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Blue Iris, caterpillar and beetle, by Barbara Regina Dietzsch

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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

Key words

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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rgb(212,210,202), rgb(119,142,149), rgb(43,38,35), rgb(114,109,95), rgb(81,99,106), rgb(137,141,120), rgb(87,94,74), rgb(81,77,64), rgb(151,128,99), rgb(62,71,75), rgb(150,124,117)

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