Butterflies and Tiny Bugs, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor lush green and it looks to say

and it looks to say Mt

and might be most inclined to hang them on the wall just resting on a few nails

perhaps a priest (

home of the Braintree Congressional Church (established in 1699) and the Mechanics Lecture Hall nearby

Butterflies and Tiny Bugs, 19th Century Ink and Watercolor lush green and it looks to sayThese butterflies I found together with the watercolor of feathers also just listed I am sure done by the same maker, mid 19th century I believe, and certainly feathers and butterfly wings seem all of a piece. Gorgeous detailing on these splendid creatures, flying in every direction, with a few leafy sprigs, a lady bug for good luck, and what I take for a bee and a mosquito, too. Finely rendered in ink and watercolor, lovely. 9 1 2" x 6 3 8" and in