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1959 Club-headed Hydroid on Knotted Wrack - Underwater Study - 8.25 x 5.25 in
Vintage print of Club-Headed Hydroid, Clava squamata, on Knotted Wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (Plate 23).
Companion image on reverse (Plate 24) Oaten-pipes Hydroid and two colonies of Golden Stars Sea-squirt.
Photographed by D. P. Wilson.
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**Background**
Sourced from The New Naturalist The Sea Shore by C.M. Yonge, Regius professor of zoology in the University of Glasgow, published 1959 by Readers Union Collins. D. P. Wilson was a pioneering underwater photographer who developed specialized techniques for capturing marine life in their natural environments, often working in challenging conditions to document these rarely-seen underwater worlds.
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- Your purchase is this ORIGINAL vintage photographic print. No modern reprints, reproductions, or copies.
- Please note: This print is sold unmounted.
**Condition:** Good. Consistent with age.
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About This Print
This original sea life print dates from the Mid 20th Century (1950s). Vintage prints capture the aesthetic sensibilities of their era with distinctive artistic styles.
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