Spiders (Araneae, Plate 32) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:37x50in (94x127cm) Ruth Taylor White’s "Connecticut" map

Ruth Taylor White’s "Connecticut" map stands as a testament to the artistry

Created in 1864

Wymondham (10th Century) - A market town famous for its historic abbey and its role in the 1549 Kett's Rebellion

based on the rue Oberkampf

Spiders (Araneae, Plate 32) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 Size:37x50in (94x127cm) Ruth Taylor White’s "Connecticut" mapArachnida Araneidea Pl 32 by Frederick DuCane Godman is a refined Victorian zoological illustration from 1879, created at the height of 19thcentury natural history publishing. Godman, an English naturalist and collector born in 1834, worked within a scientific culture that prized clarity, taxonomy, and the faithful recording of species. This plate presents spiders with the measured precision expected of the period: clean linework, carefully observed