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Hyporicum Baxiforum, with several snails and a beetle
Draughtsman: Merian, Maria Sibylla
History note: Lord Bute, 1794; W. Esdaile (Lugt 2617); probably part of lot 1224 at the Esdaile Sale, 24 June 1840, bt. by Gunnery for 13/- (see also no. 1146A)
Through the National Art Collections Fund.
Height: 374 mm
Width: 306 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: Given (1925-05) by Griffith, A. F.
Production date: AD 1695
Support composed of vellum (skin)
Watercolour : Watercolour on vellum
Accession number: 1146C
Primary reference Number: 4823
Lugt: 2617
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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Accession Number: PD.217-1994.f.17
Accession Number: PD.217-1994.f.26
Accession Number: MAR.C.97-1912
Accession Number: PD.109-1973.24
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