Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9940
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‘Harlequin beetle on citron fruit’
Date
1705
Creator
Joseph Mulder (1659 - 1718, Dutch) , Printmaker
After
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647 - 1717, German) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
55255
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 510mm
width (print): 350mm
width (print): 350mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Study of a harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) on a citron fruit (Cirtus medica) with, elsewhere, a moth in stages of development.
Plate 28 from the book Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, in qua Erucae ac Vermes Surinamenses, cum omnibus suis transformationibus by Maria Sibylla Merian (Amsterdam, 1705). Inscribed lower left: “J. Mulder Sculp.”, and with annotations by Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753)
The entomologist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian travelled to Surinam in South America from 1699-1701, where she recorded and collected butterflies and other natural history specimens.
Plate 28 from the book Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, in qua Erucae ac Vermes Surinamenses, cum omnibus suis transformationibus by Maria Sibylla Merian (Amsterdam, 1705). Inscribed lower left: “J. Mulder Sculp.”, and with annotations by Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753)
The entomologist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian travelled to Surinam in South America from 1699-1701, where she recorded and collected butterflies and other natural history specimens.
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