[Butterflies. Studies in lead pencil for butterflies used in the artist's publications] – Antique Print
![[Butterflies. Studies in lead pencil for butterflies used in the artist's publications] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b7/b739d4cfcdcd-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Butterflies. Studies in lead pencil for butterflies used in the artist's publications]. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Butterflies. Studies in lead pencil for butterflies used in the artist's publications]
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Pencil studies of butterflies, made as working drawings for the artist's publications, make up this photographic print from the years between 1912 and 1920. Before color printing was cheap and widespread, illustrators like this one often worked out each insect's wing pattern, outline, and shading in pencil, then reproduced the drawings in books and magazines. The photograph preserves the drafting stage of that process, so viewers can see the fine tonal work and corrections that a finished printed page would have hidden.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [between 1912 and 1920] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 940 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-118344 |
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