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    Image number: RS.10364
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    Mink [?] eating a fish

    Date
    1786
    Creator
    Unknown, Engraver
    Object type
    Library reference
    Tracts/X80/5
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 242mm
    width (print): 173mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Zoology
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
    Description
    Vignette of a predatory mammal, possibly a mink, eating a landed fish within reeds.

    Closing vignette (p.405) from “Nuove sperienze intorno alla dolcificazione dell'acqua del mare”, by Antonio Mario Lorgna, Memorie della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, vol.3 (1786) pp.375-405.
    Associated place
    <The World>
       > Europe
          > Italy
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