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Longhorn beetle (Callipogon armillatum)
Draughtsman: Merian, Maria Sibylla (Follower of?)
The beetle has reddish brown wing-case, the rest black with gold markings on head.
Height: 155 mm
Width: 194 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Production date: circa AD 1700
Watercolour
White bodycolour
Gold
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Watercolour with touches of white and some gold on vellum
Accession number: PD.114-1973.17
Primary reference Number: 31592
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Longhorn beetle (Callipogon armillatum)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/31592 Accessed: 2023-01-29 14:18:20
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University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: P.170-1949
Accession Number: PD.126-1973.14
Accession Number: PD.114-1973.18
Accession Number: PD.217-1994.f.17
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