Note regarding Maria Sibylla Merian's drawings, not after 1806

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Title: Note regarding Maria Sibylla Merian's drawings, not after 1806
Creator: Bull, Richard, 1725-1806
Abstract: Manuscript note in Richard Bull's hand that relates how a collection of Maria Sibylla Merian's drawings came into his possession. Merian's place and year of birth are also noted, as is her great ability for drawing insects, reptiles, and other natural objects
Description: In English.
Date supplied by cataloger based on the year of Richard Bull's death.
Formerly page 4 of an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806].
Matted to 49 x 37 cm.
Original case shelved separately.
Provenance: Merian drawings purchased by Richard Bull from the collection of Doctor Fothergill (1712-1780). Album purchased by W.S. Lewis at the Julia Swinburne and Lady Jane Ashburnham sale, Sotheby's, lot 426, 20 July 1954.
Extent: 1 6.4 x 16.1 cm, mounted to 28 x 21 cm item ;
Language: English

Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Name): Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.
Subjects: Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bull, Note Regarding Maria Sibylla Merian's Drawings. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.