Monstrous Seahorse in Lime Green & Gold 18th century dress They are the professors of

They are the professors of the turtle world

as shown in the November 1908 issue of 'Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme'

teacup and saucer from the 1950s or 1960s

I finally found a happy hippo with a properly gigantic head in the 1895 book ‘Brehm's Life of Animals: A Complete Natural History for Popular Home Instruction and for the Use of Schools’

The dress is 6 inches tall

Monstrous Seahorse in Lime Green & Gold 18th century dress They are the professors ofYou are probably looking at this creature and thinking, Judith, thats clearly a Hippocampus, and you would be correct! But the book I found it in called it Equus marinus monstrosus, which translates as Monstrous seahorse. And who can resist a name like that? The book is the delightfully named Monstrorum historia, or History of Monsters, by Ulisse Aldrovandi; it dates from 1642. My monstrous seahorse is 4. 75 inches wide, stitched by hand on 5x7 inch