Three studies of butterflies and insects British School in India, perhaps Bombay, circa 1850-60

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Three studies of butterflies and insects British School in India, perhaps Bombay, circa 1850-60 watercolour on paper, captioned in ink, framed together, backboard with handwritten details of provenance each painting 145 x 215 mm.; frame 51.5 x 27.5 cm. Footnotes: The note on the backboard reads: Robert Hugh Irvine from his godmother H M H [.....] great grandfather Wm. Forsyth Hunter, in Bombay between 1850 & '60. A William Forsyth Hunter is mentioned in the Notices in The Edinburgh Gazette for 1851, announcing his business partnership with a Robert Dirom and others, carrying on the firm's affairs as East India Merchants in Bombay, Liverpool, Canton and Shanghai. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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Three studies of butterflies and insects British School in India, perhaps Bombay, circa 1850-60

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