Red Admirals, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Butterflies antique money box mosquitoes

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“Remnant” is a wild card that can be used as any garment except as a nudist

with graphite used to enhance his features and give teeth to that devilish wide smile--and it appears there was once a name written in cursive letters across his chest

Red Admirals, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Butterflies antique money box mosquitoesA few last 19th century ink and watercolor butterfly drawings today from a portfolio of half a dozen or so I purchased from a favorite dealer in the Hudson River Valley several weeks ago. This beautiful pair are identified at lower left as Red Admirals, and I must say the wings on them, especially the camouflage mottling of the lower wing of the one at top, make me swoon (see detail photos!) Such wondrous creatures, which this watercolor does a lovely