Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9388
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Lumpfish
Date
ca.1685-1686
Creator
Henry Hunt (British) , Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 245mm
width (painting): 365mm
width (painting): 365mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Side view of the Lumpfish, Cyclopterus lumpus. Reversed image [and therefore an original illustration for] De Historia Piscium, by Francis Willughby and John Ray (Oxford, 1686) plate 98 where it is styled “Lumpus Anglorum”. This version is inscribed “Lumpus Anglorum HHT. ad vivum delin.” Not dated.
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