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Butterflies

By Kirby and Reverend Morris

Incredibly detailed scans of 26 original antique pictures of colorful butterflies

 

Page down to see a selection of the prints, the contents list and to read about their history

$29.99 - order #CD012

To order, press the order link in the menu at the top of this page

Includes a bonus of a wonderful screen saver of the prints

 

Benefits

  • Save money - print accurate copies of beautiful antique prints for a fraction of their cost

  • Study them before investing in the original prints

  • Illustrate educational projects

  • Use them to create art, greeting cards, calendars, postcards and posters, computer wallpaper and clip art

  • Enjoy the screensaver of the prints

Features

  • Scans are of the original antique prints

  • Scans are exactly same dimensions as original antique print

  • Scans are saved as bitmap files (.bmp) so all detail is retained (unlike jpg files)

  • Each image file is several megabytes large! Prints were scanned at 300dpi and saved at 150dpi (similar to the resolution of most digital photos)

  • Print direct from the CD or from programs such as Microsoft Picture It, Adobe Photoshop, Corel PhotoPaint, Macromedia Fireworks and Paint Shop Pro

 

 

Examples of the antique prints on the CD

These are small images for display on this web page. The scans on the CD are much bigger (same size as original antique print) and far higher quality

Antique print: picture of Red Admiral butterflies
Antique print: picture of Peacock butterflies

Antique print: picture of Purple Emperor butterflies

Monarch butterflies

By Morris

Peacock butterflies

By Morris

Purple Emperor butterflies

By Morris

antique print: picture of

antique print: picture of Butterflies - Various Fritillary (Nymphalidae)

 antique print: picture of Butterflies - Duke of Burgund, Emperor and Pasha

Tortoiseshells, Red Admiral, Painted Lady

By Kirby

Various Fritillaries

By Kirby

 

Duke of Burgundy, Emperor and Pasha

By Kirby

 

Contents of the CD

 

1. Incredibly detailed scans of 26 antique prints of beautiful butterflies including most of the butterflies on these pages: Morris ,Kirby. The scans are much more detailed and higher quality than those on this web site. When printed on a typical ink jet printer they are a very close match to the original antique prints

 

2. An excellent screen saver featuring all the prints.

 

Information

The butterflies on this CD are scanned from antique prints by Morris from 1895, and vintage prints by Kirby from 1907.

The Reverend Frances Orpen Morris was well known for his passion for natural history and he devoted much of his leisure time to a series of works on the birds, butterflies and moths of Britain. Each print from his work on butterflies features one species of butterfly. This makes them quite different to many other antique prints of butterflies, which often have a mixture of species on them. These prints look great when framed in groups.

Kirby's work on butterflies is well known to this day and is in a different style to Morris'. His prints were designed to provide entomologists and tourists with a comprehensive guide to European butterflies and moths. The intricacy of the markings on each butterfly, moth and caterpillar is remarkable. The butterflies and moths are shown on the plants they typically inhabit.

Condition

Excellent condition. No foxing.

Size

The Morris prints measured 10¼ inches by 7 inches (26½ cm by 18 cm).

The Kirby prints measured 10½ by 8½ inches (26.5cm by 21.5 cm)

How to order

Please note the order number # for the CD is shown at the top of the page. Then click on the Order button at the top or the Order link at the bottom of this page