Great Hammerhead - Fine Art Print
To reduce waste, prints are shipped without backing boards by default. • A4 and A3 prints: Backing board available on request at no extra charge. • A2 prints: Shipped rolled. A backing board can be arranged with an additional postage charge; please mention this in your order notes if required.
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Product Features
These fine art prints feature highly detailed, research-grade illustrations by Dr Lindsay Marshall, created to balance scientific accuracy with the feel of traditional natural history artwork. Printed in-studio on heavyweight archival paper with pigment inks, they are designed to be framed and enjoyed for decades. Available in multiple sizes to suit home, office, and gallery walls, each print is individually checked for colour and detail before being signed and prepared for shipping.
310gsm Hahnemühle German Etching mould-made alpha-cellulose paper, acid- and lignin-free to ISO 9706 archival standards, printed with UltraChrome Pro10 archival pigment inks in Dr Lindsay Marshall’s studio.
This fine art print is produced on archival cotton rag paper with museum-quality inks; for best longevity keep it out of direct sunlight, avoid humidity, and frame with acid-free materials and UV-protective glazing, handling only by the edges with clean, dry hands.
Each fine art print is placed in a crystal-clear archival sleeve to protect the surface. Where requested, an archival white backing board can be included to keep the print flat during storage; these boards are FSC certified and 100% recyclable. Every print is signed by Dr Lindsay Marshall and embossed with her logo for authenticity, then wrapped in custom tissue paper and shipped in a rigid mailer or tube (for larger sizes) to ensure it arrives flat and undamaged.
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Celebrate the iconic Great Hammerhead, Sphyrna mokarran, with a scientifically precise illustration created for the NSF and CSIRO Tree of Life project, where I painted every living species of shark and ray. This artwork brings the ocean’s apex wanderer to life across your chosen products, perfect for collectors, ocean lovers, and shark enthusiasts.
Species spotlight: The Great Hammerhead is the largest hammerhead species and is recognized by its wide cephalofoil with a central notch and a towering first dorsal fin. Found in tropical and warm temperate waters around the world, it is a powerful solitary hunter known to prey on rays, bony fishes, and cephalopods. Its head shape enhances maneuverability and electroreception, helping it detect hidden prey. The species is listed as Critically Endangered due to overfishing and bycatch, making this portrait a meaningful nod to marine conservation. I have always thought that great hammerheads remind me of chinese new year dragon puppets in the way that they hold their crescent shaped fins and manoever throught the water. The chinese dragon is a symbol of power and good luck, and perhaps the Great hammerhead Shark is too.
- Accurate morphology informed by scientific reference for authenticity
- Elegant, timeless rendering that suits coastal decor, modern minimal, and natural history interiors
- A compelling gift for shark divers, marine biologists, anglers, and ocean advocates
