Swallow-tailed butterflies and other insects, by Wenceslaus Hollar

An image of Swallow-tailed butterflies and twelve other insects. Diversae Insectorum. Hollar, Wenceslaus, attributed (Czech, 1607-1677). Etching, height, paper, 12.2 cm, width, paper, 18.5 cm, 1647. Bohemian. Notes: From a set of seven plates and a title. Hollstein notes that the set is more coarsely etched that the earlier series (nos.913-924), and it is a possibility that the set is a copy.

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Swallow-tailed butterflies and twelve other insects. Diversae Insectorum. Hollar, Wenceslaus, attributed (Czech, 1607-1677). Etching, height, paper, 12.2 cm, width, paper, 18.5 cm, 1647. Bohemian. Notes: From a set of seven plates and a title. Hollstein notes that the set is more coarsely etched that the earlier series (nos.913-924), and it is a possibility that the set is a copy.

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Accession Number: P.166-1943
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 676 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 745.28kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:01:19 11:05:40

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