• Title
  Nymphalis Sempranicu. Swainson / Helena Scott
• Creator
  Helena Forde, 1832-1910
• Call number
  PXE 78/2
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  1853-1857
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Prints
• Reference code
  152053
• Physical Description
  1 print - lithograph, hand coloured - 33.0 x 25.4 cm
  
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Dated from time A.W. Scott sent orginal drawings for this lithograph to London - see Scott to Sir W. Macarthur 19 December 1854 ZA 2936 p.185 Mitchell Library Manuscripts
  A hand written note, at PXE 78/3, reads "Two finished proof Plates of the 'Australian Lepidoptera', sent out to A.W. Scott in 1853, by William Orr & Co, Amen Corner, London - Publication then abandoned in consequence of the expense"
  A pre-publication advertisement, printed on or before January 1853, is at PXE 78/4
  This lithograph appears to be a trial print for Alexander Walker Scott's unpublished version of his Australian Lepidoptera. Scott first attempted to publish this book - illustrated by his daughters Harriet and Helena - in the mid-1850s, but was unsuccessful. An original drawing for this print (apparently from this unpublished version) is in the Australian Museum: see Marion Ord, Moths and Butterflies, 1988, p.45: Q709.94/49 ML Printed Books
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Title inscribed beneath image. A printed title "Charaxes Australis" has been crossed out.
  Inscribed in ink at lower left "Helena Scott. delt"
  Printed at lower left "Drawn on Zinc by Edm.d Morin"
  Printed at lower right "Printed by C.F. Cheffins"
  Printed at top right "Plate 2."
• Conservation note
  
  bottom right hand corner torn and right hand edge damaged - paper is badly foxed
• Topic
  moths
  natural history illustrations
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19868378

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