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Born on this day in 1647, naturalist & artist Maria Sibylla Merian. Here, Teucer Owl Butterfly & Rainbow Whiptail Lizard among the bananas, from her book The Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname, 1705.

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2019-04-02

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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2019-04-02

Spiders, ants and hummingbird on a branch of a guava - Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705. (Colored copper engraving from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XLIII.)

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2019-03-30

A closer look at the frontispiece in the 1730 Ed of Maria Sibylla Merian's work on the insects of Suriname: just to the left of the cherub's bum, I've only just noticed a miniature version of the book plus the pineapple from one of the plates growing in a pot!

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2019-03-12

Day 2: Drawing of the frog witch lady suriname and her froglings

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2018-10-03

Half time oranges any one?? Nope not us either! We are in the mood for pineapple! Plate 2 from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) Free to read via https://t.co/EnQNogCsH6

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2018-07-16

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), German naturalist and scientific illustrator who left her husband and traveled to Suriname to study in an age of extreme restriction on women

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2018-02-03

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) German naturalist/scientific illustrator who left her husband and traveled to Suriname to study

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2017-07-14

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) German naturalist/scientific illustrator who left her husband and traveled to Suriname to study

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2017-05-26

Trying a vallée du Rhône tonight, purchased in my local store. All I can say: May the be with you.

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2016-12-29

Pepper Plant-incisione originale acquerellata inserita nell'opera di Maria Sibylla Merian "Metamorphasibus Insectorum Surinamensium"

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2016-11-25

Suriname Toads hatch from eggs embedded in their mother's back. Via & https://t.co/7REYT8VW1W

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2016-10-07