date: 1810 - 1810 creation date earliest: 1810 creation date latest: 1810 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Canton workshop