A Guide to the Original Edmund Evans Plate 1859 Evans, Edmund -- Original Plate 1859 11306

A Guide to the Original Edmund Evans Plate 1859

A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession number 11306

Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

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Funding: Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Processed by: Special Collections Department

Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

11306

Title

Original Edmund Evans Plate 1859

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

The collection is without restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Edmund Evans plate, 1859, Accession #11306, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

A gift from Francis L. Berkeley, Jr. of Charlottesville, Virginia, the plate was transferred from the Rare Book Division to the Manuscripts Division on October 9, 1996.

Scope and Content Information

This original colorful Edmund Evans plate containing images of various insects including the stages of the butterfly, 1859, is from The Common Objects of the Country . On the verso is the inscription: "original plate from The Common Objects of the Country, 1859/printed by Evans. Illus. by W. S. Coleman/To Helen & Frank from Ruari Nov. 1967."

This plate was laid in The Reminiscences of Edmund Evans (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967), edited and introduced by Ruari McLean.