Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9866
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‘La Vive, ou Dragon de Mer’ [Greater weaver]
Date
1772
After
Peter Ascanius (1723 - 1803, Norwegian) , Zoologist
Object type
Library reference
25444
Material
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Dimensions
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 377mm
width (print): 377mm
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Description
Marine zoological study showing a side view of the Greater weaver fish (Trachinus draco). With inset figures A, B, C showing the Sea long worm (Gordius marinus). Plate 7 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: VII.”
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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