Cubomedusae
Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch), 1899–1904
$90
Print check at 8 x 12 in: 183 dpi, good. Trimmed 5.7% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Unlike the saturated color of most Kunstformen der Natur plates, this study of box jellyfish (Cubomedusae) is printed in a cold blue-green duotone, the specimens' cube-shaped bells and trailing tentacles glowing almost bioluminescent against a dark ground — a printing choice that happens to suit the subject unusually well, since several cubomedusae species are in fact bioluminescent. Box jellyfish were still being actively classified in Haeckel's era, and several species carry venom potent enough to be medically significant, a fact the era's naturalists were only beginning to document systematically. What to notice: Haeckel varied his printing technique plate to plate as much as his composition — this monochrome treatment is a deliberate departure, chosen because it reads the specimens' transparency better than his usual full palette could.
- Maker
- Ernst Haeckel (lithograph by Adolf Giltsch)
- Date
- 1899–1904
- Medium of the original
- Lithograph
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00272
| Picture | 8 x 12 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 9.6 x 13.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | 183 | Good | Trimmed 5.7% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 10% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | 129 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 18 in | 122 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 91 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 86 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 61 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 51 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 36 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,555 x 2,200 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 40, lights 168 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 13.46
- Notes
- Neutrals lean toward green: the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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