Ernst Haeckel
Actiniae
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Floral & botanical
Batrachia L lineatus
Ernst Haeckel, 1904
A frog from Surinam carries its tadpoles on her back, set out in neat rows. Haeckel's plate rewards a slow, close look.
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About this artwork
This plate from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, plate 68 (Batrachia), 1904, shows the frog Leptodactylus lineatus, described by Schneider in 1799. The original description calls it the military frog of Surinam, because the female carries her young on her back in military rank. Between twelve and twenty small tadpoles attach themselves to two ridges running either side of her central line, holding on with their oral suction plates. Their mobile, rudder-like tails turn outward, to the left and to the right in a symmetrical pattern.
On your wall: Its natural-history subject suits a study, library, hallway or sitting room, especially alongside other botanical and zoological prints.
- Title
- Batrachia L lineatus
- Artist
- Ernst Haeckel
- Year
- 1904
- Style
- Floral & botanical
- Shape
- Portrait
Public domain. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Text based on Wikimedia Commons.
About Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel was a German zoologist, naturalist, physician and professor who also worked as an artist. He described and named thousands of new species, drew a family tree linking all living things, and coined terms such as ecology and phylum. He helped introduce Charles Darwin's ideas to Germany.
Based on Wikipedia.
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
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