Learn about Merian in these guest posts:

- Artistic Entomology, by Kay Etheridge, https://t.co/4ooGfecco4

- The Protofeminist Insects of Giovanna Garzoni & by
https://t.co/LuJeK4dlTm

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Catherine Johnston, n.d., by (English, 1633-1699), who was born (Mar 26). Held by , https://t.co/IRanUueyti

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Black-headed Snake / Aspidiotes melanocephalus, 1869, by (Australian, 1830-1907), who was born (Mar 23). Held by ; source, https://t.co/asXsk3gSa5

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Phlox triovulata, 1946, by (British, 1906-2006), who was born (Mar 19). Published by in Curtis's Botanical Magazine; source, https://t.co/92ujEs8MnQ

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Rustic Courtship, 1786-91, engraved by (#MariaKatharinaPrestel, née German, 1747-1794), who was born (Mar 16), after George Morland. Held at the , https://t.co/OWOAjyRpo8

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Crinum augustum (Giant Spider Lily, Queen Emma Lily), 1831-1834, by (née Falkner; British, 1799-1872), who died (Mar 8). Held at , https://t.co/QSXlG8VES5

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The exhibition currently on at Museum Paul Tetar van Elven has been extended to 8 May - https://t.co/zybBhkuEDZ

Read 's review of the show for "Thérèse Schwartze (1851–1918)," https://t.co/wtF7LdGs8i

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Iris, by (American, 1842-1908), who was born (Feb 13). From her book Wild Flowers of Colorado, published in 1885; source, https://t.co/8VSGG8Jego

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Gaultheria tetramera, 1942, by (English, 1906-2006), who died (Feb 6). She illustrated more than 1300 species in her Drawings of British Plants series. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine; source, https://t.co/92ujEs8MnQ

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There's a new guest review on the blog! Read 's thoughts on the show at the Paul Tetar van Elven Museum -

(1851–1918): A celebrated portraitist returns to Delft, https://t.co/wtF7LdGs8i

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Don't miss the new guest post "#MarieLaurencin and the Autonomy of Self-Representation," by Mary Creed, https://t.co/O4Ob8baLZL

Among other topics, the post explores the artists re-appropriation of her image in response to

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A blue honey creeper on a thistle, copulating snails below, n.d., by (German, 1647–1717), who died (Jan 13). Held by , https://t.co/Q0vtScQt3O

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Illustration of Masdevallia abbreviata, 1896, by (English, 1854-1936), who died (Jan 3). From the book from The Genus Masdevallia; source, https://t.co/3BBrj5WWTi

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1650s/60s, by (Italian, 1618-1672). Private collection; source, https://t.co/wy6MYmsFfn This painting is currently on view at in the exhibition, https://t.co/OxLW99xOL2 (closing Jan 9)

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Kokiʻo ʻula, by (Scottish-born, 1842-1900), who died (Dec 29). Published in Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands. 1885. via , https://t.co/PrhCUQQQrS

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