Anchovy Collection

Shad, anchovy, and fishermen fishing with nets
Shad, Alosa alosa 137 and anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus 138. Fishermen scattering bait with a wooden spoon to fish in a net

Wingfin anchovy, Pterengraulis atherinoides (Silver-striped herring, Clupea atherinoides). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (Anchovy, Clupea encrasicolus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C

INVISIBLE SANDWICHES
These are surprise sandwiches... Anchovy Delight! They were obviously so delightful that they are all gone! Date: 1930s

Method of curing anchovies in Sicily 1834
In the Mediterranean Sea, the anchovy is chiefly taken at night; large fires are lighted on rafts, which attracts the fish, engraving showing men a cellars packing anchovies in barrels in salt

Patient fishermen, illustration by William Heath Robinson
A party of benevolent philanthropists rewarding the patience of unfortunate fishermen, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Scale-Finned Shad and European Anchovy
Scale-Finned Shad (another version of Alosa fallax or Twait Shad) and European Anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus). Date: 1865

Atlantic thread herring, Opisthonema oglinum, and European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830

Engraulis ringens, Peruvian anchoveta
Peruvian anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) specimens brought back by Charles Darwin on his voyage on HMS Beagle

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