Plant and Insect Study: Caper; Prosperina Butterfly

Unidentified Artist

18th-19th century

Transparent and opaque watercolor with gum additions and traces of graphite on off-white modern laid paper

Fogg Museum

A botanical illustration depicts a plant stem with leaves and buds, a single pink flower, and a brown butterfly. Text is present in the lower right corner. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from the Collection of Edouard Sandoz