Dollar or Butter Fish (Rhombus triacanthus) by John L. Petrie, 1898 tumc_monochrome_3d_relief and economy through playful artwork

and economy through playful artwork

were lifelines for the communities of Dornoch

Barranca Parkway

The remarkable Western Duck illustration captures the complex coloration and plumage of this majestic bird

and decorative borders—transforms ridgelines and hollows into a living panorama of the Virginia highlands

Dollar or Butter Fish (Rhombus triacanthus) by John L. Petrie, 1898 tumc_monochrome_3d_relief and economy through playful artworkJohn L. Petries The Dollar or Butter Fish, Rhombus triacanthus (1898) is a luminous Victorian zoological illustration from the celebrated natural history enterprise The Fishes of North America, overseen by angling editor and publisher William C. Harris. Created at the height of late19thcentury scientific illustration, Petries plate marries field observation with artistic finesse: he and Harris worked from live specimens so the fishs gleam, subtle