Spiders (Araneidea, Plate 35) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) and UV-filter glazing

and UV-filter glazing

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Spiders (Araneidea, Plate 35) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:18x24in (45x60cm) and UV-filter glazingArachnida Araneidea, Plate 35 by Frederick DuCane Godman (1879) captures the rigor and elegance of Victorian scientific illustration at its height. Godman, an English naturalist and collector born in 1834, worked in the great 19thcentury tradition of natural history, where careful drawings served as the backbone of taxonomy and education. This plate presents several spiders observed with clinical clarity, their patterns, proportions, and morphology