Variegated holly, with a red and black snake entwined around the stem, and with a blue butterfly, from an album entitled 'merian's drawings of surinam insects &c'
watercolour and bodycolour, on vellum. Date: 1701-1705 (circa). Dimensions: Height: 388 mm; Width: 292 mm. Medium: wool. Collection: British Museum. Drawing, album (BM SL,5275.70)
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