Humpback Whale in Gold on Royal Blue Victorian dress Metallic blue tissue stands in

Metallic blue tissue stands in for the beadworked panels of the original

held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009

Korean hanji

This ostrich is based on an illustration from Johann Daniel Meyer’s 1748 book Angenehmer Und Nützlicher Zeit-Vertreib Mit Betrachtung Curioser Vorstellungen Allerhand Kriechender

glass beads stand in for the buttons on the bodice

Humpback Whale in Gold on Royal Blue Victorian dress Metallic blue tissue stands inBased on a 1903 illustration of the Hump Backed Whale (Megaptera boops) from British mammals; an attempt to describe and illustrate the mammalian fauna of the British islands from the commencement of the Pleistocene period down to the present day. The whale is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your wall.