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It's a steampunk spider, for anyone who's into that kind of thing.

Group of Azaleas, hand–colored collotype (1896) by the Meiji-era photographer and printer Ogawa Kazumasa (1860–1929).

A photomechanical print from the late 19th century, by the Meiji-era photographer and printer Ogawa Kazumasa (1860–1929).

A photomechanical print from the late 19th century, by the Meiji-era photographer and printer Ogawa Kazumasa (1860–1929).

From the 1878 edition of Les Palmiers Histoire Iconographique by Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem (1844 - 1906).

New Caledonia red-leaved palm, aka Flame Thrower Palm, aka Red Feather Palm, aka Red Leaf Palm, aka Blushing Palm. From the 1878 edition of Les Palmiers Histoire Iconographique by Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem (1844 - 1906).

Phoenicophorium seychellarum, now Phoenicophorium borsigianum, commonly known as the thief palm. From the 1878 edition of Les Palmiers Histoire Iconographique by Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem ​(1844 - 1906)​.

Livistona chinensis, the Chinese fan palm or fountain palm. From the 1878 edition of Les Palmiers Histoire Iconographique by Oswald de Kerchove de Denterghem ​(1844 - 1906)​.

From the Natural History Cabinet of Anna Blackburne (1768), painted by James Bolton (1735 - 1799), an English naturalist, botanist, mycologist, and illustrator.

Caesalpinoid legume, Blackburn's Earth Boring Beetle, Seven-Spotted Ladybird Beetle, Purple Emperor and shells. From the Natural History Cabinet of Anna Blackburne (1768), painted by James Bolton (1735 - 1799), an English naturalist, botanist, mycologist, and illustrator.

Double flower cultivar of wood anemone, painted handmaiden moth, blister beetle, Spanish fly and sawyer beetle. From the Natural History Cabinet of Anna Blackburne (1768), painted by James Bolton (1735 - 1799), an English naturalist, botanist, mycologist, and illustrator.

From the Natural History Cabinet of Anna Blackburne (1768), painted by James Bolton (1735 - 1799), an English naturalist, botanist, mycologist, and illustrator.

From the Natural History Cabinet of Anna Blackburne (1768), painted by James Bolton (1735 - 1799), an English naturalist, botanist, mycologist, and illustrator.

From the Natural History Cabinet of Anna Blackburne (1768), painted by James Bolton (1735 - 1799), an English naturalist, botanist, mycologist, and illustrator.

Koi fish and aquatic plants at the Nemichi-Jinja Shinto shrine in Seki, Japan, by Sora Sagano.

From Pictorial Monograph of Birds (1885), a collection of woodblock prints by Numata Kashu (1838-1901).

From Pictorial Monograph of Birds (1885), a collection of woodblock prints by Numata Kashu (1838-1901).

Peacock and Peony illustration from Pictorial Monograph of Birds (1885), a collection of woodblock prints by Numata Kashu (1838-1901).

Japanese Stork and Pine Tree, from Pictorial Monograph of Birds (1885), a collection of woodblock prints by Numata Kashu (1838-1901).

Edward Penfield (1866-1925) was the father of the American poster movement, an influential designer whose influences included Japanese block prints and Belle Époque poster art.

Edward Penfield (1866-1925) was the father of the American poster movement, an influential designer whose influences included Japanese block prints and Belle Époque poster art.

Bouquet (1778) by Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726–1798), who was known for both his art collection and his own artwork.

Eurasian tree sparrow, by Watanabe Seitei (1851–1918), a prominent kacho-ga ('flower and bird paintings') artist. This image comes from Bijutsu Sekai ('World of Art'), an art periodical edited by Seitei that ran from 1890 to 1894. The final issue was dedicated to Seitei's own woodblock prints.

Tree peony, by Watanabe Seitei (1851–1918), a prominent kacho-ga ('flower and bird paintings') artist. This image comes from Bijutsu Sekai ('World of Art'), an art periodical edited by Seitei that ran from 1890 to 1894. The final issue was dedicated to Seitei's own woodblock prints.

Hamers rijwielen (1912) by Dutcher painter and architect Johann Georg van Caspel, known for his Art Nouveau designs for posters, calendars, children's books, etc.

The Boston Sunday Herald (1895–1901) vintage poster of a woman reading a newspaper in art nouveau style by American graphic designer Ethel Reed (1874-1912).

Royal Bengal tiger chromolithograph from Johnson's 1880 Household Book of Nature, by John Karst

From Johnson's Household Book of Nature by John Karst (1880)

Quack on erratic branch (1900 - 1910) by Ohara Koson, a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, part of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement. Ohara Koson was famous as a master of kachō-e (bird-and-flower) designs.

Insects and Flowers (Qing dynasty ca. 1644–1911) by Ju Lian.

Flycatcher at wisteria (1900 - 1910) by Ohara Koson (1877-1945).

Cockatoo and Pomegranate by Ohara Koson

"Butterfly pochoir pattern in Art Nouveau Oriental style," from 20 Compositions en couleurs dans le Style oriental" (Samarkand: 20 Color Compositions in the Oriental Style) by E. A. Séguy

Have you ever driven a forklift? It's a real rush, a feeling of power like no other. Or maybe not.

I simply would rather not. I'd rathern't.

Common marmoset Callithrix jacchus (Simia jacchus Linnaeus, 1758) Histoire naturelle des singes et des makis Paris,L'an VII (1797)