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...manakin is a native of Surinam.
Johanna moved with her husband to Surinam in 1711 where she died sometime after 1723.

Three Mice Nibbling Fruit

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2022-06-09

🎨🦟🐜🦗🌿Schizodactylus monstrosus, a large cricket found in Asia. "The Naturalist's Miscellany" by George Shaw (1789-1813), V.18.

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2022-05-06

...work creating an archive of preparatory drawings for the lithographs before her death was not adequately recognized.

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2022-04-05

🖌🎨🐛🦋🌺Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717)
Parrot Tulip, Auriculas, and Red Currants, with a Magpie Moth, its Caterpillar and Pupa

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2022-02-25

As a 19yo in the Louvre for the first time, alone in a room with this painting. So fascinated by the tiny details I got so close I set off the alarm & then ran scared out of the building. Made me want to be an art historian - I wanted to belong.

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2022-02-08

🎨📖🍁🍂 Tiles from nonsense-genius Lewis Carroll's fireplace, very much in his spirit, commissioned from artist William de Morgan.

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2021-09-29

🎨🦟🐜🦗🌿Schizodactylus monstrosus, a large cricket found in Asia. "The Naturalist's Miscellany" by George Shaw (1789-1813)#mjsartstories

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2021-05-14

Grandville's ability for political provocation made his work much in demand.
Scenes from the private/public life of animals, 1840-42.

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2021-04-23

...creating an archive of preparatory drawings for the lithographs before her death was not adequately recognized.

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2021-04-05