Three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus 1, and Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus 2. Gasterosteo o Spinarella piccola, Maccarello comune. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration engraved by Corsi, drawn by Jean Gabriel Pretre and directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by Batelli e Figli. Turpin (1775-1840) is considered one of the greatest French botanical illustrators of the 19th century.

---

Size: 3844px × 6204px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -spined, 1837, aculeatus, antoine, atlantic, botanical, botany, comune, copperplate, corsi, de, delle, dictionary, dizionario, edible, engraving, fish, florence, fruit, gabriel, gasterosteo, gasterosteus, handcoloured, history, ichthyology, illustration, italy, jean, jean-francois, jussieu, laurent, maccarello, mackerel, natural, naturali, piccola, pierre, plant, pretre, science, scienze, scomber, scombrus, spinarella, stickleback, stipple, turpin, vegetable, verico