ZUO XIHUI (19th century)Ladies with Butterflies, after Qiu Ying Ink and color on silk, laid on board, framed and glazed, signed Zuo Xihui with two artist's seals, Xihui and Wanxiang Nüshi . 37 x 22in (94 x 56cm) 左錫惠（十九世紀） 飛鸞輕鳳 設色絹本 鏡框 款識：鸞鳳齊鳴自越江，蘭膏芬馥燦銀缸。深宮不少閒花草，珍重芙蓉只一雙。摹仇實父筆意，畹香女史左錫惠。 鈐印：錫惠、畹香女史 Zuo Xihui was a well-regarded painter from present day Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, along with her two sisters Zuo Xixuan (1829-1895) and Zuo Xijia (1830-). Delicate paintings of butterflies were a specialty, and here the use of soft shading on the faces indicates the influence of the new media of photography.