And it was Maria Sibylla Merian, a German-born naturalist, who documented Metamorphosis for the first time.
In 1799, she sailed to Suriname from Europe looking for insects - something no ladies were permitted to do back then.The results were a spectacular treasure for Science!

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2018年 このこのイラストランキング
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VAMPIRE BATS. Bats are not found in very early lore but the Spanish came back from the New World with stories of blood-sucking bats. Buffon named them 'vampire bats' in 1774 & Darwin popularised them in 1832 sketching them in Chile.

Goya 1799, Darwin 1832, gargoyle

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William Blake's striking 'Last Supper' of 1799, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, is the next image for Holy Thursday, taken from our new book The Christian Year in Painting by John S. Dixon. Visit our website for more details: https://t.co/2zby6U8Hk1

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