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Date 1768

Work Type ornithological illustration

Subject Terms Shells -- Pictorial works.

1. Collection of drawings depicting specimens from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.

Collection of drawings depicting specimens from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.

Creator:: Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Date:: circa 1768
Physical Description:: 20 drawings : watercolor and gouache over graphite on parchment.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)

2. Crimson topaz hummingbird (Topaza pella), male, with Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae), open, and Red Postman (Heliconius erato phyllis), closed; shells, from left: (Conus tessulatus Born, 1778), (cf. Cypraecassis testiculus L. 1758), and (cf. Cypraea histrio Gmelin, 1791), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.

Crimson topaz hummingbird (Topaza pella), male, with Cyclamen (cf. Cyclamen L.) and (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae), open, and Red Postman (Heliconius erato phyllis), closed; shells, from left: (Conus tessulatus Born, 1778), (cf. Cypraecassis testiculus L. 1758), and (cf. Cypraea histrio Gmelin, 1791), from the natural history cabinet of Anna Blackburne.

Creator:: Bolton, James, active 1775–1795
Date:: circa 1768
Physical Description:: 1 drawing : watercolor and gouache over graphite, on parchment ; sheet 23 x 19 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)