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Richardia grandiflora (Cham. & Schlecht.) Steud.
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Richardia grandiflora (Cham. & Schlecht.) Steud.

· Collected 1831

This is a pressed botanical herbarium specimen, not a political cartoon or caricature. It shows a dried plant of Richardia grandiflora mounted on archival paper, with handwritten annotations identifying the species and a color calibration strip at top. No satirical imagery, printmaking technique, or caricature tradition applies here. Fabricating a wall label connecting this specimen to Hogarth, Gillray, or the print satire lineage would be a curatorial falsehood. The object is a scientific document from the natural history collecting tradition, 1831, housed at a botanical institution. A responsible label would situate it in the history of botanical illustration and Linnaean taxonomy, not comic art history.

About this artifact

Date
Collected 1831
Rights
Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
Restoration
Digitally restored and hosted by ComicBooks.com.

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