Striking 1796 Copperplate Engraving on Wove of Caput Madusae Star Fish abstract painting 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"

3 1/2" x 5 1/2" and in good antique condition

I also see  its many rooms and platforms as very conducive to the display of lots of little creatures

including for the fact that I really can't pin them down

This is a charming antique calling card

part of what really makes it is the layering and overlapping of forms and colors

Striking 1796 Copperplate Engraving on Wove of Caput Madusae Star Fish abstract painting 3 1/2" x 5 1/2"A 1796 copperplate engraving depicting "the Caput Medusae or Magellanic Star fish" from the Encyclopaedia Londinensis, a "universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature" edited by John Wilkes and published in London in a series of volumes. A beautiful engraving I think, with these very dense webs of tendrils evoking all sorts of things, and very fine micro detail. Nice rich black, too. 10 3 4" x 8 3 8", copper engraving on wove. With