Insect
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Insect
Object name: Insect
Date: 1898
Dimensions:
125 x 120 x 30 mm
Medium: Organic, Glass, Card
Object number: LDCUM1985.003
DescriptionCamberwell Beauty, 1898
The Camberwell Beauty butterfly was first reported in Camberwell in 1748. The company Samuel Jones & Co. made "butterfly brand" gummed papers in Camberwell from 1868. The presentation butterfly was given away 150 years after it was first named.
Note from Mary Boast: 'Camberwell Beauty Butterfly, given to me on my retirement May 1981 by Mr. Walter Childs'.
The Camberwell Beauty butterfly was first reported in Camberwell in 1748. The company Samuel Jones & Co. made "butterfly brand" gummed papers in Camberwell from 1868. The presentation butterfly was given away 150 years after it was first named.
Note from Mary Boast: 'Camberwell Beauty Butterfly, given to me on my retirement May 1981 by Mr. Walter Childs'.
In Theme(s)
Culture: Story of Southwark