Tag: butterflies

Butterflies in stereo-view 1870s

Kilburn Brothers, No. 89. Moths and Butterflies; no date (half of stereo-card) | courtesy Alan Griffiths : Luminous-Lint (LL/37775-6)
Right side of stereographic card nº 89 (Kilburn Brothers)

The Kilburn Brothers

A partnership between Benjamin West Kilburn and his brother Edward Kilburn of Littleton, New Hampshire (USA). One of the most significant of the American photographers and publishers of stereo cards in the nineteenth century. In 1879 they patented the “warped” or “curved” stereocard which enhanced the 3D effect. In 1908 James M, Davis obtained the Kilburn negatives and later resold them to Keystone. / quoted from Luminous-lint

Kilburn Brothers :: No. 89. Moths and Butterflies; n.d. Stereoview, hand-painted 
Private collection of Michael McEachern. Courtesy Alan Griffiths / Luminous-lint

Dragonfly by Hollar, 1644-1652

Wenceslaus Hollar :: Libelle, lieveheersbeestjes en vlinders. Dragonfly, beetle, butterfly. (detail) | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Libelle, lieveheersbeestjes en vlinders. Dragonfly, beetles, butterfly. (detail) | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Libelle, lieveheersbeestjes en vlinders. Dragonfly, beetle, butterfly. Verschillende insecten (series title). Various insects (series title). Diversae Insectorum (series title), 1644-1652. | src Rijksmuseum
Wenceslaus Hollar :: Libelle, lieveheersbeestjes en vlinders. Dragonfly, beetles, butterfly. Verschillende insecten (series title). Various insects (series title). Diversae Insectorum (series title), 1644-1652. | src Rijksmuseum

Lépidoptérologie comparée, 1904

Lepidoptera. Études de lépidoptérologie comparée by Charles Oberthür (1845-1924). Publication date: 1904 Publisher: Rennes : Impr. Oberthür. | src Smithsonian Libraries on IA
Lepidoptera. Études de lépidoptérologie comparée by Charles Oberthür (1845-1924). Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Rennes : Impr. Oberthür. | src Smithsonian Libraries on IA
Lepidoptera. Études de lépidoptérologie comparée by Charles Oberthür (1845-1924). Publication date: 1904 Publisher: Rennes : Impr. Oberthür. | src Smithsonian Libraries on IA
Lepidoptera. Études de lépidoptérologie comparée by Charles Oberthür (1845-1924). Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Rennes : Impr. Oberthür. | src Smithsonian Libraries on IA

Lepidoptera, 1889

[LEPIDOPTERA] Photographs of butterflies, from the collection of Charles Oberthür (1889). From an album of 10 albumen prints, each with ex coll. Oberthür above and species details below in ink [Chelonia Villica (1)]. | src The Photographic Process