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Image number: RS.9877
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‘L’Omble, La Roie, ou Salmomet des Alpes’ [Arctic char]
Date
1772
After
Peter Ascanius (1723 - 1803, Norwegian) , Zoologist
Object type
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25444
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height (print): 233mm
width (print): 374mm
width (print): 374mm
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Description
Freshwater zoological study showing a side view of the Arctic char (here termed Salmo alpinus, accepted taxonomy Salvelinus alpinus). With a detail of the roe of the fish. Plate 18 from the book Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enlumlinees d’histoire naturelle du Nord, by Peter Ascanius, volume 1 (Copenhagen, 1772). Inscribed lower left “Ic. Rer. Nat. Tab. XVIII.”
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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