Mid 19thC Italian School in The Manner of Peter Casteels; A Botanical Study of Birds, Flowers & Butterflies sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the figure perched on a

the figure perched on a stylised wooden log

with one end of the flag grubby

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Mid 19thC Italian School in The Manner of Peter Casteels; A Botanical Study of Birds, Flowers & Butterflies sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles the figure perched on aOrigin: Italian Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1844 Height: 17 inches Width: 22 inches In Frame: 23. 75 x 19. 75 inches The pen, ink and watercolour botanical study depicting thirty eight species of birds, flowers and butterflies centred around a large lobed urn with denoted key under giving the Latin names of each specimen, the whole dated Luglio 1844 (July 1844) bottom right, survives from mid nineteenth century Italy