Mango (Mangifera indica L.) flower and fruit with a purple-eyed butterfly (Papilio sp.). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1768.

  • Forbes, James, 1749-1819.
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[1st June 1813]
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20065i
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[London (Fleet Street)] : [White, Cochrane & Co.], [1st June 1813]

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1 print : aquatint with etching, with watercolour

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The mazagon mango of Bombay, with the Papilio bolina or purple-eyed butterfly. W.Hooker fecit. Jam.Forbes, 1768. Bears number: 22

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See further: J. Forbes, Oriental Memoirs, vol. 4, London, 1813, pp. 351-379

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Wellcome Collection 20065i

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