This is a herbarium specimen sheet — a pressed and dried botanical plant sample — not a cartoon or caricature. The mounted specimen shows branching stems with small leaves and flower spikes characteristic of Aloysia lycioides, a shrub in the verbena family native to South America. Labels identify it as an isotype collected in Paraguay by B. Balansa. No satirical, narrative, or caricature content is present. A wall label for a print-satire exhibition cannot honestly be written for this object. To proceed accurately: this belongs in a natural history or botanical art context, not a comics lineage exhibition.
About this artifact
- Date
- Collected 1881, mounted specimen
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by ComicBooks.com · high-resolution version available.
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