COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL022747tr
Reference Number:
Chinese Drawings 47
Image Title:
Butterflies & flowers
Parent Work Title:
Painting: Chinese; Flowers, Butterflies & Insects
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Crawford Chinese Collection: Illustrations
Date Created:
c1850
Volume:
47
Page/Sheet:
No.9
Image Sequence Number:
009
Description:
Illustrated: painting: butterflies and flowers. Water-colour on pith paper. Nineteenth century
Subject:
Art, Chinese
Subject:
Butterflies
Subject:
Natural History
Subject:
Insects
Subject:
Lepidoptera
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Technique Used:
Painting (image-making)
Medium:
Watercolour (paint)
Support:
Pith paper
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
China
Item Height:
215 mm
Item Width:
320 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
Zheng Yaying, 'Crawford Chinese Collection' 1991. 'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000.
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, March 2004
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Butterflies & flowers
