Maria Sibylla Merian Pint Glass Music Anning would search cliffs along

Anning would search cliffs along the seaside near her house

inspiration is sure to flow like magma

use it to take notes in your marine biology lecture or to write tales of mermaids and far off lands

Raise a glass to Maria Sibylla Merian who proved these people wrong

so pick the one that's right for today's field notes and you're ready for your next adventure

Maria Sibylla Merian Pint Glass Music Anning would search cliffs alongThere was once a time when people thought that insects were born of mud by spontaneous generation. Raise a glass to Maria Sibylla Merian who proved these people wrong. She did this by documenting evidence on the life cycles of 186 insects, and was among the first professionally trained artists to illustrate her lifelong studies and observations. She observed many of these insects in 1699, when she sold 255 of her own paintings to fund a trip for her