Butterfly ladies painted in oils by Luis Ricardo Falero of Spain. Living from 1851 to 1896, he especially liked to paint witches which these are not. Not a single spell casting going on anywhere.

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"Femme Papillon" (detail). 1888.
“Femme Papillon” (detail). 1888. In the public domain. via https://www.worldofartglobal.com/products/femme-papillon-detai-by-luis-ricardo-falero-in-1888
"Lily Fairy."1888.
“Lily Fairy.”1888. Private collection. Auctioned by Sotheby’s in 1978. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Falero_Luis_Ricardo_Lily_Fairy_1888.jpg
"Nymph." 1878.
“Nymph.” 1878. Image © 2019 William Doyle Galleries, Inc. Fair use license. via https://doyle.com/auctions/06cn02-important-english-and-continental/catalogue/128-luis-ricardo-falero-spanish-1851

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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