Spiders (Araneidea, Plate 7) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:37x50in (94x127cm) topographic arrangement that still breathes

topographic arrangement that still breathes with painterly life

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with careful attention to color

Spiders (Araneidea, Plate 7) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:37x50in (94x127cm) topographic arrangement that still breathesArachnida Araneidea Pl. 07 (1879) by Frederick DuCane Godman is a quietly dramatic Victorian zoological illustration that captures the precision and curiosity of 19thcentury science. An English naturalist and collector of rare distinction, Godman helped shape an era when careful observation and drawing were essential tools of taxonomy. This plate presents several spiders from the class Arachnida (order Araneae) with crisp, documentary clarityarranged