The Great Sea Serpent according to Hans Egede – a print by W. Jardine, 1833
£10.70 – £38.30
High quality reproduction of a famous Victorian engraved print of a sea serpent, published by William Jardine in “The Naturalist’s Library”, 1833-1843.
Printed area (image as on the main picture) measures:
Extra Large poster (or Canvas) 23.7×34.5 inch / 60.3×88.0 cm (approx. same sheet size)
Large poster (or Canvas) 16.2×23.7 inch / 41.3×60.3 cm (approx. same sheet size)
Medium poster (or Canvas) 11.3×16.5 inch / 28.8×42 cm (sheet size no less than A3 / 11.7×16.5 inch)
Small poster 8.0×11.7 inch / 20.3x 29.7 cm (sheet size no less than A4 / 8.3×11.7 inch)
“The Great Sea Serpent according to Hans Egede” – an antique engraved print published by William Jardine in “The Naturalist’s Library”, in 1833-1843.
Hans Egede, the national saint of Greenland, gives an 18th-century description of a sea serpent. On July 6, 1734 his ship sailed past the coast of Greenland when suddenly those on board “saw a most terrible creature, resembling nothing they saw before. The monster lifted its head so high that it seemed to be higher than the crow’s nest on the mainmast. The head was small and the body short and wrinkled. The unknown creature was using giant fins which propelled it through the water. Later the sailors saw its tail as well. The monster was longer than our whole ship”, wrote Egede.
Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet of Applegarth (1800 – 1874) was a Scottish naturalist. Jardine made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing the hugely popular forty volumes of The Naturalist’s Library (1833–1843) issued and published by his brother in law, the Edinburgh printer and engraver, William Home Lizars.
This poster is a high quality “giclee” reproduction of a restored antique original, custom-printed on Standard Single-weight Matt Coated art paper 140gsm or Heavyweight Matt Coated art paper 230gsm (more of a thin card density), or superb Epson Matt Canvas 320gsm, according to your choice. We use the latest UltraChromeHDX pigment inks which guarantee 60 years of colour permanence (up to 200 years fade-proof for colour prints). This poster is suitable for mounting and framing, as well as direct display on a wall.
IMPORTANT: If you are going to frame this print we recommend art paper 230gsm or canvas 320gsm. The 140gsm art paper option makes sense if you wish to DIY-frame or to tack the poster to a wall without framing, due to it being lighter and more flexible. All three options are giclee prints of the same high quality.
POSTER PRINT QUALITY
Please note that our reproduction posters are made to order and every print is checked before posting. The images we use in most cases are scans of antique originals, professionally restored in order to remove the most evident stains, folds, tears and other damage. We strive to balance the restoration and saving the overall integrity and antique appearance of the original. Our restored images are unique and these prints can be purchased only from www.VictorianMaps.com.
There will be no watermark on your image but there might be a white border depending on aspect ratio of the original. Please note that when a large antique original is reduced to a smaller size print some text may not be readable. Please check our measurements: every poster has its own aspect ratio same as original and printed exactly as pictured.
The Great Sea Serpent according to Hans Egede – a print by W. Jardine, 1833
£10.70 – £38.30
High quality reproduction of a famous Victorian engraved print of a sea serpent, published by William Jardine in “The Naturalist’s Library”, 1833-1843.
Printed area (image as on the main picture) measures:
Extra Large poster (or Canvas) 23.7×34.5 inch / 60.3×88.0 cm (approx. same sheet size)
Large poster (or Canvas) 16.2×23.7 inch / 41.3×60.3 cm (approx. same sheet size)
Medium poster (or Canvas) 11.3×16.5 inch / 28.8×42 cm (sheet size no less than A3 / 11.7×16.5 inch)
Small poster 8.0×11.7 inch / 20.3x 29.7 cm (sheet size no less than A4 / 8.3×11.7 inch)
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“The Great Sea Serpent according to Hans Egede” – an antique engraved print published by William Jardine in “The Naturalist’s Library”, in 1833-1843.
Hans Egede, the national saint of Greenland, gives an 18th-century description of a sea serpent. On July 6, 1734 his ship sailed past the coast of Greenland when suddenly those on board “saw a most terrible creature, resembling nothing they saw before. The monster lifted its head so high that it seemed to be higher than the crow’s nest on the mainmast. The head was small and the body short and wrinkled. The unknown creature was using giant fins which propelled it through the water. Later the sailors saw its tail as well. The monster was longer than our whole ship”, wrote Egede.
Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet of Applegarth (1800 – 1874) was a Scottish naturalist. Jardine made natural history available to all levels of Victorian society by editing the hugely popular forty volumes of The Naturalist’s Library (1833–1843) issued and published by his brother in law, the Edinburgh printer and engraver, William Home Lizars.
This poster is a high quality “giclee” reproduction of a restored antique original, custom-printed on Standard Single-weight Matt Coated art paper 140gsm or Heavyweight Matt Coated art paper 230gsm (more of a thin card density), or superb Epson Matt Canvas 320gsm, according to your choice. We use the latest UltraChromeHDX pigment inks which guarantee 60 years of colour permanence (up to 200 years fade-proof for colour prints). This poster is suitable for mounting and framing, as well as direct display on a wall.
IMPORTANT: If you are going to frame this print we recommend art paper 230gsm or canvas 320gsm. The 140gsm art paper option makes sense if you wish to DIY-frame or to tack the poster to a wall without framing, due to it being lighter and more flexible. All three options are giclee prints of the same high quality.
POSTER PRINT QUALITY
Please note that our reproduction posters are made to order and every print is checked before posting. The images we use in most cases are scans of antique originals, professionally restored in order to remove the most evident stains, folds, tears and other damage. We strive to balance the restoration and saving the overall integrity and antique appearance of the original. Our restored images are unique and these prints can be purchased only from www.VictorianMaps.com.
There will be no watermark on your image but there might be a white border depending on aspect ratio of the original. Please note that when a large antique original is reduced to a smaller size print some text may not be readable. Please check our measurements: every poster has its own aspect ratio same as original and printed exactly as pictured.
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