Monstrous Seahorse in Pink, White, and Silver Costume dress cut from paper and stitched

cut from paper and stitched by hand

a French gown from 1775-1780

The penguin is 4

held by the Victoria & Albert Museum (accession T

to Conform to the Legislation Making the Effects of Alcohol and Other Narcotics upon the Human System a Mandatory Study in Public Schools

Monstrous Seahorse in Pink, White, and Silver Costume dress cut from paper and stitchedYou 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