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Spiders (Araneae, Plate 21) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 jan jansson is celebrated for elevating kachō‑eArachnida Araneidea Pl. 21 by Frederick DuCane Godman (1879) is a quintessential Victorian zoological illustration from the high tide of natural history. Godmanan English naturalist born in 1834worked in an era when meticulously observed images were indispensable to science. This plate concentrates on members of the spider order, presenting them with measured clarity on a bright white ground. Warm notes of orange and beige define carapaces and