Carp Collection

A Selection of Fish
An assortment of fish: 1. sharp-nosed eel, 2. blunt-nosed eel, 3. burbot, 4. lamprey, 5. lampern, 6. chub, 7. perch, 8. roach, 9. bream, 10. rudd, 11. Prussian carp, 12. Crucian carp, 13. tench, 14

Cyprinus carpio, or Common Carp. Date: 1879

Barbus barbus, or Common Barbel, also known as Barbus. Date: 1865

Cyprinus hybiscoides, common carp
Part of LS Plate 166 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Japanese Giant Carp
In a Japanese legend, O Tsuru sees a giant carp, dead, washed up on the shore of Lake Biwa : it is a monster that eats dogs, cats and even swimming people

Three Carp in a pool by Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795). Date: circa 1770s

Common and Mirror Carp by H.J. Oliver

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Village street with festival carp banners. Vintage 19th century photograph

Chinese fishermen using cormorants to catch fish on a river 190, and golden carp species, harlequin 188 and sulphur carp 189

Alver, nase, Prussian carp, and fishing
Alver, Alburnus alburnus 179, nase, Chondrostoma nasus 181, Prussian carp, Carassius gibelio 182, and fishermen enjoying fishing on the Seine at Paris with rod, line, hook and nets

Danube gudgeon, crucian carp and bream
Danube gudgeon, Gobio gobio 156, crucian carp, Carassius carassius 157 and bream, Abramis brama 158. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History

Barbel, tench and goldfish
Barbel, Barbus barbus 153, tench, Tinca tinca 154, and Prussian carp or goldfish, Carassius auratus auratus 155. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of

Common carp and fishermen hauling in a net from the beach
Common carp, Cyprinus carpio carpio 151, and fishermen and fishwives hauling in a large net from a bay. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural History

Common carp and three fishermen fishing with
Common carp, Cyprinus carpio 149, and three fishermen fishing with rod, net and line for carp in a river. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelms Encyclopedia of Natural

Silver salmon and common carp (vulnerable)
Silver salmon, Salmo salar, Salmo hamatus, and common carp, Cyprinus carpio, vulnerable. Handcolored engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Oudart from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire

Common carp, Cyprinus carpio carpio. Vulnerable
Common carp, Cyprinus carpio carpio (Rondeletian carp, Cyprinus rondeletii). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Common carp (vulnerable), bronze carp and goldfish
Common carp, Cyprinus carpio (vulnerable), bronze carp, Carassius carassius, and goldfish, Carassius auratus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Miss Coignet after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel

Steindachnerina binotata (Double-marked salmon carp, Prochilodus binotatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of

Bocachico or koulimata, Prochilodus rubrotaeniatus (Pale red-streaked salmon carp, Prochilodus rubro-taeniatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H

Wild common carp, Cyprinus carpio. Vulnerable. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J

Tench, ide, gibel carp and Indian humphead
Tench, Tinca tinca 1, ide, Leuciscus idus 2, gibel carp, Carassius auratus auratus 3, and Indian humphead, Kurtus indicus 4

Gudgeon, bleak, spirlin, minnow and Prussian carp
Danube gudgeon, Gobio gobio 1, bleak, Alburnus alburnus 2, spirlin, Alburnoides bipunctatus 3, minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus 4, and Prussian carp, Carassius gibelio 5

Carp and perch varieties
Carp, Cyprinus carpio 1, 2, barbel, Barbus barbus 3, pike-perch, Sander lucioperca 4, and European perch, Perca fluviatilis 5

Blicca bjoerkna, or Silver Bream, also known as White Bream and Breamflat, a species of freshwater fish. Date: 1865

Crucian Carp and Prussian Carp
Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius) and Prussian Carp (Carassius gibelio). Date: 1879

Carassius carassius, or Crucian Carp, a member of the common carp Ciprinidae family. Date: 1865

Tench, Tinca tinca, and carp, Cyprinus carpio.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

A childrens stage production - Hong Kong - Fish Costumes
A childrens stage production entitled Sea Dreams - Hong Kong - Fish Costumes! Date: 1954

Hiroshima Castle, Hiroshima, Japan
Hiroshima Castle (Carp Castle), Japan - home of the daimyo (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima han (fief). Constructed in the 1590s, but destroyed by the atomic bombing on 6th August 1945

A Goldfish pond with Waterfall - Kiga, Takone, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Golden Carp (Goldfish) and Bronze Carp
Golden Carp (Carassius auratus auratus, Goldfish) and Bronze Carp (similar to Crucian and Prussian varieties). Date: 1879

Abramis brama, or Common Bream, also known as Lake Bream, Freshwater Bream, Bronze Bream, Carp Bream and Yellow Bream. Date: 1865

Pomeranian Bream (Silver Bream)
Gobio gobio, or Gudgeon, a freshwater fish, described here as a Dobule or Gresling. Date: 1865

Carassius auratus auratus, or Goldfish, a freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family. Date: 1865

Carassius gibelio, or Prussian Carp, also known as Silver Prussian Carp and Gibel Carp, a member of the Cyprinidae family. Date: 1865

Common carp, Cyprinus carpio var Vulnerable
Common carp, Cyprinus carpio var. Vulnerable.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Goldfish variety, Carassius auratus (Previously
Goldfish variety, Carassius auratus. (Previously named Telescope carp, Cyprinus Buphthalmus.). Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw

Boys Festival in May, Carp Banners, Yokohama, Japan

Carp banners, Japan
Carp banners flying above a street, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Kyoto, Japan - Wisteria growing in a Japanese Garden Date: circa 1908

Tokyo, Japan - Childrens Day Festival - Carp Kites
Childrens Day in Japan, held on May 5th. A time for families to celebrate the joy of a child, a tradition celebrated since ancient times

Cyprinus auratus, goldfish
Plate 121 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings

Cyprinus carpio, koi carp
This large omnivorous freshwater fish can be found the world over

Feeding the carp - park at Fontainebleau. Two noble women feeding carp. Date c1878

Group of Romanian Jews
A group of Romanian Jews, with a quotation from Prime Minister Carp. Below is an historical note about the persecution of the Jews in Romania in 1866

A Lalique Glass advertisement featuring a glass carp which " is illluminated from the bronze base with a soft orange light which gives a liquid gleam to the form of the fish."

Hotel building, Eberbach, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany
View of the Hotel Zum Karpfen, a timber-framed house, in the town of Eberbach, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany. Paintings on the facade (left) depict the story of the town. 2010

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