Eugenia capuli (Schltdl. & Cham.) Hook. & Arn.
· Collected before 1841; mounted specimen photographed 2003–2005
This is a herbarium specimen sheet, not a cartoon or caricature. It shows a pressed and dried branch of Eugenia capuli, a flowering plant in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), with dark leathery leaves and remnant flower clusters mounted on archival paper. Annotation labels identify it as an isotype — a duplicate of the original type collection — with handwritten nineteenth-century locality notes and later curatorial additions from 2003 and 2005. No satirical content, printmaking tradition, or caricature is present. Writing a comic-art wall label for this object would require fabricating subject matter the image does not contain. A historically accurate label cannot be produced for this context.
About this artifact
- Date
- Collected before 1841; mounted specimen photographed 2003–2005
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by ComicBooks.com.
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