The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
Print from Los Caprichos (The Whims), a set of 80 visionary prints from Goya's middle period (ca. 1797) condemning the foibles and follies of civilized society. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) was one of the most important Spanish artists of all time, often thought of as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. (Image source: Rijksmuseum)
- Swallow and Camellia Ito Jakuchu
- Fruit Bat Skeleton Edouard Joseph d’Alton
- Great Barrier Reef Alcyonaria William Saville-Kent
- Medlar, Poppy Anemone, and Pear Joris Hoefnagel
- Monster Soup Commonly Called Thames water William Heath
- Carp Swimming Against a Waterfall Utagawa Hiroshige
- Love-in-a-Mist, Sweet Cherry, and Spanish Chestnut Joris Hoefnagel
- Essay Towards a Natural History of Serpents, Plate I Charles Owen