White Bordered Camberwell Beauty, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Butterly antique bone jack straws Color is fantastic

Color is fantastic

indicating diagonal sliding of playing pieces

The shiny deep red paint is just perfect

filled with whiskey and perhaps tucked into a coat pocket as one heads out for a ski or long walk through the woods

White Bordered Camberwell Beauty, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Butterly antique bone jack straws Color is fantasticA few last 19th century ink and watercolor butterfly drawings from a portfolio of half a dozen or so I purchased from a favorite dealer in the Hudson River Valley several weeks ago. This one is identified at lower left as a White Bordered Camberwell Beauty, and a beauty I think it is less showy than some but finely and richly rendered. And with a subtle shadow rendered in ink wash along the right side. Lovely. 9 1 4" x 7 1 4" and in very good