
Fascinating artistic depictions of sea life over millennia
Strawberry squid, colour lithograph Smithsonian Libraries, Washington, DC Salt water covers seven-tenths of Earth’s surface and is where life began. So it is no surprise that our oceans are home to a wide diversity of creatures of all shapes, colours and evolutionary strategies. ‘Pilchard (Argentina carolina)’, hand-coloured engraving from Mark Catesby National Agricultural Library, Beltsville,…