Emerald Gallery

Emerald, Lady Cunard

Emerald, Lady Cunard (1872-1948), wearing a giant feather boa, pictured sitting next to Marquess of Milford Haven at the Ice Carnival, a society function organised by the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, in aid of the Royal Northern Hospital. Formerly the American heiress Miss Maud Burke, Lady Cunard is the daughter of Mr E. F. Burke of New York. She was a well-known figure in London Society and a leader of the artistic and intellectual smart set. Date: 1932

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Geometer moths

Geometer moths. Brimstone moth, Opisthograptis luteolata 1, pale brindled beauty, Phigalia pilosaria 2, Jodis putata 3, large emerald, Geometra papilionaria 4. Phalenes de l'alisier, de l'aune, perlee, papillonnaire. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Meneville's Dictionnaire Pittoresque d'Histoire Naturelle (Picturesque Dictionary of Natural History), Paris, 1834-39. Date:

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Exotic moths including the ailanthus silkmoth

Large emerald pearl, Stemorrhages sericea (Botys Desmia? sericea) 1, ailanthus silkmoth, Samia cynthia (Saturnia cynthia) 2, Crotalaria pod borer, Argina astrea (Deiopeia astrea) 3, and Pidorus glaucopis (Callimorpha? glaucopis) 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837. Large emerald pearl, Stemorrhages sericea (Botys Desmia? sericea) 1, ailanthus silkmoth, Samia cynthia (Saturnia cynthia) 2, Crotalaria pod borer, Argina astrea (Deiopeia astrea) 3, and Pidorus glaucopis (Callimorpha? glaucopis) 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837. Date:

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