Paper Nautilus, Argonauta Nodosa — Arthur F. D. Bartholomew

Paper Nautilus, Argonauta nodosa

1881 Scientific illustration of an octopus by Arthur Bartholomew. Detailed pen & ink study of Argonauta nodosa. Victorian natural history art, museum-quality.


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This scientific illustration by Arthur Bartholomew was commissioned by Sir Frederick McCoy, Director of Museum Victoria as part of his zoological research. It forms part of the much larger Prodromus Collection. Many of the original illustrations in the collection informed the production of the two-volume work The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria which was Museum Victoria