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Arctium lappa with Noctua comes, by Maria Sibylla Merian

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An image of Arctium lappa (?) with Noctua comes. Maria Sibylla (German, 1647-1717). Watercolour over traces of graphite on vellum, height 371 mm, width 279 mm.

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Arctium lappa (?) with Noctua comes. Maria Sibylla (German, 1647-1717). Watercolour over traces of graphite on vellum, height 371 mm, width 279 mm.

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  • Accession Number: 3055B
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/25.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Kate Young
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 776 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 613.01kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 25/1
  • Captured: 2015:12:09 09:34:05

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17th Century Arctium lappa botanical burdock butterfly caterpillars drawing Fitz_PDP floral flowers fluffy fuzzy genus German insects Lesser yellow underwing Maria Sibylla Merian Merian moths Noctua comes Other Keywords plants species vellum watercolour

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