The Butterflies’ PedigreeE.LeithLeith, E.IllustratorErnestWilsonWilson, ErnestIllustratorMary EllenEdwardsEdwards, Mary Ellen (Mrs Freer, Mrs John C. Staples)
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DVPP Project TeamUniversity of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry ProjectVictoria, BC, Canada
In the public domain
Poem signed E. Leith (BGL). Edwards’ frontispiece entitled Companions in Misfortune.Atalanta29562–564Butterflies here, butterflies thereCorrected and proofed figures and figDescs.Added figure, figDesc, and @ana keywords.Added MultiPartSeries catRef.Re-organized change elements in descending date order.Removed catRef with target="dvpp:illustrationNone", now obsolete.
A girl holds an open book to her chest. She looks up at a bird in a cage. Behind her, there is a wooden desk with an ink pot.
There is a bench in front of her topped with books and framed artwork. Artwork also hangs on the wall. Full-page illustration
contained within a double-ruled border. Three butterflies fly outside of the border.Illustration partially borders a portion of the poem letterpress on the left, top, and right sides. The hand-drawn poem title,
“THE BUTTERFLIES PEDIGREE”, is centered above the letterpress. Six butterflies fly across the rest of the page. One butterfly
extends its wings into the space of the letterpress; three lines of letterpress are indented to make space for the wing.A butterfly hovers. It is centered under the poem letterpress. 1/64 page.