True Flies (Diptera, Plate 02) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 himalayas atmospheric expanses of sky and

atmospheric expanses of sky and countryside

Glamorganshire County thus captures a county in transition—industrial arteries quickening

An inset focuses on Perth and its environs

Such physiographic finesse frames the routes

Light and shadow accentuate the soaring peaks of the Sierra Nevada along the western edge

True Flies (Diptera, Plate 02) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 himalayas atmospheric expanses of sky andFrederick DuCane Godmans Insecta Diptera Pl 02 (1879) is a meticulous Victorian zoological illustration from the golden age of natural history. Created at a time when taxonomy and field observation were accelerating, this plate exemplifies the 19thcentury union of art and science: precise, calmly arranged, and dedicated to teaching the eye how to see. Against a white ground, carefully observed flies from the order Diptera are rendered with fine