Arctium lappa with Noctua comes, by Maria Sibylla Merian

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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