Blue Iris, caterpillar and beetle, by Barbara Regina Dietzsch

An image of Blue Iris (germanica) caterpillar and red backed beetle. Dietzsch, Barbara Regina (German, 1706-1783). Bodycolour and watercolour on prepared black ground within gold border, on vellum, height 286 mm, width 204 mm.

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Blue Iris (germanica) caterpillar and red backed beetle. Dietzsch, Barbara Regina (German, 1706-1783). Bodycolour and watercolour on prepared black ground within gold border, on vellum, height 286 mm, width 204 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.328-1973
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 745 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 533.36kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:01:08 15:46:56

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18th Century Barbara Regina Dietzsch beetles blue bodycolour botanical bugs caterpillars Dietzsch drawing Fitz_PDP floral flowers German insects Iridaceae iris Irises plants vellum watercolour

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