Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum): flowering and fruiting stem with caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after M. Merian.
Tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum): flowering and fruiting stem with caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after M. Merian.
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Tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum): flowering and fruiting stem with caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after M. Merian.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/158857 · 1807

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Lettering: Gossypium. Gossypium religiosum; or cotton tree. M. Merian delt. J. Pass sculpt.

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