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Vanessa antiopa (Mourning Cloak Butterfly)
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John Witt Randall Boston MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall 1892; gift to Harvard University 1892.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
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