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Cocoa Tree with Southern Armyworm Moth
Maria Sibylla Merian1702/1703
Royal Collection Trust, UK
London, United Kingdom
A watercolour of a branch of a cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao) with the life cycle of the southern armyworm moth (Spodoptera eridania). This is a version of plate 26 in Merian's Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium.
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Details
- Title: Cocoa Tree with Southern Armyworm Moth
- Creator: Maria Sibylla Merian
- Date Created: 1702/1703
- Physical Dimensions: 37.7 × 28.4 cm (vellum sheet)
- Provenance: Dr Richard Mead (1673–1754); his sale (London, Abraham Langford, 13–16 January 1755, lot 66), where purchased by an unknown collector; sold 15 June 1768 (London, Paterson and Eve, lot 572), where purchased by Sir John Hill via Wilson; George III by c.1810
- Rights: Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021
- Medium: Watercolour, Bodycolour, Vellum, Gum arabic
- Depicted Topic: Fruit, Trees, Moths, Caterpillars
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