Title: Title page from Essay on Butterflies Masquerading as Humans (Essai de Papilloneries Humaines)
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1756–60
Artist:  Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1721–1786 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Etching; first state of two
Dimensions: plate: 12 13/16 x 9 5/16 in. (32.5 x 23.7 cm)
sheet: 15 5/8 x 10 9/16 in. (39.7 x 26.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Rogers Fund, 1982
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Butterflies