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Crown Imperial Fritillary

Henry Joseph Redouté

Cleveland Museum of Art

A drawing of a Crown Imperial Fritillary. The flower has six dark orange to light brown tepals that hang down like a bell. There are six yellow stamens. Above the flower are green, lance-shaped leaves that resemble a crown. The straight stem below the flower is gray and has two green curved leaves. The background is beige. The text at the bottom reads "Fritillaire Imperiale".

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703 × 893 px
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