Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century, Fireflies and Gadfly, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 7 A], undated
- Title:
Fireflies and Gadfly, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Caribbean and Oceanic, No. 7 A]
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen in brown ink and gray ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (19.4 × 18.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen with brown-green ink, over graphite, center: "A flye which in the night | Semeth a flame of fyer."; inscribed in pen with brown-green ink, lower center: "A dangerous byting flye."
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- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.1046
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46570
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Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
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