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A close reconstruction of an 1861 German naturalist’s study: worn walnut worktable, matte stoneware ink pot, wooden chair, and dark shelving reduced to soft background shapes; the crop excludes uncertain room details. Von Meyer sits on a wooden chair beyond the desk; his left forearm bears on the tabletop and his right fingers close around the pen. The steel nib physically contacts the folio, which lies fully supported by the table. Both limestone slabs rest flat on the same tabletop with their split faces upward and broken inner edges adjacent. Each 58 mm trace remains flush within its corresponding stone face; the two traces mirror one another across the original split. Stone dust rests on the tabletop immediately beside the chipped slab edges. Each feather trace is 58 mm long, about one-third the length of the visible 18 cm dip pen. 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