William Buelow Gould vintage fish illustration - Leafy sea dragon (mistitled, actually Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus)

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Sketch 11. Leafy sea dragon (mistitled, actually Weedy seadragon, Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) watercolour on paper sketch from the Sketchbook of fishes by Van Diemonian (Tasmanian) artist and convict William Buelow Gould (1801 - 1853). This full reproduction shows the bindings of the sketchbook at the top of the image. Produced c1832 as part of a thirty-six image still life sketchbook of fishes while Gould was a convict on Sarah Island at the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station. Probably done for Dr William De Little.

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Size: 4100px × 2047px
Photo credit: © Scientific Illustrations / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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