Display Artist: Maria Sybilla Merian
Attribution: 
Display Title: Plate 23: 'Banana Plant with Teucer Giant Owl Butterfly and a Rainbow Whiptail Lizard.' from "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium," Amsterdam
Creation Date: 1705
Century: early 18th century
Dimensions: 19 x 13 1/2 in. (48.26 x 34.29 cm)
Object Type: print
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Medium and Support: hand-colored engraving on rag paper
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund
Copyright: Public Domain
Accession Number: 2018.6.3
Citation: Maria Sybilla Merian, Plate 23: 'Banana Plant with Teucer Giant Owl Butterfly and a Rainbow Whiptail Lizard.' from "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium," Amsterdam, 1705, hand-colored engraving on rag paper. Bowdoin College Museum, Brunswick, Maine. Museum Purchase, Lloyd O. and Marjorie Strong Coulter Fund, 2018.6.3