Drawing, album, Maria Sibylla Merian, 1701-1705 (circa)

A monkey sitting on the branch of a tree, eating fruit, from an album entitled 'merian's drawings of surinam insects &c'; a beetle on one of the branches watercolour, with bodycolour, heightened with white, on vellum. Date: 1701-1705 (circa). Dimensions: Height: 349 mm; Width: 278 mm. Medium: wool. Collection: British Museum. Drawing, album (BM SL,5275.90 1)