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Orchis latifolia L. var. beeringiana Cham.
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Orchis latifolia L. var. beeringiana Cham.

· Collected before 1857; mounted at Herbier du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

This is a pressed herbarium specimen, not a cartoon or caricature. The sheet displays dried flowering plants of a broad-leaved marsh orchid (Orchis latifolia, var. beeringiana), mounted on aged rag paper with handwritten and printed locality labels from the Paris natural history museum. No satirical figures, printmaking tradition, or caricature content is present. Writing a political-cartoon wall label for this object would require fabricating a subject, target, and artistic tradition that do not exist in the image. Providing invented satirical context would misrepresent a legitimate scientific artifact. A truthful label can be supplied for its actual identity as a 19th-century botanical voucher specimen.

About this artifact

Date
Collected before 1857; mounted at Herbier du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Rights
Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
Restoration
Digitally restored and hosted by ComicBooks.com.

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