Spiders (Araneae, Plate 32) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:37x50in (94x127cm) Created in 1864

Created in 1864

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Spiders (Araneae, Plate 32) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:37x50in (94x127cm) Created in 1864Arachnida Araneidea Pl 32 by Frederick DuCane Godman is a refined Victorian zoological illustration from 1879, created at the height of 19thcentury natural history publishing. Godman, an English naturalist and collector born in 1834, worked within a scientific culture that prized clarity, taxonomy, and the faithful recording of species. This plate presents spiders with the measured precision expected of the period: clean linework, carefully observed