Haeckel illustrations

Haeckel_Actiniae Haeckel_Melethallia Haeckel_Discomedusae Haeckel_Arachnida Haeckel_Stephoidea

Ack! I almost wet myself just now, after realizing that tons of Ernst Haeckel illustrations are available in high-res, in the public domain, on Wikipedia. I am downloading them now. I’m going to cycle through them for my desktop background. And someday I am going to make them into wallpaper prints. (You know, when I get some walls.) Seriously, can you imagine??

This one would look awesome in the guest bathroom…
Haeckel Polycyttaria

If you’d like a zip file of all the Haeckel images I downloaded, you can get it here. It’s 187 MB, 121 images.

March 5, 2008. patterns. 3 Comments.

3 Comments

  1. brent replied:

    Wow, nice find. Definitely my best thing learned today. Lovely.

    March 6th, 2008 at 4:33 am. Permalink.

  2. jennifer replied:

    they have a dover edition of his images that’s probably pretty cheap if you want color print-outs. someone should tattoo some polycyttaria on their spine. not really. but the wallpaper is a really good idea!

    March 18th, 2008 at 12:42 am. Permalink.

  3. black replied:

    oh god. I need diapers!

    March 20th, 2008 at 9:53 pm. Permalink.

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