Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9860
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‘La Carpe de Mer’ [Wrasse]
Date
1772
After
Peter Ascanius (1723 - 1803, Norwegian) , Zoologist
Object type
Library reference
25444
Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 160mm
width (print): 303mm
width (print): 303mm
Subject
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Description
Marine zoological study showing a side view of the Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta). Includes a detail of the jaws and teeth of the fish, lower left. Plate 1 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d’histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed upper right “Ic. Rer. Nat. Tab. I.”
Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755.
Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755.
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