DUSKY SCULPIN. Sordid Dragonet, Icelinus burchami. COUCH, antique print 1862
'Dusky Skulpin'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Printed from original watercolours and drawings by Jonathan Couch, an eminent British naturalist who lived in the fishing village of Polperro, Cornwall. Engraved onto woodblocks by Alex Lydon. Plates printed in colour by Benjamin Fawcett, with final hand-colouring by local artists in Polperro. Provenance: "A History of the Fishes of the British Islands"; by Jonathan Couch, Published by Groombridge and Sons, London. Type: Fine antique woodblock print on good quality paper. Printed in colour and finished by hand in Polperro, Cornwall. Sordid Dragonet. common Skulpin, Fox, perhaps from the colour it sometimes assumes, as represented in Bloch's unsatisfactory figure. but this fox-like tinge is only seen in particular situations; Callionymus dracunculus, Callionyme dragonneau
Size: 2714px × 1485px
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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