Beetles (Coleoptera, Plate 10) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:45x60in (114x150cm) Subtle shading and layering create

Subtle shading and layering create convincing depth without losing the immediacy of an on‑the‑spot study

heavily textured paper

the oldest public garden in France

Detailed outline of the Caspian Sea

The map features several major cities of the era

Beetles (Coleoptera, Plate 10) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:45x60in (114x150cm) Subtle shading and layering createInsecta Coleoptera Pl. 010 (1879) by Frederick DuCane Godman is a quintessential Victorian zoological illustration, created at a moment when art and science were tightly intertwined. Godman, an English naturalist and collector, published this entomological plate as part of a larger effort to document beetles with clarity and authority. The composition reflects the periods devotion to careful observation and classification: multiple beetle specimens