Papillons Collection

La Saison des Papillons by Nick
Charming illustration by Nick showing a young woman in a perfectly coordinated 1920s outfit with cloche hat, clasping her hands in delight as she looks a butterflies flitting in the air

Les Papillons - a Monte Carlo impression by Lewis Baumer
A colourful Mediterranean scene of Monte Carlo during the 1920s showing fashionably and gaily dressed women carrying paper parasols promenading along by the sea

Fall / Papillon / 1939
A group of four papillons owned by Mrs Pope

Woman in dress of polka-dot crepon, and girl with dog
Woman in dress of polka-dot crepon, and girl in cherry and green check dress with dog. Robe de crepon blanc a pois jaune, robe de fillette en ecossais cerise et vert

Butterfly collector tools, 19th century. Butterfly net, raquet nets, pincers, pins, etc. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papillons

African deaths head hawkmoth and oleander hawk-moth
African deaths head hawkmoth and larva, Acherontia atropos 1, 2, and oleander hawk-moth, Daphnis nerii 3. Sphinx tete de mort, chenille, Sphinx du laurier-rose

Two-tailed pasha, Charaxes jasius 1 and purple emperor, Apatura iris 2, and tulip. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papillons

Cabbage white, black-veined white, orange
Cabbage white butterfly, Pieris brassicae 1, 2, black-veined white, Aporia crataegi 3, orange tip, Anthocharis cardamines 4 and Provence orange tip, Anthocharis euphenoides 5

Women entomologists catching butterflies in a garden, mid 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papillons, Hippolyte and Polydor Pauquet

Title page with decorative calligraphy among flowers and butterflies. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas Natural

Northern birdwing butterfly, common birdwing larva and pupa
Northern birdwing, Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus 1, and chrysalid and larva of the common birdwing, Troides helena. Ornythoptere de Durville, chrysalid and larva of the Ornithoptere helicaon

Old World swallowtail and scarce swallowtail, larva and pupa
Old World swallowtail, Papilio machaon 1, and scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius 2, larva and pupa. Papillon machaon, Papillon podalire. Papillons, butterflies

False apollo, white dragontail and clearwing swallowtail
False apollo, Archon apollinus 1, white dragontail, Lamproptera curius 2, and clearwing swallowtail, Cressida cressida 3, grass of parnassus, Parnassia palustris 4

Apollo butterfly, Parnassius apollo 1
Mountain Apollo butterfly, Parnassius apollo 1, and southern festoon, Zerynthia polyxena 2, larva and pupa. Parnassius apollon, Thais medesicaste. Papillons, butterflies

FALL / PAPILLON / 1938
A group of four papillons. Owner: Williams Date: 1938

FALL / PAPILLON / DUMBELLS
Four papillons with wooden dumbells in their mouths. L to R: CHAMPION EMBER, RINGLANDS PANELA & SOCK, all OF BORDERCOT & PICAROON SCARAMOUCHE. Owner: Mrs Forman Date: 1963

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