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Neither grotesque nor benign, this nineteenth-century study of the Roussette, a species of fruit bat, captures that moment when science still shimmered with myth. Illustrated by Charles Dessalines d’Orbigny, the image belongs to a grand age of natural history, when every specimen was drawn not merely to instruct but to astonish. The bat’s wings are rendered like the folds of a cathedral vault, its gaze unnervingly direct, as if aware of its own symbolism.
Printed on matte archival paper, this reproduction preserves the delicacy of the original lithograph, the golden tones, the fine stippling of fur, the anatomical precision that borders on reverence. A study in both taxonomy and the sublime.
• 12” x 18”
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan
Neither grotesque nor benign, this nineteenth-century study of the Roussette, a species of fruit bat, captures that moment when science still shimmered with myth. Illustrated by Charles Dessalines d’Orbigny, the image belongs to a grand age of natural history, when every specimen was drawn not merely to instruct but to astonish. The bat’s wings are rendered like the folds of a cathedral vault, its gaze unnervingly direct, as if aware of its own symbolism.
Printed on matte archival paper, this reproduction preserves the delicacy of the original lithograph, the golden tones, the fine stippling of fur, the anatomical precision that borders on reverence. A study in both taxonomy and the sublime.
• 12” x 18”
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan