Sprat Collection

Sprat, and herring being hung in a smokehouse, 18th century
Sprat, Sprattus sprattus, and section through a smokehouse showing workers smoking herring in a kipper factory, 18th century

Copepod parasite on a sprat, Lernaeenicus sprattae
Blood-feeding copepod parasite on a sprats eye, Lernaeenicus sprattae (Lernaea sprattae). And another strange worm found on an oyster shell

Herring, sprat and shad
Herring, Clupea harengus, sprat, Sprattus sprattus, and shad, Alosa alosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Jr. after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre from Bernard Germain de

Jack Sprat could eat no fat... 19th century

Fishes with comic verse on a Christmas card
Fishes (herrings and sprats) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Happy Land nursery rhymes
Jack Sprat Could Eat No Fat, painted in Art Deco style. Artist: Phyllis Cooper Date: 1930

Atherina presbyter and Atherina boyeri
Atherina presbyter, also known as Silverside, Smelt and Sand Smelt, and the larger Atherina boyeri, also known as Big-Scale Sand Smelt and Boiers Atherine. Date: 1864

Nursery Rhymes -- Jack Sprat, man in forest
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean. Below -- a man in a forest in a green costume. Date: early 20th century

Thomas Sprat - 2
THOMAS SPRAT bishop of Rochester Date: 1635 - 1713

Thomas Sprat - 1
THOMAS SPRAT bishop of Rochester Date: 1635 - 1713

Picture No. 10508198
Anon 2. Jack Sprat

Jack Sprat / Mother Goose
Jack Sprat and his wife

Jack Sprat / Greenaway
Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean, and so between them both they licked the platter clean

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