Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Butterfly hunting.
Call Number
D North 51/GC112/Box 03/Normal/Prints/Titles Br-Co GA 2014.00124
Identifier
ark:/88435/3n204619w
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], 1806.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1806
Extent
1 item ; sheet 23 x 28.5 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, pp. 61-62 (reproduced)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings
Depiction: A collision between the pursuits of rival enthusiasts is pictured under the title of "Butterfly Hunting". Nothing can stop the fervour of the butterfly collector in this chase of the sportive prey, wantonly flitting all over the flowerbeds, and leading the excited entomologists a pretty dance, carrying destruction to the parterres, and ruination to the tulips, of which the proprietor of the house and grounds is, it appears, a passionate fancier. The havoc, which is spreading over the beds of his favourites, is reducing him to frenzy as he is awakened from his rest, and surveys from his bedroom-window the field of action, the only wonder is, if he has a loaded gun ready at hand, that he is not tempted to salute the reckless spoilers with a volley.
Item description: Perhaps this is a later issue.
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Insects—Caricatures and cartoons
Butterflies—Caricatures and cartoons
Gardens—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Gardeners—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Hunters—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e70df127-e5f7-4e6d-a4f8-1b079b7ac1ff/manifest