Althea Collection

Western glider and gaudy commodore butterfly
Western glider, Cymothoe althea, Nymphalis althea, under side 1, upper side 2, and gaudy commodore, Precis octavia Vanessa amestris 3, 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Richard Lovelace in prison
(1617-1657). An English Royalist and poet. This is an artists impression of Lovelace imagining his poem To Althea, from Prison which was written by him in 1642 to encourage the Clergy Act 1640 to be

Vermivora pinus, blue-winged warbler
Plate 20 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Mokug althea. Drawing shows a stem with leaves and blossoms of a hibiscus plant. Date 187-

Richard Lovelace, Cavalier poet and soldier
Richard Lovelace (1618-1657), English Cavalier poet and soldier. He got involved in politics as a pro-royalist and spent time in prison. His most famous poem is To Althea, From Prison. circa 1650

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