Title:
[Caterpillars, chrysalises, a butterfly, and insects of California]
Creator/Contributor:
Rupalley, Jules (active ca. 1849-ca. 1859), French, artist (attributed to) (artist)
Date:
1855
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1305:013--ALB
Format:
drawing on paper: watercolor
24.8 x 18.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Includes views of caterpillars on tomato and other plants (1, 4 and 5); chrysalis stages (2, 3 and 6); black and yellow butterfly
(7); and insects (8 and 9).
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (UR): Californie/1855/4me C.? (15) [...?]. Each image numbered. Handwritten notes on verso provide
description of each creature: Tous ces desseins grandeur naturelle exacte [...]. Rosette-like stamp (UL). Inscriptions in
French.
Subjects:
Animals;
California, Northern
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Travel sketches;
Watercolors;
Zoological illustrations