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Wilkes, Benjamin (d.1749) - Peacock Butterfly on Smith's Newington Peach 1747-60

Wilkes, Benjamin (d.1749) - Peacock Butterfly on Smith's Newington Peach 1747-60

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Peacock Butterfly on Smith's Newington Peach is a hand-coloured natural-history illustration associated with Benjamin Wilkes (d.1749), who documented British butterflies and moths alongside their food plants. Wilkes's plates appeared in editions of The English Moths and Butterflies from 1749 onwards; publication dates should not be confused with the artist's lifetime.

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The picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.

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