peromedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel island it set a new level

it set a new level of acceptability for violence

• Paper weight: 189 g/m²

postcards and graphic art

It is also a favourite gift for ocean lovers and anyone charmed by the octopus's reputation for cleverness

and is arguably his most famous work

peromedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel island it set a new levelThe coronate jellyfish of this plate come from the deeper, darker reaches of the ocean, and Haeckel drew them with a fittingly dramatic touch. Their crowned, grooved bells sit above short, sturdy tentacles, arranged in warm browns, reds and ambers against a shadowy background so that they seem to hang suspended in the deep. There is a richness and weight to these medusae that sets them apart from his paler jellyfish studies. The illustration is part