Pinecone fish
Date
ca. 1828-1829
Creator
Martin Schmeltz, Engraver
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 Pinecone fish Monocentris japonica (here styled Monocentris carinata) a fish native to the Indian-Pacific region. Side view, with a line detail of the fish in section.
Plate 97 from the book Histoire naturelles des poisons…tome 1-21…by Georges Cuvier and Achille Valenciennes (Paris, F.G. Levrault, 1828-1849).
Inscribed below ‘LEPISACANTHE japonais. MONOCENTRIS carinata. n.’ and attributed ‘Werner del. Impe. de Langlois. Schmeltz 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 97 from the book Histoire naturelles des poisons…tome 1-21…by Georges Cuvier and Achille Valenciennes (Paris, F.G. Levrault, 1828-1849).
Inscribed below ‘LEPISACANTHE japonais. MONOCENTRIS carinata. n.’ and attributed ‘Werner del. Impe. de Langlois. Schmeltz 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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