BUTTERFLY BLENNY. Blennius Bellonii/ocellaris, Butterfly Fish. COUCH, 1862

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'Butterfly Blenny'. 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. Blennius Bellonii, Butterfly Fish, Blennie Lievre, Blennius ocellaris

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Size: 2618px × 1489px
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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