Spiders (Araneidea, Plate 34) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:52x70in (132x178cm) with its venerable university

with its venerable university

The gentle palette of oceanic blues and greens

Surinam: Another colony depicted

For anyone who has hiked near Kandersteg

Weddell Sea

Spiders (Araneidea, Plate 34) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:52x70in (132x178cm) with its venerable universityArachnida Araneidea, Plate 34 by Frederick DuCane Godman (first issued in 1879) captures the Victorian passion for ordering and understanding the natural world. Associated with Godmans landmark Central American studies, this scientific plate exemplifies the eras marriage of scholarship and artistryarranging multiple spiders against a pristine field to emphasise form, pattern, and comparative anatomy. The careful draughtsmanship reflects a time when