This has got to be my absolute favorite among all of the wonderful natural history illustrations from a book written by Jane W. Loudon about her visit to the Isle of Wight. The starfish drawing that I am sharing with you is among the nicest I have seen among the black and white drawings of sealife.
I have always been fascinated by starfish. The way they move, the way they capture prey and how they eat is so interesting. Most starfish have 5 arms like this fellow but there’s one species that actually has 18. Starfish are a bit like lizards in that they can lose part of their body and regrew a new one.
When I looked for some information about starfish to share with you, I learned that these marine invertebrates come in virtually every color of the rainbow.
This starfish drawing was drawn in such a way that you could colorize it to great effect.
This image is copyright free and in the public domain anywhere that extends copyrights 70 years after death or at least 120 years after publication when the original illustrator is unknown.
