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This forthcoming Gallery Exhibit is a companion piece for She-philosopher..com’s digital collection of materials on the natural and cultural history of the chameleon. It reproduces, at larger sizes and higher resolutions, original engravings from early illustrated texts on the chameleon e-published in the She-philosopher.com Library. For more, see the overview page for this ongoing study in the STUDIES section.

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The images to be included in this forthcoming Gallery Exhibit are not yet listed in She-philosopher.com’s Gallery Catalog.

GALLERY > Exhibit > The natural & cultural history of the chameleon in pictures

First Published: September 2012
Revised (substantive): 1 June 2021

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17th-century head-piece showing six boys with farm tools, by Wenceslaus Hollar

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