Tag: farfalla

Girl and butterfly by Lord Carnarvon

Detail from: Girl and butterfly, ca. 1915 by George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (also, Lord Carnarvon)
Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923) ~ Girl and butterfly, ca. 1915. Royal photographic society coll. | src getty images
Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923) ~ Girl and butterfly, ca. 1915. Royal photographic society coll., V&A museum

Cat and Butterfly by Fu Shan

Fu Shan (1607-1685) (attributed to) ~ Cat and Butterfly. Ink on satin, hanging scroll | src Bonhams

Butterly dance ca. 1923

Mlle Zulaik performing a dance representing a butterfly at night and wearing a headdress of pearls, ca. 1925 | src getty images

Gunhild Englund portraits

Pictorialist portrait of Fritz Englund’s daughter ─ Gunhild Englund ─ with a kitten, 1902 | src The Finnish Museum of Photography
Fritz Englund (1870–1950) ~ Gunhild, 1903. Suomen valokuvataiteen museon kokoelma. Scan from Piktorialismi, published by the Finnish Museum of Photography & Parus (Front cover & page 78)

Wehrle in der Haller Revue

Helen Wehrle (Tänzerin USA), als Schmetterling in der Haller Revue ‘Wann und Wo’, erschienen in: Nr. 38/1927 und ‘Uhu’ 2/1927; Foto: Ernst Schneider (Berlin). | src Getty Images
Helen or Helene Wehrle (Tänzerin USA) in ihrem akrobatischen Tanz in der Herman Haller Revue ‘Wann und Wo’. Foto: Ernst Schneider, erschinen Nr. 38/1927 | Getty Images
Helene or Helen Wehrle (Tänzerin, USA) in ihrem akrobatischen Tanz in der Herman Haller Revue ‘Wann und Wo’, UHU Magazin 4/1928, Foto: Ernst Schneider | Getty Images
Helen Wehrle (Tänzerin USA), als Schmetterling in der Herman Haller Revue, ‘Wann und Wo’, erschienen Nr. 38/1927, Foto: Ernst Schneider. | Getty Images

Jiri Kolar · Schmetterlinge

papillons, butterflies, papallones, mariposas, schmetterling
Jiri Kolar :: Butterflies, 1967. Collage of color offset prints fully mounted on cardboard. | src Jeschke van Vliet
Jiri Kolar :: Schmetterlinge, 1967. Collage von Farboffsetdrucken voll aufgezogen auf Karton. | src Jeschke van Vliet
Jiri Kolar :: Butterflies, 1967. Collage of color offset prints fully mounted on cardboard. | src Jeschke van Vliet
Jiri Kolar :: Butterflies, 1967. Collage of color offset prints fully mounted on cardboard. | src Jeschke van Vliet
Jiri Kolar :: Butterflies, 1967. Collage of color offset prints fully mounted on cardboard. | Detail
Jiri Kolar :: Butterflies, 1967. [Detail]

Van Besten ladies and maidens

Sebastiaan Alfonse van Besten :: Maiden with butterfly on flower, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse Van Besten :: Young girl amidst marguerites, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse van Besten :: Young girl amidst marguerites, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse Van Besten :: Purity, 1913. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse van Besten :: Purity, 1913. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse Van Besten :: Lady with poppies, 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse van Besten :: Lady with poppies, 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists
Sebastiaan Alfonse van Besten :: Study of Mrs. van Besten [Josephine Arnz] as Flemish princess, ca. 1912. Autochrome. | src Belgian Autochromists

The Theater of Insects

Jo Whaley :: Lyropteryx Apollonia, 2008. From: “The Theater of Insects”, published by Chronicle Books. | src l’œil de la photographie and Flickr
Jo Whaley :: Colias Eurydice, 2008. From: “The Theater of Insects”, published by Chronicle Books. | src l’œil de la photographie and Flickr

Butterflies by Hugh Knowles

Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. | src The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum
Hugh C. Knowles :: Butterfly, ca. 1910. Autochrome. [full plate] | src V&A Museum

Notice: the Autocromes not labelled “full plate” had been cropped and slightly enhanced, but respecting their original colors and color distortions [due to oldness and/or conservation, or lack of] as they were found on source.

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