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‘Admirables, les planches montrent en grandeur nature les insectes du Surinam dans leur environnement naturel mais également les paysages où vivent rongeurs, reptiles et batraciens, et les végétaux représentés sont d’une fascinante minutie. Ainsi que l’explique Sitwell, les fleurs “are drawn with the same delicacy and precision as the insects themselves, and the book may thus legitimately be considered a florilegium also” (Great Flower Books, p. 30). “In the majority of her paintings it is obvious that the moths and butterflies have been her major interest. These are drawn with very great delicacy ; the flowers, lovely though they often are, rarely if ever attain an equal perfection.” (Blunt, cité par Hunt). Quoted from Invaluable