Goldfish
Date
1762
Creator
J Rhodius (Dutch) , Illustrator
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 405mm
width (print): 405mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Studies of freshwater goldfish. Figures 1-2 single and grouped studies of the fish. Figure 3 A-D magnified fish-scales. Figures 4-9 side views of individual fish, showing a variety of colours and markings at two years of age.
Plate 9 from Opuscula subseciva, observations miscellaneas de animalculis et plantis…Tom. II. Liber II, by Job Baster (Haarlem, 1765). The plate is inscribed above ‘TAB.IX’ and below ‘J..Rhodius del. et ad viv. pinxit. C.V.Noorde Sculp. 1762. N.B. De GOUDE-VISJES Fig.IV-IX waaren 2 Jaaren oud.’
Job Baster (1711-1775) Dutch physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1738.
Plate 9 from Opuscula subseciva, observations miscellaneas de animalculis et plantis…Tom. II. Liber II, by Job Baster (Haarlem, 1765). The plate is inscribed above ‘TAB.IX’ and below ‘J..Rhodius del. et ad viv. pinxit. C.V.Noorde Sculp. 1762. N.B. De GOUDE-VISJES Fig.IV-IX waaren 2 Jaaren oud.’
Job Baster (1711-1775) Dutch physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1738.
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