Hyporicum baxiforum, by Maria Sibylla Merian

An image of Hyporicum baxiforum, with several snails and a beetle. Merian, Maria Sibylla (German, 1647-1717). Watercolour on vellum, height 374 mm, width 306 mm, 1695.

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Hyporicum baxiforum, with several snails and a beetle. Merian, Maria Sibylla (German, 1647-1717). Watercolour on vellum, height 374 mm, width 306 mm, 1695.

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Accession Number: 1146C
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: 832 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 695.15kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2015:12:09 09:31:46

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17th Century beetles botanical bugs drawing Fitz_PDP floral flowers German insects Maria Sibylla Merian Merian Other Keywords plants slugs snails watercolour

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