康加爾鰻，康加爾鰻

1803

愛德華·多諾萬繪製的康吉鰻插圖，以優雅且近乎嬉戲的盤繞姿態捕捉了這種生物，展現了其令人印象深刻的長度以及光滑如蛇的身軀。作為19世紀初倫敦一位多產的自然學家和藝術家，多諾萬創作了這些詳細的圖版，為其雄心勃勃的出版物記錄英國動物群。康吉鰻張開的嘴和睜大的眼睛賦予了它一種出人意料的生動神態，與水手故事中可怕的海洋怪物截然不同。在水下攝影出現之前很久，這些手工上色的印刷品就幫助將深海的奇觀帶入了公眾的客廳。

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