Cuttlefish - Jules Dumont d’Urville, 1833. (Sea Life Wall Art)
This is the kind of print that feels quiet and smart. You get one bold cuttlefish form, clean space around it, and small details that pull you in when you step closer. It works well in a study, hallway, or anywhere you want your home decor to feel calm but not plain.
About this cuttlefish print
This page comes from the scientific atlas made for the French voyage of the corvette Astrolabe (1826. to 1829.), led by Jules Dumont d’Urville and published in Paris in the early 1830s. These atlases were built to record what the expedition collected and observed, with sea life drawn clearly enough to compare and discuss.
What makes this one so satisfying is the layout. The main cuttlefish shapes are big and simple, but the smaller studies around the edges hint at texture, anatomy, and how the animal moves. It feels like a real working page from an older science book, not a modern poster pretending to be vintage.
If you want to stay in the same “sea life as study” mood but see how a later artist turns marine forms into pattern and symmetry, Ernst Haeckel’s Gamochonia picks up that idea in a more decorative, design-forward way.
Craft & finish
This cuttlefish print is made on hand-processed paper, highlighted with subtle gold and sealed with beeswax for an authentic parchment feel. Please note that colors can look slightly different from screen to screen.
Find more prints like this in the Sea Life Art collection.
Cuttlefish (Jules Dumont d’Urville, 1833.) - Vintage Animal Print
In case your print creases during the travel, as it usually does travel for some time, you can safely warm it up with a hair-dryer, and the wax will melt back right into it. You can also use a lighter, which is a much faster method, but be careful to keep the flame either above the paper or parallel to it (which means holding the paper vertically) so it doesn't smudge or even catch fire. The chance of the print actually creasing is very small, as they are rolled in bubble-wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. Also, be sure to keep the print out of the direct sunlight, as it can melt or fade.
Visit the link below to see more about how our replicas are made, how to display them, and repair the damage:
https://www.artifex-replicas.com/post/about-our-parchment-replicas
