Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9861
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‘L’Ammodite’ [Lesser sand eel]
Date
1772
After
Peter Ascanius (1723 - 1803, Norwegian) , Zoologist
Object type
Library reference
25444
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 91mm
width (print): 221mm
width (print): 221mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zological study showing a side view of the Lesser sand eel, or sand lance, (Ammodytes tobianus). Includes an enlarged detail of the head of the fish, lower left. Plate 2 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: II.”
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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