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The Eight-Armed Cuttlefish at the Crystal Palace Aquarium, 1871
Size:12x9"
Frame Style:Standard 0.75"
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Size:12x9"
Frame Style:Standard 0.75"
Size:12x9"
Frame Style:Standard 0.75"
The Eight-Armed Cuttlefish at the Crystal Palace Aquarium, 1871 A large octopus spreads its eight sucker-lined arms in a dramatic radial composition, rendered in fine black-and-white engraved linework. This plate documents one of the octopus specimens exhibited at London's Crystal Palace Aquarium, gathered from the Devonshire and North Wales coasts, at a time when the creature had become a sensation in the popular press under names like "devil-fish" and "man-sucker" following Victor Hugo's Toilers of the Sea.
The Eight-Armed Cuttlefish at the Crystal Palace Aquarium. Historic Marine Engraving Canvas Print.