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Blue-Backed Manakin on a branch of Pear, 1705

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)
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2019-02-20

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), Still Life with Pomegranates, Sea Shells and a Beetle. Tempera on parchment

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2019-02-20

This watercolour of a blue-backed manakin on the branch of a pear tree was painted by Maria Sibylla In 1699, she travelled to South America & spent 2 years studying & drawing the exotic flora & fauna. https://t.co/f23yNjYjbw

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2019-02-16

This Day I’d like to celebrate all the wonderful women represented in the library collection, including Anna and Susanna Lister, Elizabeth Gould, Maria Sibylla Merian, Helena Forde and Harriet Morgan, as well as all the inspiring women I work with

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2019-02-11

Glorious Title Page of a Wonderful Book!
Maria Sibylla Merian, Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung. 1683. UB Erlangen-Nürnberg

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2019-01-29

(1647–1717) was a naturalist and scientific illustrator, and one of the first naturalists to observe insects directly. Explore her works in our https://t.co/vWqYbku740

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2019-01-28

Another installment of the Pioneers:Trailblazing women in the arts, sciences and society. The second installment is all about one of my favourite women in science - the great Maria Sibylla Merian! https://t.co/Za7M6Hpokl

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2019-01-26

Turning nature into art: the pioneering naturalist, entomologist & artist Maria Sibylla Merian died in 1717. She travelled the world & created brilliant drawings & illustrations of plants & insects, making detailed notes on the behaviour & life cycle of butterflies.

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2019-01-14

Two tulips and two irises, c. 1700, by Johanna Helena Herolt (German, 1668-1723), a daughter of Held at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, ; image source, https://t.co/GivPxITMdI

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2018-12-22

A rare black from Central America has been named in honor of Maria Sibylla Merian, a 17th-century naturalist and illustrator who was the first to accurately depict insect metamorphosis.
Full story: https://t.co/NYPJPpWOt7

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2018-12-06

A Green Plover
Maria Sibylla Merian
Drawings
German, 17th-18th century

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2018-11-22

Maria Sibylla Meriam, Dutch trailblazing artist-cum-scientist: https://t.co/vNewwlWSZv

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2018-11-10

A Green Plover
Maria Sibylla Merian
Drawings
German, 17th-18th century

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2018-11-03

For , a few gorgeous examples of the work of Maria Sibylla Merian , all on one page. Merian was one of the 1st to show the lifecycle of insects & w/ the plants they inhabited. See more in "De Europischen insecten" (1730) in : https://t.co/2UDXZ66bjM

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2018-11-03

Maria Sibylla Merian was a artist-scientist in the 17th Century, and a new illustrated biography for young readers is now available via ! Learn more on the blog: https://t.co/JhWKgvcXwo

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2018-10-26

Not everyone loves cockroaches with their pineapple but this image from Maria Sibylla Merian's 1705 'Insects of Surinam' is still our fave for https://t.co/oaLtUvZ9NH 🍍🍍🍍 Find our copy with sooooo many great plates scanned in

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2018-06-28

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator

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2018-06-26

June 24 is and here is one of my favourite objects brought to life: 'Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium' by Maria Sibylla Merian

Credit for gif: Richard Naples via competition 2014, using source material from

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2018-06-24

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) Naturalist, Entymologist and Botanical Illustrator

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2018-06-15

Maria Sibylla Merian created gorgeous scientific illustrations--like this one featuring guava & a tiger butterfly. Linnaeus used her images to help inform his work, but her legacy is comparably unknown to his. Our new YA bio explores her life and art: https://t.co/cS81MmsMaf

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2018-04-27