The Butterflies of Titian Ramsay Peale Journal

The American artist and naturalist Titian Ramsay Peale II (1799andndash;1885) had a passion for butterflies, and throughout his long life he wrote and illustrated an ambitious and comprehensive manuscript. The book, along with a companion volume on caterpillars, was never published, and it resides today in the Rare Book Collection of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Now Pealeandrsquo;s color plates, lovingly prepared for the printer by the artist more than 100 years ago, will be published for the first time in this beautiful volume. At last, Pealeandrsquo;s life work, equivalent in scope and beauty to Audubonandrsquo;s Birds of North America, will be available to a wide audience. The book includes a foreword by Ellen V. Futter and text by Kenneth Haltman and David A. Grimaldi that describes the art and science Peale brought to his extraordinary work.and#160;and#160;

Butterflies features the inventive, bedazzling paintings of American artist and naturalist Titian Ramsay Peale (1799andndash;1885). Of the Peale dynasty of painters, the artist devoted his life to The Butterflies of North America, working in watercolor, gouache, lithography, and collage. Pealeandrsquo;s original manuscript is now in the Rare Books Collection of the American Museum of Natural History.

This hardcover journal is based on Titian Ramsay Pealeandrsquo;s The Butterflies of North America, an unpublished nineteenth-century manuscript equivalent in scope to Audubonandrsquo;s Birds of America. Inspired by the collage-like quality of Pealeandrsquo;s original notes and drawings, the journal features an exposed binding, a foil-stamped cover, a removable half-jacket, and artwork scattered throughout the blank and lined pages. Pealeandrsquo;s manuscript is now housed in Rare Book Collection of the American Museum of Natural Historyandrsquo;s Library.

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Also see: The Butterflies of North America: Titian Pealeandrsquo;s Lost Manuscript (978-1-4197-1784-0) and The Butterflies of Titian Ramsay Peale Notecards (978-1-4197-1806-9).

This set of notecards is based on Titian Ramsay Pealeandrsquo;s The Butterflies of North America, an unpublished nineteenth -century manuscript equivalent in scope to Audubonandrsquo;s Birds of America. Inspired by the collage-like quality of Pealeandrsquo;s original notes and drawings, this exquisite keepsake box contains 32 flat cards, 16 envelopes, and cotton twine; tie two cards together to create 16 two-layer cards. Pealeandrsquo;s manuscript is now housed in Rare Book Collection of the American Museum of Natural Historyandrsquo;s Library.

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Also see: The Butterflies of North America: Titian Pealeandrsquo;s Lost Manuscript (978-1-4197-1784-0) and The Butterflies of Titian Ramsay Peale Journal (978-1-4197-1805-2).

Kenneth Haltman is H. Russell Pitman Professor of Art History at the University of Oklahoma.

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David A. Grimaldi is Curator at the American Museum of Natural History and the author of Evolution of the Insects.

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Ellen V. Futter is President of The American Museum of Natural History.

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The American Museum of Natural History in New York is one of the worldandrsquo;s preeminent scientific, educational, and cultural institutions.