Cuphea lysimachioides Cham. & Schltdl.
· Collected September 1900; determined 1998
This is a botanical herbarium sheet, not a political cartoon or caricature. It preserves pressed specimens of Cuphea lysimachioides, a flowering plant in the loosestrife family (Lythraceae), collected in the Cordillera Centrales region of Paraguay by Dr. E. Hassler circa 1900 and held at the Natural History Museum, London. No satirical imagery, printmaking tradition, or caricature content is present. Writing a caricature wall label for this object would require fabricating content unsupported by the image. The honest description: dried plant stems with opposite leaves and small tubular flowers, mounted on archival paper with collection labels, a color-calibration chart, and a metric scale — standard herbarium documentation practice.
About this artifact
- Date
- Collected September 1900; determined 1998
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by ComicBooks.com.
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