Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9878
Looking for a special gift? Buy a print of this image.
‘Brosme Toupee, or Galerite’ [Blenny]
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 a blenny, possibly Montagu’s blenny (here termed Blennus galerita, accepted taxonomy Coryphoblennius galerita). Plate 19 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. XIX.”
Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755.
Peter Ascanius was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755.
Associated place