Mounted insect collection
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal, cloth, glass and insects
Measurements
610 mm (H)610 mm (W)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335504
Summary
Mounted insect collection - Moths and butterflies, approximately 160 insects fully stretched and mounted in a symmetrical pattern and held by pins onto a board covered with cloth. Framed collection of butterflies and moths.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.