Butter Fly Collection

Madame Butterfly
Cover of the score of Madame Butterfly by Puccini

The Pipes Of Pan, by Elsie Harding
Colour illustration showing a dream-like scene of a piper playing for a beautiful lady with butterfly wings

Red Admiral Butterfly
The RED ADMIRAL and other English butterflies

Red Admiral Butterfly
RED ADMIRAL & PEACOCK BUTTERFLIES. Their brightly coloured wing markings are shown clearly

Countryside Flowers and Butterflies
Red Admiral and Peacock Butterflies amid a mass of vegetation including berries, rosehips, ivy and holly

Roman memento mori mosaic. Mosaics consist of small pieces of coloured glass or stone, used to form an image or pattern on a floor or wall

Madam Butterfly
A female attendant helps Madama Butterfly to dress

I kiss your little hand, madame, by J. Nicolson
Illustration of a glamorous lady catching butterflies

Crowned hairstreak butterfly (Thecla coronata). This is the underside of a female specimen from Tungurahua, Ecuador

The Sketch Summer Number front cover, 1933
Stunning, graphic, art deco style front cover designed by Erte with stylised flowers, butterflies and a face in profile

Tom Thumb + Butterfly
He rides on the back of a butterfly

Mounted butterflies

Circular countryside scene
A watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith showing a typical English rural countryside setting of a half-timbered cottage set amid fields, surrounded by fauna in the shape of a passing Cuckoo

Rural scenery with wildflowers
A red Admiral Butterfly flies above a hedgerow border of wildflowers in this landscape painting by Malcolm Greensmith, encapsulating the English countryside

The Red Moth by William Barribal
A showgirl in a fabulous stage costume with enormous butterfly wings plays to a theatre audience

Papilio montrouzieri butterfly. This butterfly is native to New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean

Spanish festoon butterfly (Zerynthia rumina). This specimen is from Spain

The Butterfly by Muriel Dawson
A little girl, knee deep in a field of wild flowers, picks some to make a charming bunch on which a Red Admiral butterfly lingers

Women wearing embroidered veils at Holy Mass, Beit Jala, West Bank, Palestine National Authority, Middle East

Fan with Fairies
A highly ornamental lace folding fan by Duvelleroy of Paris with painted scenes depicting fairies by a pond & with sticks carved in imitation of feathers

Scene from the opera, Madame Butterfly, by Giacomo Puccini
The lead character, Cio-Cio San (Madame Butterfly) in Puccinis opera in three acts. Date: c.1910

Blanche Bates / Butterfly
Blanche Bates in the stage play Madam Butterfly by Long & Belasco on which the opera is based

Fairies by Hilda Miller
Enchanting illustration depicting a group of fairies holding hands and dancing through a field of flowers, while butterflies overhead mimic their dance steps

La Saison des Papillons by Nick
Charming illustration by Nick showing a young woman in a perfectly coordinated 1920s outfit with cloche hat, clasping her hands in delight as she looks a butterflies flitting in the air

A monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus, on clover in Grafton, Massachusetts

Two Cats and a butterfly
Two siamese cats watch a tortoiseshell butterfly. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Pan Cover 1920
Illustration by Pizer on the front cover of Pan magazine, showing a couple in costume, the man dressed as harlequin and the woman wearing butterfly wings and headdress

Macrophotograph of Agrias claudina wing
Agrias claudina butterfly wing macrophotograph. The wing is covered in scales, which together make up the colourful patterns. These scales can be lost without impairing the butterfly in flight

Butterfly wing, SEM
Butterfly wing. Image 2 of 6. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of a wing from an unidentified butterfly (order Lepidoptera, meaning " scale-wing" in Greek)

Sammamish Washington Photograph of Butterfly on Flowers

Fairy casting a magic spell
Fantasy scene of a fairy casting a magic spell with her wand over a clump of buttercups as a Peacock Butterfly flaps serenely past

Monarch Butterfly
MONARCH BUTTERFLY (danais archippus)

Sulphur butterfly (Phoebis sp. )
Sulphur butterfly (Phoebis sp.). This is the underside of the butterfly which is native to central and South America

White Butterfly
A black veined White Butterfly (Aporia Crataegi). Date: 1930s

Southern festoon butterfly (Zerynthia polyxena). This is the darker orange form (forma ochracea). Photographed on the Mani peninsula, Greece, in April

Coloured SEM of laptop screen foil surface
Laptop screen foil. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the surface of a brightness- enhancing foil used to make laptop personal computer screens look brighter

Zebra Longwing, Heliconius charitonius

Country Flowers and Butterflies
Many varieties of wild flowers with a Cabbage White and Tortoiseshell butterflies. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Puccini / Butterfly / Record
Complete on 16 records, at 4 shillings and sixpence each, or complete for three pounds and twelve shillings - at least 100 pounds in todays money !

Puccini Butterfly Letter
Finally, a letter from Pinkerton

Girl Daydreams 1880
A girl pauses from her reading and daydreams of faries for a while. She sits in a hammock with her doll disgarded below

Thumbelina drawn by a butterfly down a stream
Thumbelina, standing on a leaf, is drawn downstream by a butterfly. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Holly Butterfly 1860
The HOLLY and other English butterflies

Heath Butterfly 1860
The HEATH and other English butterflies and moths

Peacock Butterfly
Metamorphosis of the PEACOCK butterfly (Vanessa Io.)

Hampstead Eye Butterfly
Albins Hampstead Eye

SWALLOW-TAIL BUTTERFLY. Watercolor, c1585, by John White

Lime Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio demoleus)

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"Captivating Butterflies: From Madame Butterfly to Countryside Delights" Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of butterflies, where beauty and grace take flight. Just like the iconic opera character Madame Butterfly, these delicate creatures captivate our hearts with their ethereal presence. The Red Admiral Butterfly, with its vibrant hues and elegant wings, dances through fields of countryside flowers, creating a picturesque scene reminiscent of Elsie Harding's masterpiece "The Pipes Of Pan. " As you stroll through nature's canvas, be mesmerized by the Roman memento mori mosaic that reminds us of life's fleeting moments. But amidst this reminder, let the Bengale Th butterfly bring joy as it flutters around Rosa Centifolia: Rosier à cent feuilles - a rose known for its abundant petals. Transport yourself back to 1933 with The Sketch Summer Number front cover featuring these magnificent creatures. Their intricate patterns and colors come alive on paper just like J. Nicolson's painting "I kiss your little hand, madame, " capturing the elegance and tenderness found in every flutter. And finally, meet the Crowned Hairstreak Butterfly – a regal symbol of beauty and transformation. Its majestic presence serves as a reminder that even within life's challenges, we can emerge stronger and more radiant than ever before. So embrace the allure of butterflies; they are not merely insects but living works of art that inspire awe wherever they go.