Wild fennel, with swallowtail butterfly and its caterpillar and chrysalis, a cranefly ('daddy longlegs') with chrysalis on the left and a scalloped oak moth with a sprig of lilac lower left, and a magpie (currant) moth with caterpillar, chrysalis and eggs lower right; from an album of 160 drawings entitled 'merian's drawings of european insects &c';
watercolour and bodycolour, on vellum. Date: 1670-1699 (circa). Dimensions: Height: 393 mm; Width: 272 mm. Medium: wool. Collection: British Museum. Drawing, album (BM SL,5276.37 1)
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