Butterflies - J. H. Sulzer, 1776. (Insects Wall Art)
This print feels light and clean. You get a small set of butterflies spaced out on the page, so it looks calm on the wall instead of busy. It fits well in a study, hallway, or reading corner, especially if you like art prints that feel like a page from an old book.
About this butterfly print
This print comes from Dr. Sulzers Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten (Winterthur, 1776.), a practical insect book arranged around the Linnaean system. The images were made as hand-colored copperplate engravings by Johann Rudolf Schellenberg, which is why the page has that careful, worked-by-hand look.
The subject here is Lepidoptera, the insect order that includes butterflies and moths. What makes the page satisfying is how it teaches your eye. You can compare wing shapes and patterns at a glance, then keep finding small differences as you look longer. In the same 1776. book, Hymenoptera shifts from soft wings to bees and wasps, but it keeps the same clear “study page” feeling.
Craft & finish
This butterfly print is made on hand-processed paper, highlighted with subtle gold and sealed with beeswax for an authentic parchment feel. Please note that colors can look slightly different from screen to screen.
Find more prints like this in the Vintage Insects Art collection.
Butterflies (J. H. Sulzer, 1776.) - Vintage Butterfly Print
In case your print creases during the travel, as it usually does travel for some time, you can safely warm it up with a hair-dryer, and the wax will melt back right into it. You can also use a lighter, which is a much faster method, but be careful to keep the flame either above the paper or parallel to it (which means holding the paper vertically) so it doesn't smudge or even catch fire. The chance of the print actually creasing is very small, as they are rolled in bubble-wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. Also, be sure to keep the print out of the direct sunlight, as it can melt or fade.
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