Common Sunfish (Eupomotis gibbosus) by John L. Petrie, 1898 Size:14x24in (36x60cm) Ursus ferox

Ursus ferox

Hartlepool was subjected to a German naval bombardment

Rather than dramatizing a habitat or narrative moment

Catalina State Park

doubling the sense of stability and serenity while suggesting the transcendental idea that nature reflects something larger than itself

Common Sunfish (Eupomotis gibbosus) by John L. Petrie, 1898 Size:14x24in (36x60cm) Ursus feroxJohn L. Petries The Common Sunfish, Eupomotis gibbosus (1898) is a luminous Victorian zoological illustration created for William C. Harriss landmark series, The Fishes of North America. Rendered as a chromolithographic plate at the height of late 19thcentury natural history publishing, this work marries scientific observation with painterly finesse. Harris and Petrie worked from living specimens so that the iridescence, patterning, and subtle tonal