The butterflies shown are: Green Veined White (left, yellow); Clouded Yellow (top centre, orange); White Admiral (top, second from left); Camberwell Beauty (central, large); Small Copper (centre, lower); Wood White (bottom, yellow); Small Blue (far right, purple); Silver-Studded Blue (lower, right); Northern Brown Argus (bottom). The top blue is unidentified.

Provenance: Christie’s, 4^th May 1945, lot 40, where purchased by Colonel Arthur Brooke (1886-1954); bequest of Colonel Arthur Brooke to Winchester College, 1954