Datura Wrightii, by Maria Sibylla Merian

An image of Datura Wrightii. Merian, Maria Sibylla (German, 1647-1717). Watercolour on vellum, height 388 mm, width 278 mm.

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Datura Wrightii. Merian, Maria Sibylla (German, 1647-1717). Watercolour on vellum, height 388 mm, width 278 mm.

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Accession Number: 3055C
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: 749 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 532.69kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 25/1
Captured: 2015:12:09 09:35:32

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17th Century angel's trumpets botanical butterflies butterfly Datura Datura wrightii drawing Fitz_PDP floral flowers fruits genus German Maria Sibylla Merian Merian Other Keywords perennial poisonous seed heads seed pod seeds Solanaceae species vellum watercolour white

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