Geology and Palaentology Print Mirage_Print hot springs

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a dung beetle and a horned viper

With its antique botanical styling and softly decorative charm

atmospheric and full of history

this antique print of Thetis bringing the armour to Achilles has enormous appeal

Geology and Palaentology Print Mirage_Print hot springsAt the turn of the 20th century, geology was having a proper moment the age of museum cabinets, classroom charts, and the growing obsession with fossils and dinosaurs. This 1900 geology and palaeontology illustration feels like a window into that world, combining the layers of the Earths crust with the story of ancient life in a bold, antique diagram that looks brilliant in a study, office, or vintage science gallery wall. This is an edited