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The great South Sea caterpillar, transformed into a bath butterfly

GILLRAY, James
Britain, 1757 - 1815

The great South Sea caterpillar, transformed into a bath butterfly

1795 (printed 1851), London; edition published by Henry G Bohn, London

etching, hand-coloured in watercolour, on paper

34.9 x 25.1 cm (plate)

J. C Earl Bequest Fund 2013

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

20132G5(a)