David, Many thanks for the information. However, Churchill continued to collect butterflies long after his childhood. A properly conserved collection can have a very long shelf life, at least as long as Vladimir Lenin, thanks to various highly toxic preservatives and a properly maintained storage environment.
Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: David Turrell To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:53 PM Subject: RE: [ChurchillChat] Whither the Butterflies? See "Churchill: A Life" by Sir Martin Gilbert. Page 67 - Churchill writes to Jack that his butterfly collection had been destroyed "by the malevolence of a rat who crawled into the cabinet and destroyed all the specimens". In any case it is hard to imagine that a collection not professionally preserved would have survived the passage of 116 years. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stan A. Orchard Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:30 PM To: ChurchillChat Subject: [ChurchillChat] Whither the Butterflies? Does anyone happen to know what happened to Winston Churchill's personal butterfly collection? This little nugget of information is not mentioned in any of the 2010 press releases about the Chartwell butterfly house. I have queries out to various museums but no replies yet. Thanks. Stan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
