Sisyrinchium with a butterfly, by Maria Sibylla Merian

An image of Sisyrinchium with a purple and brown butterfly. Merian, Maria Sibylla (German, 1647-1717). Watercolour on vellum, height 374 mm, width 206 mm.

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Sisyrinchium with a purple and brown butterfly. Merian, Maria Sibylla (German, 1647-1717). Watercolour on vellum, height 374 mm, width 206 mm.

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Accession Number: 1146B
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Kate Young
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 717 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 550.46kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2015:12:09 09:27:39

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17th Century 18th Century botanical butterflies butterfly drawing Fitz_PDP floral flowers genus German insects Maria Sibylla Merian Merian Other Keywords plants species watercolour

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