Title: Sketches of Butterfly Pen-holder, a Shell Pen-holder and Snail Ring-holder, and a Vase
Object type: Drawing ; Ornament and Architecture
Date: 1845–55
Artist:  Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill] 
Artist bio: British, London 1804–1872 London
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 13 x 9 5/8 in. (33 x 24.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Butterflies, term: Snails, term: Shells