Hypericum pratense Schltdl. & Cham. (Type Specimen)
· Collected c. 1828; determined N. K. B. Robson, 1989
This is a pressed herbarium specimen, not a cartoon or caricature. It shows a dried plant — Hypericum pratense Schltdl. & Cham. — mounted on archival paper with a color-calibration chart, a metric scale bar, and institutional barcoding from a natural history museum's Department of Botany. Handwritten annotations record the collector's locality (Vera Cruz, Mexico), a mid-20th-century determination, and a type-collection designation. It belongs to the tradition of botanical documentation, not print satire. No satirical figures, printmaking technique, or caricature tradition is present or applicable here. Describing it as a political cartoon would be factually wrong.
About this artifact
- Date
- Collected c. 1828; determined N. K. B. Robson, 1989
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by ComicBooks.com.
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