Butterfly mural, Denmark Hill, Camberwell
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Butterfly mural, Denmark Hill, Camberwell
Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 7 Oct 2015
The butterfly shown is a Camberwell Beauty, so called because the first known British specimen was found here. The species is not native to Britain, occasionally straying here across the channel, so its presence in Camberwell was an accident: nonetheless, the area is extremely proud of its namesake butterfly. Camberwell-based band The House of Love used the butterfly on the cover of their self-titled LP: see http://www.discogs.com/House-Of-Love-The-House-Of-Love/release/4308061. For a closer view of the mural, see Image For another tiled mural, probably the one used on the LP cover, see Image For another local example of the butterfly motif in a different medium, see Image The author who named the Camberwell Beauty also suggested as an alternative name the Grand Surprise: some miles to the south in Shirley the butterfly appears on the sign of the Surprise pub Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.473117
Longitude
-0.093043