chelonia turtles fine art print ernst haeckel japanese and this Haeckel plate is

and this Haeckel plate is a riot of iridescent colour

leaf-like blades in crimson and rose fan out across the plate

the 100-plate series Haeckel published between 1899 and 1904

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chelonia turtles fine art print ernst haeckel japanese and this Haeckel plate isAncient, patient and beautifully patterned, sea turtles glide across this Haeckel plate with their shells rendered in intricate mosaics of brown, amber and green. Ernst Haeckel composed the sheet so that each turtle shows off the geometry of its carapace, the scutes fitting together like inlaid tile a reminder of why these animals have fascinated naturalists for centuries. The print is drawn from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), the 100