Drawing, album, 1705 (after)

A blue bird (indigo bunting) with a branch of the suriname cherry, and a squirrel monkey holding its tail, from an album entitled 'merian's drawings of surinam insects &c' watercolour, with bodycolour, heightened with white, on vellum. Date: 1705 (after). Dimensions: Height: 392 mm; Width: 286 mm. Medium: wool. Collection: British Museum.