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Image number: RS.9928
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‘Blepsias ventricosus’ [Red Irish Lord fish]
Date
1829
Creator
Friedrich Guimpel (1774 - 1839, German) , Engraver
After
E. Bommer, Artist
Object type
Library reference
38407
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 229mm
width (print): 375mm
width (print): 375mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological study of the Red Irish Lord fish (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) , native to the north Pacific ocean.
Plate 13 from the book Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten wahrend des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt..., by Friedrich Eschscholtz (Berlin, 1829). Inscribed “1/2 Blepsias ventricosus E. Bommer del. Prof. F. Guimpel sc.”
Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (1793-1831) Livonian physician, botanist and zoologist, was naturalist aboard two expeditions led by Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846). The Rurik expedition 1815-1818 and the Predpriaetie 1823-1826 both circumnavigated the world and collected scientific specimens. These are from the second expedition.
Plate 13 from the book Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten wahrend des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt..., by Friedrich Eschscholtz (Berlin, 1829). Inscribed “1/2 Blepsias ventricosus E. Bommer del. Prof. F. Guimpel sc.”
Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz (1793-1831) Livonian physician, botanist and zoologist, was naturalist aboard two expeditions led by Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846). The Rurik expedition 1815-1818 and the Predpriaetie 1823-1826 both circumnavigated the world and collected scientific specimens. These are from the second expedition.
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