Illustration
Natural history plate
Animals, shells or insects arranged on a scientific plate.
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Natural history plate: hand-colored engraving or lithograph on cream paper, with fine hatched and stippled linework under delicate watercolor tints. Specimens are isolated on a blank ground in an orderly, roughly symmetric grid with even spacing, each in a clear side or top view and marked with a small figure number, with a plate number and printed caption.
