Butterflies in Art & History: Picture agency shows extraordinary historical illustrations

Berlin, August 27, 2025 - With their delicate lightness and timeless symbolism, butterflies have fascinated artists, scientists and collectors for centuries. The picture agency Quagga Illustrations is now presenting an exclusive collection of historical illustrations as a special highlight of its archive: detailed wood engravings, artistic copper engravings and colorful chromolithographs that document the diversity and aesthetics of the butterfly world from several centuries.

The collection includes illustrations from standard natural history works of the 18th and 19th centuries as well as rare artistic illustrations from Art Nouveau collections. The finely drawn contours and vibrant colors reveal not only meticulous scientific precision but also the fascination of an entire era with these fragile beauties of nature. The digital butterfly collection is available at the following address:

https://www.quagga-illustrations.de/kollektionen/schmetterlinge-kunst-geschichte/

"Our butterfly illustrations are more than just historical images - they reflect the interface between science and art," explains Isabel Meraner, press manager of Quagga Illustrations. "Whether for editorial articles, book and calendar projects, exhibitions or creative design projects: The collection opens up countless possibilities for working visually with the cultural and aesthetic heritage of these motifs."

The images are available in high-resolution quality for licensing and immediate download. Quagga Illustrations is thus adding an outstanding treasure trove of image history to its portfolio, which is equally suitable for scientific contexts and creative designs.

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About Quagga Illustrations
Quagga Illustrations has been a leading source of high-quality historical illustrations since 2010. With an extensive stock of motifs from nature, culture, and history, the agency supports creatives worldwide in the visual realization of their ideas.

www.quagga-illustrations.de

QUAGGA Media UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Sommerfieldring 27
14109 Berlin
Germany

Frau Isabel Meraner
0039 331 4074014
030 / 788 9 777 4
presse@quagga-illustrations.de

Quagga Illustrations is part of the company Quagga Media UG (haftungsbeschränkt). Quagga Media was founded in Berlin in 2010. In the first few years, we focused on building an image database of historical drawings/illustrations. This database currently consists of around 150,000 drawings/illustrations and covers all areas of Central European natural and cultural history. A number of by-products have been created or are still under construction, in particular databases (anniversaries, botanical and zoological names, personalities, thesauri). Since 2010, we have also been involved in the creation of digital and analog products (ebooks, apps). We have also accumulated IT expertise in the creation, digitization and use of digital collections and pass this knowledge on.

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