Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9871
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‘Le Paon Bleu’ [Cuckoo wrasse]
Date
1772
After
Peter Ascanius (1723 - 1803, Norwegian) , Zoologist
Object type
Library reference
25444
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Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 237mm
width (print): 374mm
width (print): 374mm
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Description
Marine zoological study showing a side view of the male Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus) with a detail of the head, intended to show the teeth of the fish. Plate 12 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d’histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed in ink, upper right “Tab.XII”
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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