Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10236
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Flying fish with freshwater nests and cases
Date
1721
Creator
T. Cole (British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
29715
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 264mm
width (print): 213mm
width (print): 213mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological studies of three types of marine and freshwater specimens. Figure 1 a flying-fish “from the Royal Society”. Figure 2 nest of the ‘Tickleback’ eg stickleback, probably the freshwater fish Gasterosteus aculeatus aculeatus, the three-spined stickleback. Figure 3 four specimens of caddisfly cases.
Plate 8 from the book A philosophical account of the works of nature, by Richard Bradley (London, 1721). The figures are represented as being on three pieces of paper pinned to the darkened background of the plate. Inscribed “Plate VIII. T.Cole sculp.“
Richard Bradley (1688-1732) English botanist and writer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. Figure 1 on this plate is a specimen from the Royal Society’s Repository.
Plate 8 from the book A philosophical account of the works of nature, by Richard Bradley (London, 1721). The figures are represented as being on three pieces of paper pinned to the darkened background of the plate. Inscribed “Plate VIII. T.Cole sculp.“
Richard Bradley (1688-1732) English botanist and writer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712. Figure 1 on this plate is a specimen from the Royal Society’s Repository.
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