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Artist
- Name:
- Merian, Maria Sibylla
- Dates:
- 1647-1717
- Country:
- Germany
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals, Plants
- Technique:
- Etching
- Engraver:
- Mulder, Joseph
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Smithsonian Libraries, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaamsche insecten
- Author(s):
- Merian, Maria Sibylla
- Publisher:
- Amsterdam: Jean Frederic Bernard, 1730
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
A blue lizard climbs up a branch of cassava (Manihot esculenta) populated with caterpillars and a couple white peacock butterflies (Anartia jatrophae).
Keywords: 1730s, 18th century, butterfly, color, lizard, reference book, reptile, South America, Suriname
