red Wall-eye

  • Epinephelus ruber, The red Wall-eye. (1785-1797)

    Epinephelus ruber, The red Wall-eye. (1785-1797)

    Marcus Elieser Bloch (German, 1723–1799)

    The red Wall-eye glides across the page, scales etched with precision, its gills flared as if still breathing. The engraving captures the fish’s taut energy, frozen mid-motion against stark white. Every spine and fin is rendered with clinical clarity, yet the creature feels alive, ready to dart off the paper.