European seabass
Date
ca. 1828-1829
Creator
Francois Plée (French) , Printmaker
After
Jean-Charles Werner (1798 - 1856, French) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
RCN 34834
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 235mm
width (print): 310mm
width (print): 310mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological study of the European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax (here styled Perca labrax). Side view of the fish with line details of head and section.
Plate 11 from the book Histoire naturelles des poisons…tome 1-21…by Georges Cuvier and Achille Valenciennes (Paris, F.G. Levrault, 1828-1849).
Inscribed below ‘BARS commun. P.LABRAX lupus n.’ and attributed ‘Werner del. Impe. de Langlois. Plée f.a. sculp.’
Georges Cuvier (1773-1838), Baron Cuvier, French zoologist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1806.
Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865), French zoologist.
Plate 11 from the book Histoire naturelles des poisons…tome 1-21…by Georges Cuvier and Achille Valenciennes (Paris, F.G. Levrault, 1828-1849).
Inscribed below ‘BARS commun. P.LABRAX lupus n.’ and attributed ‘Werner del. Impe. de Langlois. Plée f.a. sculp.’
Georges Cuvier (1773-1838), Baron Cuvier, French zoologist, was elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 1806.
Achille Valenciennes (1794-1865), French zoologist.
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