1948
Conté crayon on paper
11 x 17 1/16 in.
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006
From the handmade album of drawings “MIDSUMMER CAPRICE — & MID-JUNE”
Burchfield owned a specimen of the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail preserved under glass. Here is a description from a nature guide:
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
Wingspan 4-5 7/8” (100-150 mm).
All males and many females have yellow wings with black tigerlike stripes in pale phase. Wings in dark-phase females, common in southern parts of range, are brownish black with yellow and blue spots near outer margins.
Caterpillar, to 2 ½” (65 mm), is green and has yellow eyespots with black dot, orange and black bands, and blue dots.