Ticks (Ixodes boarum, Plate 13) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 24x36max50 medieval and Renaissance buildings

medieval and Renaissance buildings

Imhof’s hallmark relief shading and fine contouring render elevations with sculptural tactility

with county boundaries clearly delineated

is celebrated for advancing the union of art and zoology

this map is meant to show just how much of the world is covered by Allied forces

Ticks (Ixodes boarum, Plate 13) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 24x36max50 medieval and Renaissance buildingsArachnida Acaridea Pl. 13 (1879) by Frederick DuCane Godman is a quintessential Victorian zoological illustration, created at a time when art and science worked hand in hand to catalogue the natural world. An English naturalist born in 1834, Godman was devoted to precision and clarity, and this platedevoted to tiny acaridsreflects that ethos. Rather than striving for drama, the sheet presents specimens with measured restraint, arranged to aid the eye