Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9874
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‘La Chimere’ [Rabbitfish]
Date
1772
After
Peter Ascanius (1723 - 1803, Norwegian) , Zoologist
Object type
Library reference
25444
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 233mm
width (print): 374mm
width (print): 374mm
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Description
Marine zoological study showing a side view of the Rabbitfish (here termed Chimaera argentea, accepted taxonomy Chimera monstrosa) with a detail from the head. Plate 15 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 left “Tab. XV.”
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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