Drawing, album, Maria Sibylla Merian, 1691-1699 (circa)

Two apples with the life cycle of the moth and the fly, from an album of 160 drawings entitled 'merian's drawings of european insects &c'; with examples of three caterpillars on two apples, the metamorphosis of a fly below watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with white (partly oxidised), on vellum. Date: 1691-1699 (circa). Dimensions: Height: 223 mm; Width: 272 mm. Medium: wool. Collection: British Museum. Drawing, album (BM SL,5276.144)

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drawings on vellum in the british museum drawings by maria sibylla merian wool british museum maria sibylla merian