"Bound volume of 56 insect watercolors" (no title)
Date1710-1730
Artist
Eleazar Albin
OriginEngland, London
MediumCardboard, leather binding, and watercolor on laid paper
DimensionsOH: 15" x OW: 12 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1990-177
DescriptionManuscript book binding containing 56 watercolors of various insects.Pages 7 and 10 were removed prior to the purchase.
Label TextWealthy sponsors of natural history sought exotic specimens of plants and animals from correspondents all over the world and frequently hired knowledgeable artists to provide them with drawings. This watercolor is the first of fifty-five pages from an album of butterflies, moths, and other insects drawn early in the eighteenth century.
ProvenanceW. Graham Arader III
1800-1827 (compiled); some 1726
1824-1828 (range of the entires in the album).
1810-1825
1816-1824
1650-1675
December 20th, 1829 (dated)