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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

Défi de : je choisis Maria Sibylla Merian, l'une des premières femmes illustratrices dans le domaine de l’histoire naturelle. https://t.co/AO6c5tYhSf

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2019-03-09

Artist & naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian traveled the world and was the first to accurately depict insect metamorphosis.
🦋 A rare black butterfly was recently named after her by our scientist Shinichi Nakahara: https://t.co/NYPJPpWOt7

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2019-03-09

Maria Sibylla Merian's observations of insect metamorphosis changed our understanding of the natural world forever, and her illustrations are as beautiful today as they were 300 years ago.

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2019-03-09

Maria Sibylla Merian, Berthe Hoola van Nooten and Elizabeth Blackwell; three strong women who used their talents as botanical artists to support their families, at a time when women were not expected to be financially independent

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2019-03-08

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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

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

ギルエル | things to call ur Sumerian sweetheart

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2019-02-12

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

Conan the Cimmerian 2013. Coloured by Ian Sokoliwski https://t.co/R1K4G3VIUf

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2019-01-31

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

Recreation of an ancient Olmec artifact looking an awful lot like an astronaut in some kind of a vessel.

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2019-01-25

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

Possibly a royal being from the Mesopotamian Urbaid period (3500-7000 BC). Strange human or alien creature?

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2018-12-29

Merian’s work was executed with such accuracy and detail that later scientists, including Linnaeus, would use it to describe 100 species, including the tarantula.
Story: https://t.co/NYPJPpWOt7

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2018-12-05