Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9876
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‘Le Brosme’ [Torsk]
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
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological study showing a side view of the Torsk fish (here termed Gadus brosme, accepted taxonomy Brosme brosme). Plate 17 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. XVII.”
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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