BUTTERFLIES. [UNTITLED.] PLATE 280.
Pieter Cramer
Artist's BiographyButterflies. [Untitled.] Plate 280.
Copper plate engraving 1779-91.
Paper size 11 5/8 x 9 1/4" (295 x 235 mm).
Good condition. Original hand coloring. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 43862
Price: $350.00 Publisher : Published in Amsterdam by S.J. Baalde and N.T. Gravius. Pieter Cramer (1721-c.1779) was a Dutch wool merchant and entomologist. He assembled an extensive collection on insects that included butterflies, moths and insects. He hired Gerrit Wartenaar Lambertz to make drawings of his collection that he then had engraved and published. The resulting work was titled “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. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Animals & Insects , Butterflies & Moths
