Johann Jacob Scheuchzer, aged 59, holding a book in his left hand, gesturing towards shells, a fish, and a thistle. Mezzotint by T. Laub, 1731, after J. H. Heidegger.

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Heidegger, Johann Huldrich, 1700-1747.

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Johann Jacob Scheuchzer, aged 59, holding a book in his left hand, gesturing towards shells, a fish, and a thistle. Mezzotint by T. Laub, 1731, after J. H. Heidegger.