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Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery: The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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    MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN (1647-1717)

    Branch of Water Lemon with Snout Moth, Brush-Footed Butterfly larva and Flag-Footed Bug

    1702-03

    RCIN 921175

    The passion flower is so-named because it supposedly symbolises the Passion of Christ. It is native to Central America, and was imported to Europe in the 1560s.

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