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The Galauthus Butterfly
Order Item BSM-P90
$25.00
Captain Thomas Brown (1785-1862), was a British naturalist born in Perth, Scotland and was educated at the Edinburgh High School. After joining the Forfar and Kineardine Militia at the age of twenty, he was raised to rank of Captain in 1811. While quartered in Manchester, he became interested in nature. He purchased the Fifeshire flax mill after his regiment was disbanded. The mill burned down before he had the opportunity to insure it. Also a malacologist (studying mollusks), he began to write books about nature to earn a living. For twenty-two years beginning in 1840, he was curator of the Manchester Museum. Additionally, he became a fellow of the Linnean Society, a member of the Wernerian, Kirwanian, and Phrenological Societies. Of the several natural history books he wrote, some dealt with conchology (studying the shells of mollusks). There was a shell named after him called Zebina browniana.
Plate VIII, Papilio Galauthus. The Galanthus Butterfly has upper wing surfaces of scarlet. The scalloped posterior margins have a pretty broad margin of deep black which extends upward half an inch on the anterior margin. There are two white spots nearly close to the tips. The underwings are black with a broad articulate band of scarlet. The body is black and the eyes are scarlet. The strong contrast of the intense black and the scarlet render this a very striking insect. It inhabits Surinam. Please note that the remains of our book show two different spellings of this butterfly, we have reflected both.
This particular plate is an original hand-coloured engraving from "The Book of Butterfies, Sphinges, and Moths" by Captain Thomas Brown, Volume One (1834). This bright, vividly coloured plate measures approximately 4 X 6.5 inches. It is a very deep engraving, which can be felt on the reverse side of the plate. It is in very good condition for the age, with only minor small spots of foxing which do not interfere with the frameable area. The engraved portion could be matted and/or framed to an area 3 .5 inches square, or larger to include the plate number and name of butterfly. The corresponding descriptive text page is included with the purchase of this fine engraving.
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