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Plate 133 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plate 127 from the John Reeves CollectionJohn Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Snapper fishDrawing no 54 by George Raper, 1790. Illustration labelled snapper of Norfolk Island
Scorpaena volitans (Pterois volitans)Plate 184 - Naturgeschichte der ausl䮤 ischen Fische : mit sechs und dreissig Ausgemalten kupfern nach originalen (1785-95) by Marcus Elieser Bloch
A Selection of Museum SpecimensSpecimens here include an Entomological tray of insect from the order Orthoptera, a herbarium sheet from Cooks first voyage collected in New South Wales, Australia in 1770 and fish specimens
Haliaetus leucocephalus, bald eaglePlate 31 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
Cyprinus hybiscoides, common carpPart 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
Tetraodon lineatus, globe fish
Harvest Festival LoafHarvest Festival : A special loaf, in the shape of the famous Biblical Five loaves and two fishes. Date: 1950s
Water Babies -- two little children, a boy and a girl, in a pool of water surrounded by rocks (left), and a little boy who has turned into a merman, with a fishs tail
Ling fish, Molva molva (Gadus molva). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J. Rivington, London, 1802-1808
Armored catfish species, Acanthicus hystrix. Porcupine acanthicus, Acanthicus histrix. Fort St. Joaquin in the distance. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H
Small spotted catshark, Scyliorhinus canicula (Lesser spotted shark, Squalus catulus). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes
European hake, Merluccius merluccius (Hake, Gadus merluccius). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his Natural History of British Fishes, Donovan and F.C. and J
Les Poissons (Fishes)
A Very Fishy Story, by Louis WainA Very Fishy Story, comical fish cartoon drawn by Louis Wain Date: 1892
The Mind, The Body, The Soul, Blessing The FishesA watercolour painting showing some spiritual depictions of the mind, body and soul blessing the fishes in a river. Date: circa 1918
On The Road To CallaoA painting entitled, On The Road To Callao, Where The Trumpet Fishes Blow, which shows a shoal of red fish in the ocean. Date: circa 1915
A Catch of Arapaima FishA catch of arapaima fish. Native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America, they are among the world's largest freshwater fish. Date: 1924
Plate decorated with depiction of two fish. Ceramics. Inca culture (1400-1533 AD). Peru. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain. Date: 2018
Three Japanese Gifts for Felicitous Events, Mitsukoshi Department Store, Osaka. Top: Symbol of Supreme Felicity - red and white silk crepe, pine foliage, crane and tortoise
Carcharodon carcharias, or great white shark, also known as the white pointer, white shark, or white death. Date: 1862
Explorer Sealife Giant Fish Corpse Pregnant Sawexplorer, sealife, giant, fish, corpse, pregnant, saw, ova, embryonic, fishes, poses, dead, tiger, shark, hammer, head, mitchell, hedges, 1923, battles, 1920s, the, of, and, a, in, he, with, %iln
Neptune - King of the Sea and of all the fishes?Neptune. Sub-title: Famous Fairies. King of the Sea - And of all the fishes?. by Lorna Steele
Comic postcard, Swimming in the sea - young man and four pretty women Date: 20th century
Fountain from Regio VII. II. 45, House of the Bear, PompeiiFountain from Regio VII.II.45, House of the Bear, Pompeii. Venus reclines above a blue sea of fishes, with cupids in attendance
Slopehead catfish, Ageneiosus inermis (Dawalla of the Arawaaks, Hypothalmus davalla). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H
Tiger sorubim, Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum (Striped platystoma, Platystoma tigrinum). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes
Platynematichthys notatus catfish (Stripe-tailed pimelodus, Pimelodus notatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of
Flatwhiskered catfish, Pinirampus pirinampu (Black-spotted green pimelodus, Pimelodus insignis). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H
Blochs pim, Pimelodus blochii (Tiger pimelodus, Pimelodus arekaima). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana
Jaguar catfish, Liosomadoras oncinus (Marbled arius, Arius oncinus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana
Vignette showing Native Americans fishingTitle page with vignette showing Native Americans fishing with bow and arrow, nets and clubs, on the Essequibo river. Steel engraving by W.H
Portrait of Robert Schomburgk, Victorian ichthyologist, zoologist and diplomat. Steel engraving by Freeman from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana
Spiny catfish or bacu, Acanthodoras cataphractus (Chestnut-bellied doras, Doras castaneo-ventris). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H
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
Wolf fish, Hoplias malabaricusWolf fish, tiger fish or trahira, Hoplias malabaricus (Haimura, Erythrinus macrodon). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H
Banded schizodon or boga lisa, Schizodon fasciatus. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana
Payara, Hydrolycus armatus (Strong-toothed hydrocyon, Hydrocyon? armatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana
Cuviers pike-characin, Boulengerella cuvieri (Ocellated xiphostoma, Xiphostoma ocellatum). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H
Tetragonopterus chalceus (Schomburgks tetragonopterus, Tetragonopterus schomburgkii). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H
Pacu or pacupeba, Myleus pacu (Pacu of Guiana, Myletes pacu). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana
Spotted piranha, Serrasalmus marginatus (Red-bordered saw-bellied salmon, Serrasalmo emarginatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H
Red-eye piranha, Serrasalmus rhombeus. Black saw-bellied salmon, Serrasalmo niger. Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of
Pygopristis denticulata piranha (Spotted saw-bellied salmon, Serrasalmo punctatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes
Piraya piranha or San Francisco piranha, Pygocentrus piraya (Piranha saw-bellied salmon, Serrasalmo piranha). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H
Hemiodus unimaculatus (Black-marked anodus, Anodus notatus). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Robert Schomburgks Fishes of Guiana