One more beautiful butterfly today, this purchased from the same dealer as the other butterfly watercolor I've listed, though I'm not certain if by the same maker; I do know this one came from a series of fine watercolor renderings of different species, here the "Black Veined White" butterfly as penned at lower left. Exquisitely elegan and graceful I think, with the green stems seeming as much to suggest a path of flight as to describe a momentary perch. Like a deep inhale of fresh air. 

 9 1/4" x 7 1/4" and in very good condition. C. mid 19th c. A few very minor stains/smudges to the paper, no matter.