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Flora and fauna in a landscape including black and yellow butterflies, a black beetle, tadpoles, frogs, seashells, palm trees, seaweed, and mountains in the distance; hand colored
Plate 72
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Plate 72

Artist Anonymous
Date1719
MediumEngraving, ink on paper
DimensionsMat: 24 x 20 in. (60.96 x 50.8 cm)
Paper: 20 3/8 x 14 1/4 in. (51.75 x 36.2 cm)
Other (Plate): 17 x 12 3/4 in. (43.18 x 32.39 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Kevin and Margaret Harrington
Object number2010.27.6
Collections
Visual DescriptionFlora and fauna in a landscape including black and yellow butterflies, a black beetle (stag beetle), tadpoles, frogs, seashells, palm trees, seaweed, and mountains in the distance; hand colored. Plate 72 from "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium", Amsterdam, 1705.
One tarantula eating a Ruby-topaz hummingbird, and one tarantula eating a smaller species of ant on a defoliated tree; two other large spiders (kleptoparasites? [thief spiders]) in their webs, one with spiderlings; more ants of varying sizes crawl along the tree and attack a beetle.
Plate 18
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Botanical drawing including butterflies and a yellow caterpillar on a plant with green leaves and white-purple flowers; hand colored
Plate 8
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Botanical drawing including a butterfly/moth, caterpillar, and other insects/bugs, on green leaves; hand colored
Plate 58
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Gossypium arboretum (Surinamese Cotton Tree) with the white and pink flower in various stages, along with two separate species of moths and their corresponding larva (caterpillar) and pupa (cocoon) stages.
Plate 10
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Botanical drawing including a moth, caterpillar, and cocoon on a plant with green leaves and yellow flowers; hand colored
Plate 39
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Bixa orellana (Achiote plant) in flower, with red seeds inside a fuzzy seed pod. Hesperiidae (the blue moth) and Pyralidae (the blue and white moth) and their larvae/caterpillars and pupae resembling the subfamily Arctiinae (Family Erebidae) crawl on the plant.
Plate 44
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
A green plan with small red flowers and one spiky yellow caterpillar, one smooth yellow caterpillar, three cocoons, one blue moth, and one tan moth on it. A yellowjacket hornet flies nearby.
Plate 54
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
One orange caterpillar, one spiky yellow caterpillar, two cocoons, one brown-red moth, and one brown and white spotted moth crawl on a plant with light brown stems and green leaves.
Plate 61
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
One brown and white caterpillar, one blue and white striped caterpillar, two cocoons, one brown and white moth, and one brown and blue moth crawl on a plant with a light brown, woody stem and green leaves.
Plate 67
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Little Nimble Weasel
Little Nimble Weasel
John James Audubon
1849-1854
Nakshi kantha showing flora, fauna and village life scenes.
Untitled
Indian Artist
1990s
Anton Olsen’s Flora of Kansas, green milkweed, May 25, 1886, 1999
Anton Olsen’s Flora of Kansas, green milkweed, May 25, 1886, 1999
Terry Evans
Photo date: 1999; Print date: 2020

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