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held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 1971
This parasol is based on a design from Bloomingdale Bros
an attempt to describe and illustrate the mammalian fauna of the British islands from the commencement of the Pleistocene period down to the present day’
Nepalese paper
the simple lines stood in contrast to the elaborate embellishments
Monstrous Seahorse in Pale Turquoise & Gold dragon held by the Metropolitan MuseumYou are probably looking at this creature and thinking, Judith, thats clearly a Hippocampus, and you would be correct! But the book I found it in called it Equus marinus monstrosus, which translates as Monstrous seahorse. And who can resist a name like that? The book is the delightfully named Monstrorum historia, or History of Monsters, by Ulisse Aldrovandi; it dates from 1642. My monstrous seahorse is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch
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