Batrachia - Frogs mountain In this spectacular plate

In this spectacular plate

Utagawa Hiroshige was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist

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who worked in various styles

Voelker based the novel on a 1952 murder case in which he was the defense attorney

Batrachia - Frogs mountain In this spectacular plateA chorus of frogs, poised mid leap and rendered in jewel like greens, blues and reds this is one of Ernst Haeckel's most charming and surprisingly lively plates. Tree frogs and exotic amphibians are arranged across the sheet in dynamic poses, their splayed toes and glistening skin captured with the precision of a scientist and the flair of an illustrator. The image belongs to Kunstformen der Natur, Haeckel's celebrated portfolio of 100 lithographs