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Marissa Perez

@lepidoptrist.bsky.social

pre-doctoral art history fellow @yale British and French empire, natural materials (pearls, feathers, "exotic" plants, etc), the "tropics," and circulation of all of these between the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Atlantic world. Early modern to 19thc.

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Some snaps from my visit to the University of Vienna and the Naturhistoriches Museum in August for research—Blaschka models and microscopic slides from Emperor Ferdinand I (1793-1875) 🦋

10.09.2025 18:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hummingbird wings on display at London's Natural History Museum from my visit in June! I don't think I've ever visited such an elaborate "bird hall" before.

19.07.2025 00:39 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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