Pieter Cramer

Artist's Biography

Alimena. c. Alimena. d.e. Eurisus. f.g. Evagete.

Copper plate engraving, 1779-91.
Paper size 11 3/4 x 9 1/4" (29.8 x 23.5 cm).
Good condition with original color. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 90265
Price: $300.00
Publisher : Published in Amsterdam by S. J. Baalde and N. T. Gravius. Pl. CCXXI. Pieter Cramer (1721-c.1779) was a Dutch wool merchant and entomologist. He assembled an extensive collection on insects that included butterflies and moths. He hired Gerrit Wartenaar Lambertz to make drawings of his collection that he then had engraved and published. The resulting work was titled “De Uitlandsche Kapellen Voorkomende in de Drie Waereld-Deele Asia, Africa en America.../Papillons Exotiques des Trois parties du Monde: l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amerique” or the Exotic Butterflies from three parts of the World: Asia, Africa and America. They are high quality engravings with original hand coloring.Text sheets included. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History

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