Ostraciidae - Fish Size:30×40 cm the scutes fitting together like

the scutes fitting together like inlaid tile — a reminder of why these animals have fascinated naturalists for centuries

primarily chronicling his working vacations

organic calm to a bedroom

creating a fluid and prolific oeuvre

Haeckel's influential series of 100 lithographs

Ostraciidae - Fish Size:30×40 cm the scutes fitting together likeBoxfish are the eccentrics of the reef rigid, geometric and patterned like something designed rather than evolved and this Haeckel plate makes the most of their charm. Trunkfish and their relatives are arranged across the sheet in yellows, blues and spotted designs, their boxy, armoured bodies giving the composition an almost playful, graphic quality. The illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Ernst Haeckel's series of