Poster about the horseshoe crab, based on an old lithograph
- Dimensions :
- H42 x W30 x D1
- Color :
- multicolour
- Material :
- paper
- Style :
- vintage
Horseshoe crab poster, after an 1842 engraving by the American naturalist James Ellsworth De Kay. Dimensions: 30 X 42 cm. Frame not included. High-quality, heavyweight paper, 160 g/m². Shipped securely in a rigid package. This elegant illustration depicts the horseshoe crab, a fascinating marine animal often considered a living fossil. The drawing highlights the bronze-green hues of its carapace, its finely detailed stinger, and the scientific precision typical of 19th-century naturalist plates. Perfectly suited to refined décor, this poster will find its place in an interior inspired by seaside bourgeois homes: on a wall paneled in light wood, above an antique mahogany desk or a light oak chest of drawers, next to a globe or a gilded mirror. A charming piece that evokes cabinets of curiosities and the marine atmosphere of the era.