Stemodia stricta Cham. & Schltdl.
· Collected 1885–95; accessioned Natural History Museum, London
This is a pressed botanical herbarium specimen, not a cartoon or caricature. The mounted plant — Stemodia stricta, a slender-stemmed herb in the plantain family — was collected in central Paraguay by Dr. Emil Hassler during his 1885–95 expeditions. Accompanying labels record its lectotype status, a University of Texas Herbarium determination (C. Cowan, 1993), and a Natural History Museum London barcode. A Macbeth ColorChecker and metric rule are included for photographic calibration. No satirical content, printmaking technique, or caricature tradition is present or applicable here. Writing a fabricated cartoon label for a scientific specimen would misrepresent both the object and the exhibition context this prompt describes.
About this artifact
- Date
- Collected 1885–95; accessioned Natural History Museum, London
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by ComicBooks.com.
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