Junonia orithya, butterfly and Chinese hisbiscus
A watercolour drawing from the album 4205. Assorted flower stems and two butterflies. It features a vermilion Chinese hisbicus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) that is commonly grown in Southern China. On the tip of the petal is a black and white butterfly. On the right, the blue and orange butterfly could be Junonia orithya, which is a nymphalid butterfly with many subspecies occurring from Africa, through southern and south-eastern Asia, and in Australia.
Given by Rev. John Durham Denis de Vitré, 1942
Height: 188 mm
Width: 293 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by De Vitré, John Durham Denis de
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
Circa
1870
Chinese
Chinese export art
Chinese export watercolour
Support composed of pith paper
Watercolour : Watercolour and bodycolour on pith paper
Accession number: 4205.2
Primary reference Number: 317337
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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