Alchemilla venusta Cham. & Schltdl.
Β· Collected Mexico, 1829β1830; determined 1934
This is a herbarium specimen sheet, not a political cartoon or caricature. It shows pressed and mounted plant material identified as Alchemilla venusta, a lady's mantle species from Mexico, collected by Schiede and Deppe. The sheet bears multiple handwritten labels, printed barcodes from the Natural History Museum London, a color-calibration chart, and a ruled scale bar β standard tools of taxonomic documentation. No satirical content, printmaking tradition, or caricature subject is present. Writing a comic-art wall label for this image is not possible without fabricating content the image does not support.
About this artifact
- Date
- Collected Mexico, 1829β1830; determined 1934
- Rights
- Public domain β free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by ComicBooks.com.
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