Above, three fish, four chitons (marine molluscs), a chimaera (a cartilaginous fish of the family Chimeridae), a chrysis (quiescent pupa of butterfly or moth), a cicada, two clematis flowers and three insects; below, flowers and sprig of the coccoloba and a male and a female cochineal insect. Engraving by Heath.
- Date:
- 1 June 1806
- Reference:
- 40493i
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[London] (6, New Bridge St., Blackfriars) : Published for Richard Phillips, 1 June 1806.
Physical description
1 print : etching, with engraving ; sheet 28.1 x 21.6 cm
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Natural history. Chaetodon lanceolatus... Heath sc.
The animals and plants are numbered from 114-131 and named
References note
Not found in: John Heath, The Heath family engravers 1779-1878, Aldershot 1993
Reference
Wellcome Collection 40493i
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Location Status Access Closed stores