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

Silver flower, and with examples of a red and black beetle, and yellow and orange butterfly, from an album entitled 'merian's drawings of surinam insects &c' watercolour, touched with bodycolour, heightened with white (oxidised), on vellum. Date: 1701-1705 (circa). Dimensions: Height: 396 mm; Width: 280 mm. Medium: wool. Collection: British Museum. Drawing, album (BM SL,5275.65)