Primula auricula, by Barbara Regina Dietzsch

An image of Primula auricula (hybrid) with caterpillar and pale clouded yellow butterfly. Dietzsch, Barbara Regina (German, 1706-1783). Bodycolour on prepared black ground on vellum, surrounded by gold border, height 286 mm, width 202 mm.

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Primula auricula (hybrid) with caterpillar and pale clouded yellow butterfly. Dietzsch, Barbara Regina (German, 1706-1783). Bodycolour on prepared black ground on vellum, surrounded by gold border, height 286 mm, width 202 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.329-1973
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 732 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 501.54kB

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18th Century auriculas Barbara Regina Dietzsch blue botanical butterflies butterfly caterpillars Dietzsch drawing Fitz_PDP floral flowers German insects pale yellow plants Primula auricula Primulaceae primulas vellum yellow

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